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Chapter 5: Installing and Upgrading CA ARCserve Backup in a Cluster-aware Environment This section contains the following topics: Introduction to Cluster-aware Installations (see page 135) Deployment Considerations (see page 135) Plan Your CA ARCserve Backup HA Deployment (see page 136) Deploy CA ARCserve Backup Server on MSCS (see page 138) Deploy CA ARCserve Backup Server on NEC Cluster (see page 158) How to Verify a Cluster-aware Installation and Upgrade (see page 188) Introduction to Cluster-aware Installations Installation of CA ARCserve Backup in a cluster environment with job failover capability is supported for the following cluster platforms: ■ Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) in x86/x64/IA64 Windows Server ■ CLUSTERPRO/ExpressCluster X 2.1 for Windows ■ CLUSTERPRO/ExpressCluster X 3.0 for Windows Deployment Considerations Before you begin to deploy CA ARCserve Backup into a cluster environment, you need to be aware of the following considerations: ■ Supported operating systems--For information about supported operating systems, see the CA ARCserve Backup Readme file. ■ Required Cluster Resource Considerations--As with other cluster-aware applications, the CA ARCserve Backup HA server needs to bind itself with some cluster resources, including a shared disk and a virtual name/IP address. Clusters resources can be grouped together to allow you to install CA ARCserve Backup into an existing group and bind it with the existing cluster resources already established for that group, or to create a dedicated group for CA ARCserve Backup deployment. Chapter 5: Installing and Upgrading CA ARCserve Backup in a Cluster-aware Environment 135