We want to backup our SQL Server backup files to tape nightly. Do I need to create a shared cluster resource in order to backup a drive to tape? I was told that creating a clustered resource share name would allow us to automatically failover a share and therefore not require manual intervention to tell our backup software, ArcServe, that our network name is no longer the name of the primary node. If we use clustered share names when we define backups, the share name will automatically failover and our backup software will continue to function. Is this correct? Thanks, Dave
Add backup disk added to cluster shared resoure so that the failover should not cause tape backup to fail becuase it goes based on virtual server name not the node name.
Let's see if I understand. Physical Server Names: SQLNode1 & SQLNode2 Cluster Name: SQLCluster SQL Server Cluster Name: SQL1P Backup Drive Location: G Drive - G:MSSQLBackup Given the above information are you saying the backup software should be referencing \SQLClusterG$ ? Thanks, Dave