Task 1: On Node_A, Install and Configure the Software

In the following example:

• Choose the node that has the most up-to-date backup of the cluster database (part of the registry) to serve as Node_A.

• Defective nodes and shared drives have been replaced.

To recover the cluster to new hardware or existing hardware, perform the following tasks:

• “Task 1: On Node_A, Install and Configure the Software” on page 120

• “Task 2: On Node_B, Install and Configure the Software” on page 121

• “Task 3: Install and Configure NetWorker” on page 121

• “Task 4: Perform a Disaster Recovery” on page 122

• “Task 5: Check and Reassign the Drive Assignments” on page 122

• “Task 6: Recover the Data” on page 123

• “Task 7: Check the Disk Signatures” on page 123

• “Task 8: Join Node_B to the Cluster” on page 124

Task 1: On Node_A, Install and Configure the Software

To install and configure the software, on Node_A:

1. Make sure the node has been properly:

• Shut down

• Connected through the shared disks

• Terminated

 

 

 

2. Install Windows NT 4.0 Server Enterprise Edition.

 

 

 

a. Add the server to the domain using the same cluster login account.

 

 

 

b. Create the partitions so that the new disk configuration of Node_A

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matches the original configuration.

 

 

c. Use the same IP address and server name (fully qualified DNS

 

 

 

domain name, if used) that were used originally.

 

 

 

d. Configure the network adapters and the IP address using the original

 

 

 

settings whenever possible.

 

 

 

e. Log on to the domain.

 

 

 

3. Using the Windows NT Disk Administrator, configure the drives to match

 

 

 

their previous configuration.

 

 

 

4. Install Windows NT 4.0 Server Enterprise Edition server-specific service

 

 

 

packs (Service Pack 3).

 

 

 

 

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Legato NetWorker, Release 7.0

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