Systems and methods to process a topology change in a clustered database are described. The system communicates a query to a source storage platform enquiring of a topology change in a clustered database stored on the source storage platform. The system receives a message, at a control computer responsive to communicating the query. The message includes node identifiers identifying nodes including a first node identifier identifying a first node included in the clustered database. The system automatically identifies an addition of the first node to the clustered database on the source storage platform. The system initializes the first node on the source storage platform by communicating a first node agent to the first node. The first node agent is configured to execute on the first node to extract the data image at the source storage platform and stream the data image to the secondary storage platform.