+6Hi there.
Can a StoreOnce Catalyst device be presented to 2 Media agents and shared to leverage load balancing and fault tolerance ?
On all project I have encountered StoreOnce, they were either over LAN or attached to a single media agent.
Also, can we use a Linux Media agent with Catalyst over FC ? Documentation says MA on linux is supported but not very clear on how the device will be “seen” at the OS level and if additional Linux drivers/software are required.
Thanks
Abdel
Best answer by Jos Meijer
I have not configured it before, but based on HPE's StoreOnce Catalyst FC in Linux info:
Combined with the Commvault CLI to add media agents:
I would say that it should be possible to have a Linux HA Media Agent setup in combination with a StoreOnce Catalyst library over FC.
My guess though is that the add media agent cli xml only adds an IP sharing towards the second media agent and not a direct FC path. Mainly due to the remark in documentation:
"One mount path per library is supported."
If IP sharing is the case, you will still have a single point of failure on one media agent.
But as I said, never configured it.
Looking forward to reactions from others, hopefully with field experience in this specific setup
+17I have not configured it before, but based on HPE's StoreOnce Catalyst FC in Linux info:
Combined with the Commvault CLI to add media agents:
I would say that it should be possible to have a Linux HA Media Agent setup in combination with a StoreOnce Catalyst library over FC.
My guess though is that the add media agent cli xml only adds an IP sharing towards the second media agent and not a direct FC path. Mainly due to the remark in documentation:
"One mount path per library is supported."
If IP sharing is the case, you will still have a single point of failure on one media agent.
But as I said, never configured it.
Looking forward to reactions from others, hopefully with field experience in this specific setup
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