Register Virtual Clusters as Arcserve Backup Domain Member Servers

Arcserve Backup lets you register virtual clusters with the Arcserve Backup primary server as domain member servers. You can register the virtual clusters as domain member servers when your backup and restore operations contain the following requirements:

• You want to protect applications that support virtual, clusteraware configurations in Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) environments. For example, Microsoft SQL Server.
• You want to protect the application data (submit backup and restore jobs) using the virtual name of the service or application that is registered with MSCS.
• You want to add the virtual name of the service or application to the Backup Manager Source tab and Destination tab.
• You want to submit backup and restore jobs in a storage area network (SAN) instead of a local area network (LAN).
• Note: To submit backups of this type, the physical nodes in the MSCS cluster must be connected to the SAN and a shared tape library.

To complete this task, the virtual clusters and the member server must reside on the same physical machine. In addition, the virtual clusters and the member server must be in an online state while you complete this task.

You can perform this task in cluster environments where MSCS is installed on any of the following Windows operating systems:

• Windows Server 2003
• Windows Server 2008
• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Windows Server 2012

Before you complete this task, verify that the following prerequisite tasks are complete:

• MSCS is installed on the nodes that you want to register with the primary server.
• The Arcserve Backup member server component and the application agent are installed on all of the nodes in the cluster.
• The physical nodes contained in the virtual cluster that you want to register with the primary server are connected to the SAN and a shared library.

To register virtual clusters as Arcserve Backup domain member servers

1. Log into the Arcserve Backup member server.
2. From the Windows Start menu, click Start, select All Programs, Arcserve, Arcserve Backup, and click Server Configuration Wizard.
3. The Server Configuration Wizard opens to the Select Options dialog.
3. Click Register virtual clusters as Arcserve Backup domain member servers and then click Next.
4. The Check caroot dialog opens.
4. Specify the carrot password and click Next.
5. The Check Cluster Nodes dialog opens.
5. Click the check boxes next to the Virtual Names that you want to register with the primary server and click Next.
6. When the registration completes successfully, the Complete dialog opens.
7. Click Finish to close the Server Configuration Wizard.
8. Note: If the registration process was unable to register one or more virtual clusters, the wizard provides you with a list of nodes that were not registered with the primary server.
7. Open the Backup Manager and click the Destination tab.
8. Note: If the Backup Manager was open while you completed this task, close and reopen the Arcserve Backup Manager Console.
9. The Servers directory tree appears.
8. Right-click the node that you registered with the primary server and click Refresh on the pop-up menu.
9. The virtual node displays the correct status.

Note: As a best practice, you should verify that you have a sufficient quantity of Arcserve Backup server component licenses to support backing up data to member servers. To submit jobs to member servers (virtual clusters), you must apply Arcserve Backup server component licenses to the member servers. The license count will be consumed based on the quantity of virtual clusters that you registered as member servers in the Arcserve Backup domain.