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Installing SnapManager in an existing Windows cluster

Before installing SnapManager on an existing cluster, there are a number of aspects of the cluster you need to check.

To install and configure SnapManager in an existing Windows cluster, complete the following steps.

Note: Before you complete these steps, ensure that you have prepared your system and environment as described in Preinstall or preupgrade procedure.
Note: Before you complete these steps, review system configuration requirements and limitations for a Windows cluster in System configurations for SnapManager on a Windows cluster
Step Action
1

Verify that the virtual servers and the cluster services are functioning by moving the virtual server from one cluster node to the other and back.

If any errors occur, or if any of the cluster resources do not start, resolve the issue before continuing.

2

Install or upgrade SnapDrive as required.

For details, see your SnapDrive documentation.

3

From the node that owns the cluster group that contains the virtual server, create the shared LUNs to hold the databases and transaction log files.

For details, see your SnapDrive documentation.

Note: These shared LUNs must be physical disk resources in the cluster group that contains the virtual server that uses them.
4

Verify that the System Attendant Resource dependencies are set correctly.

Note: If the Configuration wizard detects that it is running on a cluster., SnapManager adds the dependencies automatically for all the LUNs that it uses.
5

Verify that the virtual servers and the cluster services are functioning correctly by moving the cluster group containing the newly created virtual server to the other node and back.

6

Install SnapManager on all nodes, starting with the node that currently owns the cluster resources.

Use either the interactive installation procedure or the unattended installation procedure for a stand-alone Windows host system. Both procedures are described in Installing SnapManager on a stand-alone Windows host system.

7

Go to Installing or upgrading SnapManager.

After you finish

Fractional space reservation is disabled by default. If you are not using fractional space reservation on the storage system volumes that contain LUNs that are used for SQL Server, the monitoring can be disabled. Doing so improves backup completion times. For details on how to enable and disable monitoring, see Managing fractional space reservation.