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Supported Servers, Number of Servers, Clustered Servers - sps

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February 3, 2003 EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide Supported Servers All. Servers connected to the Storage Group with the snapshot source LUNs and servers connected to the Storage Group with the snapshots of the source LUNs must run the same operating system. Number of Servers At least 1 whose LUNs you want to snapshot (the source LUNs) and 1 for the snapshot LUNs. Clustered Servers You can configure a clustered server to access a source LUN, but not to access both the source LUN and its snapshot. Only a server outside the cluster should access the snapshot. Example of a Windows Cluster in a SnapView Configuration with Tape Backup Windows 2000 Microsoft Cluster Server Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Backup Server Windows 2000 H H B B A A H H B B A A H H B B A A FC Fabric FC Fabric Windows 2000 Cluster Storage Group SP A SnapView Source LUN 1 (Database Log) SnapView Source LUN 2 (Database Files) LUN 3 SnapView Souce LUN 4 SP B SnapView Snapshot of LUN 1 (Database Log) SnapView Snapshot of LUN 2 (Database Files) LUN 13 SnapView Clone of LUN 4 FC-to-SCSI Bridge Backup Storage Group Tape Library Tape Drive Tape Drive Tape Drive LUN 15 Document Rev 19 Page 18 EMC Confidential

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February 3, 2003
EMC CLARiiON Open Systems Configuration Guide
Document Rev
19
Page 18
EMC Confidential
Supported Servers
All. Servers connected to the Storage Group with the snapshot source LUNs and servers connected to the Storage
Group with the snapshots of the source LUNs must run the same operating system.
Number of Servers
At least 1 whose LUNs you want to snapshot (the source LUNs) and 1 for the snapshot LUNs.
Clustered Servers
You can configure a
clustered server
to access a source LUN, but not to access both the source LUN and its
snapshot. Only a server outside the cluster should access the snapshot.
Example of a Windows Cluster in a SnapView Configuration with Tape Backup
Windows
2000
H
B
A
H
B
A
FC
Fabric
FC Fabric
Windows
2000
H
B
A
H
B
A
Windows 2000 Cluster
Storage Group
Backup
Storage Group
Windows 2000 Microsoft Cluster Server
SP A
SP B
Backup Server
SnapView
Source LUN 1
(Database Log)
SnapView
Source LUN 2
(Database
Files)
LUN 3
SnapView
Snapshot of
LUN 1
(Database Log)
SnapView
Snapshot of LUN 2
(Database Files)
SnapView
Souce LUN 4
LUN 13
FC-to-SCSI Bridge
Tape
Drive
Tape
Drive
Tape
Drive
Tape Library
Windows
2000
H
B
A
H
B
A
SnapView Clone of
LUN 4
LUN 15