HP StorageWorks P9000 Replication Manager Software 7.1.1 Configuration Guide (TB584-96029, September 2011)

Cluster softwareDatabase server OS

Windows Server 2008 no SP/SP1, SP2 (64-bit)

Windows Server 2008 R2 no SP or SP1

Windows Server 2008 R2 IPF no SP or SP1

Notes:

1. Cluster environments are not supported for usage with GPT disks. Please use MBR disks.

2. Exchange Server 2003 is not supported.

3. To perform restore when a cluster source is online, the Microsoft Cluster Service correction

module (Hotfix 903650) is required.

4. This is supported only when using the CLI.

Cluster considerations

The following considerations apply to cluster support and operations:

• Application Agent supports both mutual standby cluster configurations (Active-Active) and opera-

tional standby cluster configurations (Active-Passive).

• To restore backup data, the database must be taken offline. If a database is taken offline while

the cluster resources that are monitoring the database are still online, a failover will occur. This

usually requires controlling control cluster resources manually. With Application Agent, cluster

resources that monitor the database are automatically taken down and brought back online

whenever Application Agent is used to perform a backup or restore operation for data.

• In a cluster environment using MSCS/MSFC, you can choose whether to perform a restore oper-

ation while the cluster resources that monitor the database are online or offline. For a restore op-

eration in which the cluster resources are offline, you need to take all the databases that are using

the database services offline. However, for a restore operation in which the cluster resources are

currently online, you only need to take the databases offline that are involved in the restore oper-

ation.

• You can put together a cluster configuration using only database servers. You cannot allocate one

cluster server to a database server and the other cluster server to a backup server.

• Depending on the storage system type and features of the operating system, you might not be

able to perform a restore operation while the cluster is online.

Virtual environments supported by Application Agent

This section describes the following virtual environments supported by Application Agent:

• VMware ESX/ESXi Server, page 61

• Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, page 63

VMware ESX/ESXi Server

Application Agent supports a Windows environment that functions as a guest OS. If provided as a

guest OS of the virtual server products, VMware ESX/ESXi Server 3.x and 4.x are also supported.

The following notes apply:

• Be sure to apply Update 4 when linking VMware ESX Server 3.5 or VMware ESXi Server 3.5 to

Exchange Server.

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