BMR boot servers in a Windows cluster
For information about the systems where BMR boot servers can be clustered, see the NetBackup Release Notes.
The following are general instructions for installing and using a BMR boot server in a clustered environment:
In the clustering application, set up a virtual IP address on the nodes that provide the BMR boot server functionality.
Install the NetBackup client software on each node.
On each node, do the following:
Configure the NetBackup client name to be the name that resolves to the virtual IP address.
Start the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface.
Enter the NetBackup client name as the client name in the Specify NetBackup Machines and Policy Type dialog box.
Make the NetBackup client name the current client.
Install the BMR boot server software on each node. Switch the virtual address to each node before you install the boot server software.
Create a cluster application resource that calls the start and stop script for the boot server services:
net start "NetBackup Bare Metal Restore Boot Server" net stop "NetBackup Bare Metal Restore Boot Server"
When you create SRTs, choose a location on a file system on the shared disk.
If a boot server fails over with restore tasks to be done, perform a new prepare-to-restore operation for each pending restore task.
Every NetBackup master server includes the NetBackup client software by default. Therefore, you can run a BMR Boot server on either a NetBackup master server or a client (if BMR supports that platform).
To register a BMR boot server on a Windows system
- Log on as Administrator on the server where you plan to install the BMR boot server.
- Open a command prompt and navigate to the NetBackup directory.
C:\Program Files\Veritas\NetBackup\bin>bmrsetupboot.exe -register
- The BMR Boot Server is registered. You can close the command prompt.
The following screen shot shows the registration of BMR Boot Server.
