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Protecting a standard cluster, Your cluster – HP Storage Mirroring Software User Manual

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Protecting a standard cluster

Use the following steps to protect a standard cluster, where a single copy of data resides
on a SCSI disk that is shared between cluster nodes. You will be using the Double-Take
Source Connection cluster resource to protect your standard cluster.

1. If your source is a cluster, create a virtual server (including resources for an IP

address, network name, and physical disk) on the source cluster. With this
configuration, users will access their data from the source cluster, regardless of
which node is currently in control. MSCS will handle failover between the nodes of
the cluster. Storage Mirroring Recover will handle failover between the source
cluster and the target (cluster or standalone). See your Microsoft documentation if
you need assistance creating a virtual server on the source cluster.

2. If your target is a cluster, create a virtual server (including resources for an IP

address, network name, and physical disk) on the target cluster. With this
configuration, if there is a source failure, the data will be available for the users
from the target cluster, regardless of which node is currently in control. MSCS will
handle failover between the nodes of the target cluster. Storage Mirroring Recover
will handle failover between the source (cluster or standalone) and the target
cluster. See your Microsoft documentation if you need assistance creating a virtual
server on the target cluster.

3. On your source, create a replication set from the Replication Console.