How to reinstall the File System Archiving (FSA) agent in a clustered environment

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Remove the FSA Resource
 
  1. In the left pane of the Vault Administration Console, right-click a clustered file server and then click FSA Cluster Configuration.
  2. When the welcome page of the FSA Cluster Configuration wizard appears, click Next.
  3. Select Remove the FSA resource from all groups, and then click Next.
  4. Click Yes to confirm that you want to remove the FSA resource from the cluster groups.
  5. Click Finish.
Note: Removing the FSA Agent should require a reboot to finalize all operations.
 
For more information refer to this Guide.  
 
Reinstall the FSA Resource
  1. From the Microsoft or Veritas cluster manager, fail over to the affected node to load the FSA agent.
  2. Right click the FSA server then select Install FSA Agent.
  3. Select the server to reinstall the agent.
  4. Run the FSA Cluster Configuration wizard to add the FSA resources back into the EV cluster group.
For more information refer to this Guide.   
 
 

 

Issue/Introduction

In the following scenarios the FSA agent may need to be reinstalled:
  • The FSA Agent services are missing.
  • The FSA agent is installed on a 2 node cluster.
  • When removing the FSA agent through Add/Remove programs, an error appears stating to remove the FSA Resources from the FSA Cluster wizard and does not remove the agent.
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