Configuring IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for SQL Server clustered environments
Depending on the applications that are installed, you can configure IBM Storage Protect Snapshot to operate in clustered environments with SQL Server, or file system workloads.
- Configuring IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for SQL Server stand-alone configuration in a SQL failover cluster environment with shared disks or cluster shared volumes You can configure IBM Storage Protect Snapshot as a stand-alone configuration, and protect SQL Server workloads in a clustered environment that uses either shared disks or cluster shared volumes (CSV).
-
You can configure IBM Storage Protect Snapshot to support a file system and custom application workload in a Microsoft Cluster Server environment.
-
Moving standard SQL databases to the AlwaysOn node
You can specify the /USEALWAYSONnode parameter with the backup command to back up standard SQL databases to the file space for the AlwaysOn node. This transition can make it easier for you to manage all your database backups under a single node name.
-
Configuring availability replicas to run scheduled data backups
When an availability database is replicated across multiple availability replicas in an availability group, a configuration option is available that you can use to select a single replica on which to run a backup operation instead of backing up all replicas.