Date - 04/09
Affected Product Version - 8.2.x
Affected Module & Version - Exchange Cluster
OS Version -
Application Information -
Description: Currently installed and configured Exchange Cluster on version 3.x needs to be upgraded to the current release verson 4.x
Copy the new (.npk) file for the cluster-aware plugin to ...\NetVault\packages folder on the NetVault Backup Server. You can also copy the installation files to sub-folders within.
To upgrade to a newer version of the cluster-aware plugin, perform the following steps:
1. Before upgrading to Exchange Server v4.0, ensure that no Exchange Server APM jobs are running
2. Open the Client Management Module. Note the current name of your existing Exchange Virtual client.
3. Remove the Virtual Client that was created during the original virtual client creation/plugin installation. Under Clients, right-click the Virtual Client and select Remove. The Virtual Client is removed but the Member Clients/Nodes are still displayed as standard NetVault Backup Clients.
4. Then, create a new Virtual Client using the upgraded version of the clusteraware plugin. On the Cluster dropdown menu, click Create Virtual Client. This opens the NetVault Virtual Client Installation window.
5. Under Cluster Eligible Client List, the available NetVault: Backup Clients are listed in the box to the left. Use Shift+Click to select consecutive Member Clients and Ctrl+Click to select non-consecutive Member Clients, and then click the right arrow. The selected Clients are moved to the box to the right and grouped as a Virtual Client. Although NetVault: Backup Server is listed as an eligible Client, it must not be included. To remove any Client from the group, select the Client in the box to the right and click the left arrow.
6. In the Package list, select the installation file for the plugin. This list contains all the cluster-aware .npk files copied to the packages directory and its subdirectories The files are named as follows (where x-x-x-x refers to the build and version numbers)
7. In the Virtual Client Name box, enter a unique name for the Virtual Client. ***Assign the exact same name to the Virtual Client that it had previously. If a different name is assigned, the jobs defined for the previous Virtual Client cannot be run again. *** The name cannot be changed. Spaces are not recognized in a Virtual Client name and will be replaced with underscores (“_”).
8. In the Application IP Address box, enter the cluster application’s IP
address.
9. Click OK. The NetVault: Backup Server begins upgrading the plugin on all the Member Clients. This process overwrites any standard version of the same plugin installed on the members. Assign the cluster to the appropriate client group (default if you don't use client groups).
Once the installation is complete, the Virtual Client is displayed under Clients in the Client Management window, represented by a yellow icon.
Additional configuration requirements:
The APM currently defaults to the maximum number of parallel streams. It was added to the documentation that the maximum number of parallel streams must be set to less than or equal to the total number of backup devices (drives) available and less than the maximum number of allowed Storage Groups.
See: http://www.bakbone.com/docs/NetVault_Backup_APM_for_Exchange_Server_Users_Guide.pdf
for further details on new functionality available with the plugin and how to configure it.
