In a SFW cluster environment, observe the following precautions:
The XML metadata file for each snapshot set along with files that store snapshot schedule information are created in a folder on the local drive by default. In a cluster environment, store these files on shared storage so that the files are available from all nodes in the cluster. The snapshot XML files should be stored separately from the volumes that are included in snapshots.
If you use the Quick Recovery Configuration Wizard to create the snapshot set, you can use the wizard to specify the file path to the appropriate volume.
If you use a VSS wizard to create the snapshot set, you can store the XML files in a location of your choice using one of the following methods:
Edit the directory path in the Directory field in the VSS wizard.
Use a text editor to create a text file named redirect.txt
. This text file should contain a single text line specifying the full path to the location of the metadata file, for example, G:\BackupSets
. Save the redirect.txt
file in the default VSS XML file directory C:\Program Files\Veritas\Veritas Volume Manager\VSSXML
on each node of the cluster.
When using vxsnap utility commands that require the filename attribute, specify the full path to the location of the XML metadata file.
If you plan to use the Quick Recovery or VSS Snapshot Scheduler wizard to specify scripts (commands) to be run before or after a snapshot, store the scripts on shared storage so that they are available to all nodes.
If you set up a snapshot schedule with the Quick Recovery wizard and later add a node to the cluster, you can run the wizard again to synchronize schedules on the existing nodes with the new node.
If you set up a snapshot schedule with the VSS Snapshot Scheduler wizard, before adding or removing a node from a SFW cluster setup, delete the schedules and then recreate the schedules on the required node.
Exchange must be installed on all cluster nodes.