Learn how to configure the auxiliary servers with sybcluster. You can also configure the auxiliary servers Backup Server, XP Server and Monitor Server using Sybase Central. See the Help documentation for more information. You can access Help by clicking on Help in the Sybase Central toolbar.
For more information, see Chapter 5, “Using Backup Server in a Clustered Environment,” in the Cluster Users Guide
Backup Servers in a Shared Disk Cluster environment are available across all nodes of the cluster as a single Backup Server or to operate on only one instance in the cluster. You can configure the Backup Server on any node of the cluster, and you can provide additional hosts and port numbers on which Backup Server can start if its current node goes down.
Execute the dump and load commands from any node in the cluster. Once issued, the local instance services the dump and load commands and routes them to the cluster’s Backup Server. The instances attempt to connect to Backup Server using the order specified in the interfaces file. If Backup Server is not running on any of the nodes in the cluster, the instance on which you issued the dump or load command starts Backup Server, if Backup Server is configured to run on this node in the interfaces file. If multiple Backup Servers are configured, the Backup Server is assigned based on whether the configuration is in dedicated or round-robin mode.
You can install and start Backup Server using the sybcluster utility, which prompts you for required information and then performs the installation start up for you.
The Backup Server binary ($SYBASE/$SYBASE_ASE/bin/backupserver) is installed when you install Adaptive Server version 15.5 Cluster Edition.