5Protecting server clustersAbout server cluster protectionIn AppAssure, server cluster protection is associated with the AppAssure agents installed on individualcluster nodes (that is, individual machines in the cluster) and the Core, which protects those agents, all asif they were one composite machine.You can easily configure an Core to protect and manage a cluster. In the Core Console, a cluster isorganized as a separate entity, which acts as a “container” to include the related nodes. For example, inthe left navigation area, the Core is listed at the top of the navigation tree, and clusters are listed underthe Core and contain the associated individual nodes (on which the AppAssure agents are installed).At the Core and cluster levels, you can view information about the cluster, such as the list of relatednodes and shared volumes. A cluster is displayed in the Core Console on the Machines tab, and youtoggle the view (using Show/Hide) to view the nodes included in the cluster. At the cluster level, you canalso view corresponding Exchange and SQL cluster metadata for the nodes in the cluster. You can specifysettings for the entire cluster and the shared volumes in that cluster, or you can navigate to an individualnode (machine) in the cluster to configure settings just for that node and the associated local volumes.Supported applications and cluster typesTo protect your cluster properly, you must have installed the AppAssure Agent software on each of themachines or nodes in the cluster. AppAssure supports the application versions and cluster configurationslisted in the following table.Table 4. Supported applications and cluster typesApplication Application Version and RelatedCluster Configuration Windows Failover ClusterMicrosoft Exchange 2007 Single Copy Cluster (SCC)2007 Cluster ContinuousReplication (CCR)2003, 2008, 2008 R22010 Database Availability Group(DAG) 2008, 2008 R2Microsoft SQL 2005, 2008, 2008 R2 SingleCopy Cluster (SCC)2003, 2008, 2008 R22012 Single Copy Cluster (SCC) 2008, 2008 R2, 2012The supported disk types include:• GUID partition table (GPT) disks greater than 2 TB• Dynamic disks140
