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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Clustered Master Server Administrator's Guide
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Veritas NetBackup™ Clustered Master Server Administrator's Guide

A

active/active application
NetBackup as a, About NetBackup limitations with clustering solutions

B

backup policies, About configuring backup policies for a NetBackup clustered server
backups
and failovers, General notes on clustered master server administration
of local disks in a cluster, Guidelines for backing up local disks in a cluster
of shared disks, Guidelines for backing up the shared disks
what to back up in a cluster, What to back up

C

catalog backups
hot backups, Configuring NetBackup catalog backups in a cluster
Checkpoint Restart, General notes on clustered master server administration
CLIENT_NAME, NetBackup configuration guidelines
cluster configurations
mixed server types not supported, About NetBackup failover server data protection in a cluster
NetBackup failover server, About NetBackup failover server data protection in a cluster
cluster quorum
restoring, Restoring the cluster quorum , Restoring the cluster quorum to a node with directory services
cluster solutions
supported, NetBackup supported cluster solutions
CLUSTER_NAME, NetBackup configuration guidelines
compatibility lists, Accessing NetBackup cluster compatibility lists
configuration
of NetBackup, NetBackup configuration guidelines
information stored on shared disk, NetBackup configuration guidelines
server list, NetBackup configuration guidelines
usage of cluster aliases, NetBackup configuration guidelines
usage of node names, NetBackup configuration guidelines
verifying, Verifying NetBackup configuration

D

device configuration
adding new devices, Configuring devices
attaching devices to all nodes, Device configuration guidelines
guidelines, Device configuration guidelines
instructions for Sun Cluster, Configuring devices
instructions for VCS, Configuring devices
instructions for WSFC, Configuring devices
specifying active node name, Device configuration guidelines

E

Enable SCSI reserve, Device configuration guidelines

F

failover
and manually refreshing NetBackup Administration Console, General notes on clustered master server administration
and storage unit errors, General notes on clustered master server administration
definition, About NetBackup clustering
when backup jobs running, General notes on clustered master server administration
Failover Cluster Manager
installing on all NetBackup servers, Installation prerequisites for NetBackup on WSFC cluster
failover master servers, About NetBackup failover server data protection in a cluster
failover media servers, About NetBackup failover server data protection in a cluster

H

HACMP
backups in a, What to back up
monitoring NetBackup options, Configuring add-ons for monitoring (UNIX/Linux clusters)
monitoring robotic daemons, Configuring robotic daemons for monitoring (UNIX/Linux clusters)

J

Job retry delay, NetBackup configuration guidelines, General notes on clustered master server administration

K

KeepAliveTime, About delay in detecting of loss of connection (WSFC and VCS on Windows)

L

license keys
adding to master server, About adding license keys
adding to media server, About adding license keys
limitations, About NetBackup limitations with clustering solutions
local disks
backups of, Guidelines for backing up local disks in a cluster
loss of connection, to NetBackup Windows server, About delay in detecting of loss of connection (WSFC and VCS on Windows)

N

NetBackup Administration Console
refreshing after failover, General notes on clustered master server administration
NetBackup Device Manager, About WSFC clusters
NetBackup failover server
installing in a VCS, Installing a NetBackup failover server on VCS on Windows
installing in a WSFC, Installation prerequisites for NetBackup on WSFC cluster, Installing a NetBackup failover server on WSFC cluster
NetBackup options
monitoring on a WSFC cluster, Configuring add-ons for monitoring (Windows)
monitoring on UNIX/Linux clusters, Configuring add-ons for monitoring (UNIX/Linux clusters)
NetBackup Server
supported in a cluster, About NetBackup limitations with clustering solutions
non-failover servers
converting to failover servers, About NetBackup limitations with clustering solutions

P

pending requests, General notes on clustered master server administration
platforms supported for NetBackup in a cluster, Accessing NetBackup cluster compatibility lists

R

robotic daemons
monitoring on UNIX/Linux clusters, Configuring robotic daemons for monitoring (UNIX/Linux clusters)
robotic libraries, Device configuration guidelines

S

Schedule backup attempts, General notes on clustered master server administration
Scheduled backup attempts, NetBackup configuration guidelines
SCSI persistent reserve, Device configuration guidelines
scstat, Solaris Cluster commands for bringing the resource group online or offline
scswitch, Installing or upgrading NetBackup options on Solaris Cluster, Upgrading a NetBackup failover server on Solaris Cluster, Solaris Cluster commands for bringing the resource group online or offline
security certificates in NetBackup, About security certificates in NetBackup
server list, NetBackup configuration guidelines
for clients, NetBackup configuration guidelines
server types
mixing, About NetBackup limitations with clustering solutions
shared disks
and storage units, Guidelines for backing up the shared disks
storage units
active node name as NetBackup media server, Device configuration guidelines
and NetBackup non-failover media servers, Guidelines for backing up the shared disks
Sun Cluster
backups in a, What to back up
device configuration, Configuring devices
hardware requirements, Installation prerequisites for NetBackup on Solaris Cluster
installation and configuration, Installing NetBackup on Solaris Cluster
installation notes, Installing NetBackup on Solaris Cluster
installation prerequisites, Installation prerequisites for NetBackup on Solaris Cluster
monitoring NetBackup options, Configuring add-ons for monitoring (UNIX/Linux clusters)
monitoring robotic daemons, Configuring robotic daemons for monitoring (UNIX/Linux clusters)
NetBackup database agents
installing or upgrading, Installing or upgrading NetBackup options on Solaris Cluster
NetBackup options
installing or upgrading, Installing or upgrading NetBackup options on Solaris Cluster
NetBackup resource group
bringing offline, Solaris Cluster commands for bringing the resource group online or offline
bringing online, Solaris Cluster commands for bringing the resource group online or offline
verifying it is online, Solaris Cluster commands for bringing the resource group online or offline
shared disk configuration, Installation prerequisites for NetBackup on Solaris Cluster
SSH equivalency, Installation prerequisites for NetBackup on Solaris Cluster
upgrading a NetBackup failover server, Upgrading a NetBackup failover server on Solaris Cluster
supported cluster solutions, NetBackup supported cluster solutions

T

tpconfig, Configuring devices

V

Veritas Cluster Server (VCS)
device configuration, Configuring devices
Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) for UNIX/Linux
backups in a, What to back up
hardware requirements, Installation prerequisites for NetBackup on VCS on UNIX/Linux
installation notes, Installing a failover NetBackup server on VCS on UNIX/Linux
installing and configuring a NetBackup failover server, Installing a failover NetBackup server on VCS on UNIX/Linux
monitoring NetBackup options, Installing or upgrading NetBackup options on VCS on UNIX/Linux , Configuring add-ons for monitoring (UNIX/Linux clusters)
monitoring robotic daemons, Configuring robotic daemons for monitoring (UNIX/Linux clusters)
NetBackup database agents
installing, Installing or upgrading NetBackup options on VCS on UNIX/Linux
NetBackup options
installing, Installing or upgrading NetBackup options on VCS on UNIX/Linux
monitoring, Installing or upgrading NetBackup options on VCS on UNIX/Linux
pre-installation checklist, About preinstallation checklist for a NetBackup failover server installation on VCS on Unix\Linux
shared disk configuration, Installation prerequisites for NetBackup on VCS on UNIX/Linux
SSH equivalency, Installation prerequisites for NetBackup on VCS on UNIX/Linux
supported NetBackup agent for, Upgrading a NetBackup failover server on VCS on Unix/Linux
upgrading a failover server, Upgrading a NetBackup failover server on VCS on Unix/Linux
virtual name for NetBackup, Installation prerequisites for NetBackup on VCS on UNIX/Linux
Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) for Windows, About NetBackup agent for VCS on Windows
backups in a, What to back up
detailed monitoring, About detailed monitoring for the NetBackup server, Disabling detailed monitoring in VCS Cluster Manager for the NetBackup server
installation notes, Installing a NetBackup failover server on VCS on Windows
installing a NetBackup failover server, Installing a NetBackup failover server on VCS on Windows
loss of connection
to NetBackup Windows server, About delay in detecting of loss of connection (WSFC and VCS on Windows)
NetBackup cluster group name, Installing a NetBackup failover server on VCS on Windows
NetBackup service group, Installing a NetBackup failover server on VCS on Windows
requirements, Installation prerequisites for NetBackup on VCS on Windows
upgrading a failover server, Upgrading a NetBackup failover server on VCS on Windows
virtual name for NetBackup, Installation prerequisites for NetBackup on VCS on Windows
virtual server name, About NetBackup failover server data protection in a cluster
and backups, Guidelines for backing up the shared disks
in the Clients list, Guidelines for backing up the shared disks

W

Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC)
backups in a, What to back up
device configuration, Configuring devices
disaster recovery, About recovering NetBackup data on a shared disk
hardware requirements, Installation prerequisites for NetBackup on WSFC cluster
installation notes, Installing a NetBackup failover server on WSFC cluster
installation prerequisites, Installation prerequisites for NetBackup on WSFC cluster
loss of connection to NetBackup server, About delay in detecting of loss of connection (WSFC and VCS on Windows)
monitoring NetBackup options, Configuring add-ons for monitoring (Windows)
Move Group, About WSFC clusters
NetBackup cluster group name, Installing a NetBackup failover server on WSFC cluster
NetBackup Device Manager, About WSFC clusters
Possible Owners list, Installation prerequisites for NetBackup on WSFC cluster
restoring the cluster quorum, Restoring the cluster quorum
upgrading a failover server, Upgrading a NetBackup failover server on WSFC cluster
virtual name for NetBackup, Installation prerequisites for NetBackup on WSFC cluster

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