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About protecting server clusters
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This section includes the following topics specific to managing protected machines that use Exchange Server or
SQL Server:
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Understanding recovery point status indicators
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Settings and functions for protected Exchange servers
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Settings and functions for protected SQL servers
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About protecting server clusters
In Rapid Recovery, server cluster protection is associated with the Rapid Recovery protected machines installed
on individual cluster nodes (that is, individual machines in the cluster) and the Rapid Recovery Core, which
protects those machines, all as if they were one composite machine.
You can easily configure a Rapid Recovery Core to protect and manage a cluster. In the Core Console, a cluster
is organized as a separate entity, which acts as a container that includes the related nodes. For example, in
the left navigation area, under the Protected Machines menu, protected clusters are listed. Directly below each
cluster, the associated individual nodes or agent machines appear. Each of these is a protected machine on
which the Rapid Recovery Agent software is installed. If you click on the cluster, the Summary page for the cluster
appears in the Core Console.
At the Core and cluster levels, you can view information about the cluster, such as the list of related nodes and
shared volumes. When showing information for a cluster in the Core Console, you can click Protected Nodes in
the top navigation menu to view a summary table of individual nodes in the cluster. From that summary table,
for each node, you can perform functions such as forcing a snapshot; performing a one-time export or setting up
virtual standby; mounting or viewing recovery points; restoring from a recovery point; converting the cluster node
to its own protected machine; or removing the node from protection. If the node is an Exchange or SQL Server,
you will also see the option to truncate logs.
At the cluster level, you can also view corresponding Exchange and SQL cluster metadata for the nodes in the
cluster. You can specify settings for the entire cluster and the shared volumes in that cluster.
If you click on any node in the cluster from the left navigation menu, the information displayed in the Core Console
is specific to that node of the cluster. Here you can view information specific to that node, or configure settings
just for that node.
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Support for cluster shared volumes
In Rapid Recovery release 6.x, support for cluster-shared volumes (CSV) is limited to native backup of CSVs
running Windows Server 2008 R2. You can also restore CSV volumes running Windows Server 2008 R2 from a
recovery point, or perform virtual export to a Hyper-V CSV running Windows Server 2008 R2. You cannot perform
virtual export of a cluster-shared volume. New in Rapid Recovery release 6.0.1 and later is the ability to perform
virtual export to a Hyper-V CSV running Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2.
NOTE:
The Hyper-V agentless feature is compatible only with Windows Server 2012 R2 and later.
For other operating systems, the Rapid Recovery Agent service can be run on all nodes in a cluster, and the
cluster can be protected as a cluster within the Rapid Recovery Core; however, CSVs do not display in the Core
Console and are not available for protection. All local disks (such as the operating system volume) are available
for protection.
The following table depicts current support in Rapid Recovery Core for cluster-shared volumes.
