Hi Experts,

Seeking your views and help on the QlikSense Multi node setup.

We have 6 virtual machines and have setup QlikSense Enterprise as below

VM1 - Development Single Node 

VM2 - Development/Testing Single Node 

Multi Node as below:

VM3 - Production Central Node 

VM4 - Production RIM Node (Configured this node as Virtual Proxy on Central node)

Another Multi Node setup as below, similar to above production Multi node. We call disaster recovery and will be used in case the production (VM3 is down)

VM5 - Disaster Recovery Central Node 

VM6 - Disaster Recovery RIM Node (Configured this node as Virtual Proxy on Central node)

My questions:

What do you think about the above setup?

Can I setup VM2 Development/Testing node as virtual proxy in the VM1 Development node?

Also, can I setup VM5 Disaster recovery central node as virtual proxy in the VM3 central node?

How does the files shares on VM3 or VM5 work when virtual proxy enabled?

What are the things i should consider when i setup VM5 as virtual proxy of VM3?

Once this setup goes live, VM3 central node will have the repository and file share and they become production critical. How can i make sure the backups of the repository and file share work with VM5 when the VM3 goes down completely?

Appreciate your help. Thanks in advance.