Each time you run a backup job, CA ARCserve Backup records information in its databases about the machines, directories, and files that have been backed up, and the media that was used. This allows you to locate files whenever you need to restore them. The database recovery command (ca_recoverdb) is a self-protection feature that allows you to recover a CA ARCserve Backup database if it is lost and was backed up by the CA ARCserve Backup domain that is using the database.
The ca_recoverdb utility invokes the ca_restore commands to implement the database recovery function. The ca_recoverdb utility automatically determines if the CA ARCserve Backup database is a SQL Server database or SQL Server 2008 Express Edition instance and provides the appropriate parameters for the ca_restore command.
When a CA ARCserve Backup server is configured as cluster-aware, all critical ARCserve base-related services (not agent-related services) will be monitored by the applicable cluster service (MSCS or NEC CLUSTERPRO). If an ARCserve base-related service fails or needs to be shut down, the cluster service automatically tries to restart it or trigger a failover if the restart attempt fails. To run this task, you must stop ARCserve services. However, in a cluster-aware environment, you must first manually stop the cluster service from continuing to monitor the service and attempting an automatic restart or failover. For information about how to stop HA service monitoring by the Cluster Service, see the appendix Cluster Support Using CA ARCserve Backup.
Be aware of the following behaviors:
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