Installing and configuring secondary NetBackup master server cluster
To install and configure the secondary NetBackup master server cluster, it is not necessary to have the same number of nodes as the primary NetBackup master server cluster. The secondary NetBackup master server cluster can be a single node cluster but should be clustered. Refer follwoing guidelines to install the secondary NetBackup master server cluster with catalog replication.
Installing the secondary NetBackup master server cluster with catalog replication
- Before starting the installation determine the mount point that would be used to mount the replicated volume from the primary site.
Do not mount the replicated volume at this time. Instead mount another formatted volume against this mount point. During the installation an empty catalog will be created on this volume, which can later be discarded.
- Install NetBackup on the secondary master server cluster using the same virtual host name as the primary master server cluster. During the installation make sure to specify all media servers configured on the primary master server cluster as additional servers. This ensures that the server list is consistent for both clusters.
- Once the installation is complete, shutdown NetBackup and take the cluster common catalog volume off line.
- Update the cluster configuration to mount the replicated volume from the primary site as the cluster common volume. This step may require adding the replication agent or enabling replication within the disk resource. Do not bring this resource online until you are instructed to do so in the next phase of the setup (Populating the server tables in EMM) The volume used during the installation is no longer required and can be re-used for another purpose.
Caution:
Do not configure the replication agent on the secondary site to automatically reverse the direction of replication. Do not reverse the replication until the primary site is operational again.