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April 10th, 2015 02:00
How to identify on which storage node backup is running?
Hi,
I am using NetWorker 8.2.0.3.Build.495. I have given two storage nodes for each client. From where it can be seen that which storage node is being used?
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masonb
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April 10th, 2015 05:00
Sid_mathur,
If the backup is complete you can render the daemon.log file you will be able to see the client savesets being written to the volume/pool start from when group starts and you should be able to see which of the two storage nodes are utilised.
If the backup is running then look on the Monitoring tab at devices/log and you should be able to see which Storage node devices are busy and with which volume.
Having two storage nodes in the client Storage node list is fine, it just means it will try to use the first in the list, if this is already busy with all devices being used or is unavailable for some reason it will move to the next in the list. This means backup should still succeed if first is not available for some reason (planned maintenance) and there is no need to change anything within the environment.
I am not sure why you need this information as backup success/volume used is most important – perhaps if you tell us why you need to know this we will be able to better advise?
Regards,
Bill Mason
CarlosRojas
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April 10th, 2015 04:00
Hello @sid_mathur
You have different options:
1.- Check in the client configuration, tab "Globals 2 of 2" and see the SN list.
2.- During a backup check the device in use, and that will tell you the storage node in use
3.- You can always check the logs
Thank you,
Carlos
sid_mathur
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April 10th, 2015 05:00
Hi Carlos,
1. In the logs, no where it is mentioned that which storage node is used. Take for example:
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43708:(pid 7908):Start time: Thu Apr 09 18:30:27 2015
43621:(pid 7908):Computer Name: TPDBPR08 User Name: SYSTEM
100002:(pid 7908):Processing DATA DOMAIN INTERFACE command line parameter.
NSR_BACKUP_LEVEL: full;
NSR_CLIENT: dbpr01;
NSR_DATA_DOMAIN_INTERFACE: IP;
NSR_DATA_VOLUME_POOL: Production Database Pool;
NSR_DEVICE_INTERFACE: DATA_DOMAIN;
NSR_DIRECT_ACCESS: default;
NSR_GROUP: PRODUCTION_DATABASE_SQL_FULL;
NSR_LOG_VOLUME_POOL: Production Database Pool;
NSR_SAVESET_BROWSE: "Sat May 09 18:30:00 GMT+0100 2015";
NSR_SAVESET_NAME: "MSSQL:";
NSR_SAVESET_RETENTION: "Sat May 09 18:30:00 GMT+0100 2015";
NSR_SERVER: tpemcprd01.erp.intra;
libDDBoost version: major: 3, minor: 0, patch: 0, engineering: 2, build: 438546
86704:(pid 7908): Successfully established DDCL session for save-set ID '338081594' (dbpr01:MSSQL:).
53085:(pid 7908):Backing up of PEC succeeded.
86704:(pid 7908): Successfully established DDCL session for save-set ID '3257340962' (dbpr01:MSSQL:).
53085:(pid 7908):Backing up of master succeeded.
86704:(pid 7908): Successfully established DDCL session for save-set ID '3240563750' (dbpr01:MSSQL:).
53085:(pid 7908):Backing up of model succeeded.
86704:(pid 7908): Successfully established DDCL session for save-set ID '3139900458' (dbpr01:MSSQL:).
53085:(pid 7908):Backing up of msdb succeeded.
Successfully completed databases
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PEC
master
model
msdb
dbpr01.erp.intra: MSSQL: level=full, 2613 GB 06:36:45 4 file(s)
completed savetime=1428600631
86704 1428624735 1 0 0 11120 7908 0 tpdbpr08.erp.intra (pid7908) NSR notice 67 Successfully established DDCL session for save-set ID '%s' (%s:%s). 3 0 10 2703693151 12 6 dbpr01 51 6 MSSQL:
43709 1428624738 1 0 0 11120 7908 0 tpdbpr08.erp.intra (pid7908) NSR notice 13 Stop time: %s 1 35 25 Fri Apr 10 01:12:18 2015
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2. If in the "Globals 2 of 2", i have given two storage nodes, what will be the scenario of selecting the Storage Node? Like, for backups which storage node will be preferred?
sid_mathur
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April 10th, 2015 05:00
Thanks William for the explanation. Yes, backup success is important and the backups are getting completed successfully.
I just wanted to know on which basis the Storage Nodes are selected and whether giving two storage nodes for the single client is ok in the Networker Environment.
Thanks Carlos Rojas and William Mason for the help.
CarlosRojas
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April 10th, 2015 05:00
You can check the volumen where the backup was written and like that you can know about the storage node.
Anyway the best way is to see the device in use during the bakcup.
Thank you,
Carlos
sid_mathur
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April 10th, 2015 05:00
Thanks for the help Carlos.
Since i am new to the tool, can you please guide me on the selection of storage node?
1. As if, two storage nodes are there in the SN list, so on what basis the storage node will be selected?
2. Is it ok, to give two storage nodes for the single client?