HP StorageWorks P9000 Replication Manager Software 7.1 CLI User Guide (TB584-96026, May 2011)

When you back up to tape, you need to use FTP or a similar method to transfer the metafile created
in the metafile storage directory in the database server to the backup server. In this situation, transfer
the file in the directory using the same name as in the metafile storage directory in the backup server
and allocate the same drive characters.
Metafile allocation on the database server and the backup server is shown in the figure below.
Figure 44 Metafile allocation
In the cluster configuration where the database server uses Microsoft Cluster Service, when a metafile
is stored in a volume on the storage system, this file can be restored from the secondary volume even
if the cluster server fails over.
HP recommends that you store metafiles in a volume belonging to the resource group of SQL Server
so that, even if the cluster resource of SQL Server fails over, you can use the files by having them fail
over at the same time.
Metafile allocation for cluster configuration of the operation standby type (Active-Passive) is shown
in the figure below.
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