[Veritas-bu] Exchange 2007 with CCR - Passive Node Backup

[Michitsch, John]

Has anyone seen these errors when trying an Exchange 2007 with CCR - Passive Node Backup?  The client is the Exchange cluster virtual name.

9/26/2008 10:40:11 AM - begin Create Snapshot
9/26/2008 10:40:29 AM - Critical bpbrm(pid=404) from client ent-mocexcmb10: FTL - snapshot preparation failed - Error attempting to find volumes to snap., status 130
9/26/2008 10:40:29 AM - Critical bpbrm(pid=404) from client ent-mocexcmb10: FTL - snapshot preparation failed, status 130
9/26/2008 10:40:37 AM - end Create Snapshot; elapsed time: 00:00:26
9/26/2008 10:40:39 AM - end writing


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Sent: 24 September, 2008 5:42 PM
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Subject: [Veritas-bu] Exchange 2007 with CCR - Passive Node Backup


this is spot on


Rosenkoetter, Gabriel wrote:
> You shouldn't be specifying either the active or passive node name as a client, you should be specifying the cluster's virtual name as a client.
>
> Also, note that you must run the NetBackup Client Service as an AD-level (not local) account that has local admin access on each server and admin access to the Exchange cluster for LCR/CCR snapshot backups. Running the client as LocalSystem will not work. (The documentation's a bit hazy on this point. It's clear that that's necessary for individual mailbox backups, it's not so clear that it's required for the cluster backups, but it makes sense when you think about it: the Exchange cluster isn't logically attached to either node, so neither node's LocalSystem has sufficient permissions.)
>
> --
> gabriel rosenkoetter
> Radian Group Inc, Unix/Linux/VMware Sysadmin / Backup & Recovery
> gabriel.rosenkoetter < at > radian.biz, 215 231 1556
>
> From: Scheef Jr, Ed E. [mailto:CXScheef < at > tecoenergy.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 3:36 PM
> To: veritas-bu < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Exchange 2007 with CCR - Passive Node Backup
>
>
>
>
> Folks,
>
> We're running Netbackup 6.5.2.
>
> We're just now setting up a Netbackup Policy for Exchange 2007 running in a CCR cluster.
> The backup has been defined to "backup the passive node first, but if not available, backup
> the active node".
>
> The question I have is client definition in the Snapshot policy (within Exchange Policy) required
> to backup the Exchange database:
>
> When we put both physical CCR cluster node names in the policy's client list, it starts backups
> for both nodes, and looks like it does "snapshots" for both nodes, when only the "passive node"
> should be snapshotting, and getting backed up. Why is that happening ?? Anybody have a
> "passive node" Exchange backup set up and working ???
>
> An obvious solution would be to take the "active" node server out of the policy's client list, but
> then if a failover occurred , and the "passive" node switched to what is now the "active" node,
> would the "passive" node backup still work without that physical server in the policy's client list ??
>
> The Netbackup documentation update for 6.5.2 is not too clear on this !!
>
> Thanks Much,
> Ed Scheef
> Tampa Electric Company


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