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Chapter 14: EMC FullTime AutoStart for

Windows Disaster Recovery

This chapter explains how to recover a cluster node in a EMC FullTime

AutoStart cluster for Windows 2000.

This chapter includes the following sections:

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"Prerequisites" on page 189

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"Recovering a Single Cluster Node" on page 189

Prerequisites

To recover a node in a FullTime AutoStart cluster, ensure that the following prerequisites are satisfied:

• The local drives on each cluster node are backed up on a regular basis.

These backups must occur on a NetWorker server that is outside the cluster.

• The NetWorker server is functioning and available on the network.

Recovering a Single Cluster Node

This section describes how to recover a failed node within a cluster. In this procedure’s scenario, the failed node is Node_B.

To recover a single cluster node:

1. Reinstall the operating system. Ensure that it is configured identically to the way it was configured before Node_B failed. Use the same drive letters for the disk volumes as those that were used prior to the failure.

2. Install and configure backup devices.

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3. Reinstall the NetWorker client software on Node_B.

For detailed installation and configuration instructions, refer to the EMC

NetWorker Installation Guide, Microsoft Windows Version.

4. Start the NetWorker User program.

5. Select, mark, and recover all items on the node, including the FullTime

AutoStart software and data. Be sure to select and mark the cluster’s shared drives so that they are included in the recovery operation.

For detailed instructions about performing recovery operations, refer to the NetWorker Administrator’s Guide.

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