How to Back up Data to an FSD in a Disk Array that is Shared Between a Primary Server and a Data Mover Server

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How to Back up Data to an FSD in a Disk Array that is Shared Between a Primary Server and a Data Mover Server

This approach describes how to back up data to an FSD in a disk array that is shared between a primary server and a data mover server.

The following diagram illustrates this configuration:

Architecture Diagram: The primary server and data mover server share a disk array.

To back up data to shared disk arrays, do the following:

Mount the disk array to the data mover server. For example:
```
/disks
```
Mount the disk array to the primary server. For example:
```
X:\
```
Create a file system device (FSD) on the data mover server using the following directory:
```
/disks/fsd
```
Create an FSD on the primary server using the following directory (case-sensitive):
```
X:\fsd 
```
Note: Ensure that X:\fsd references the same directory as /disks/fsd on the disk array.
Submit your backup jobs to /disks/fsd on the data mover server.
Be aware for the following:
- You should specify a rotation scheduled job to merge the FSD from the primary server.
- If you need to restore data, merge the FSD media from X:\fsd on the primary server. You do not need to merge the media if it was merged previously.
Run the restore job using the merged sessions.
You can then restore the sessions from the primary server to any location in your environment.

Note: To restore data that was backed up using this approach, you must merge the media relating to the FSD backup sessions and then execute the restore using the merged sessions.