Symantec Backup Exec

To specify a new drive letter for the cluster quorum disk on Windows 2000

1. On the navigation bar, click the arrow next to Restore.

2. Click New Restore Job.

3. In the Restore Selections pane, click System State.

4. On the Properties pane, under Settings, click Advanced.

5. Clear the Restore cluster quorum option. This option must not be selected.

6. Start the restore operation.

   During the restore, the cluster quorum files are copied to the default location %SystemRoot%\cluster\BackupExec.

7. When the restore has completed, reboot the target node.

8. After reboot is complete, run clrest.exe from the command line to restore the cluster quorum from the default location to the quorum disk.

     clrest path [-f] [drive letter]  

   where

   path is the complete path to the cluster quorum; typically, the pathname is %SystemRoot%\cluster\BackupExec. A pathname is required.

   [-f] forces the restore to proceed even if other cluster nodes are online and/or the disk signatures do not match. When this option is selected, the cluster service for any nodes that are online is stopped. This option also allows the drive letter of the disk that the cluster quorum was on to remain the same, even if the configuration has changed and the disk signatures contained in the restore media do not match the disk signatures contained in the cluster quorum.

   [drive letter] specifies another drive letter for the quorum disk. If you use this option, the drive letter that the cluster quorum resides on will be changed to the drive letter specified. Otherwise, the drive letter that the cluster quorum resides on will stay the same as it was previously.

9. After the cluster quorum is restored, use the cluster administrator to bring the other cluster nodes online.