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Change the Arcserve Backup Domain in a MSCS Cluster

In a MSCS cluster environment, you can move a member server to a different Arcserve Backup domain. Changes to the domain in a cluster environment can only be made on an active node and must be changed for all nodes within the cluster.

To change the Arcserve Backup domain in a MSCS cluster

1. Delete all cluster resources. For more information, see Delete Arcserve Backup Cluster Resources.

   All Arcserve Backup cluster resources are deleted.

2. From the Arcserve Backup home directory, run the cstart.bat utility to start all Arcserve Backup services.

   All Arcserve Backup services are started.

3. From the Start menu, access the Server Configuration Wizard to run the ARCserveCfg.exe utility for the active node and specify the new Arcserve Backup domain. For more information about changing a domain, see Move a Member Server to a Different Arcserve Backup Domain.

   The first "active" cluster node is configured for the new domain.

4. From the Arcserve home directory, run the cstop.bat utility to stop all Arcserve Backup services.

   All Arcserve Backup services are stopped.

5. From the Cluster Administrator, right-click on the group name and from the pop-up menu, select Move Group to change the active node.

   The status of the original node will be changed to "passive" and the status of the next node within the cluster will be changed to "active".

6. From the Arcserve Backup home directory, run the cstart.bat utility to start all Arcserve Backup services.

   All Arcserve Backup services are started.

7. From the Arcserve home directory, run the cstop.bat utility to stop all Arcserve Backup services.

   All Arcserve Backup services are stopped.

8. Repeat steps 5 through 7 for all remaining nodes in the cluster.

   All nodes in the cluster have been changed to the new domain.

9. From the Cluster Administrator, right-click on the group name and from the pop-up menu, select Move Group to change the active node back to the original node.

   The status of the last node will be changed to "passive" and the status of the original node within the cluster will be changed back to "active".

10. Create all Arcserve Backup cluster resources manually. For more information, see Rebuild Cluster Resources Manually.

    Note: You should create Cluster resources based on new Arcserve database type.

    The new Arcserve cluster resources are created.

11. From the Cluster Administrator, right-click on the group name and from the pop-up menu, select Bring Online.

    The state of the new Arcserve cluster resources is changed from Offline to Online.