ADSM-L

Re: Need Help Getting MS-EXCHANGE Cluster backups to work

2004-02-04 11:45:58
Subject: Re: Need Help Getting MS-EXCHANGE Cluster backups to work
From: Del Hoobler <hoobler AT US.IBM DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 11:44:50 -0500
Matt,

Data Protection for Exchange was run and tested in an
Exchange 2003/Windows 2003 MSCS environment.
When setting up the failover for the scheduler service, you also need to
set up registry replication so that upon a failover, the password stored
in
the registry is copied to the failover node registry.
You need to make sure that you are using CLUSTERNODE YES in the DSM.OPT
file so that the encryption/decryption of the TSM password is the same
on both nodes. Take a look at the Data Protection for Exchange User's
Guide
in the section that discusses running it in an MSCS environment.
Also, take a look at the Appendix that discusses setting up
automated scheduling. It also talks about what you need to do
when setting this up for an MSCS cluster environment.

If you are still running into problems, please call IBM support
and they can get your through the issues.

Thanks,

Del

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> Hello all,
>     Our MS people are having a terrible time getting the new MS2003
exchange
> cluster to work.  They have experience on the regular servers but this
> cluster backup seems to have a continues steam of problems.
>     The OS on the client is MS 2003, the Exchange is 2003,  the TSM
client
> is 5.1.5.0, the TDP is 5.2.   The TSM server is 5.1.8.1 on z/os 1.4.
>
> It appears that the installation losses the password.  The indivual
servers
> SERVER-A and SERVER-B backup O.K. but the MS-EXchange backup initially
lost
> the License.  So we reloaded that from one of the NEW (same software
levels,
> but not a cluster) MS-Exchanges stand alone servers. I guess they are
tired
> of reinstalling the product.  Anyway, now that it has the License it
looses
> the password.  I, the TSM server admin, am truely confused as to how
this is
> supposed to work.  Were is the MS server supposed to keep a TDP Exchange
> password if the service can fail over to a different server ( A or B).
> When it would fail over there is no password.  Are all of the TSM
> installation softweare supposed to be in some shared disk directory.
Right
> now I see standard TSM client code on SERVER-A and SERVER-B on there own
> respective C: drives?   Is there a good place to get a good working
diagram
> for this? Maybe a REDBOOK?

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