Re: [ADSM-L] Exchange Restore

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Hi Del

This makes a lot of sense, 

Thank you very much

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Del Hoobler
Sent: 17 January 2008 03:41 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Exchange Restore

Hamilton,

This is a known issue when you have huge numbers of inactive and active
backups and your policy does not expire them in a timely manner (or
ever).
The problem is that the DP/Exchange GUI is querying and sorting
huge numbers of TSM server objects in order to render them
on the screen for you. Unfortunately, when dealing with such large
numbers, it takes times to perform the querying and sorting.

Some customers that have decided to keep all of their Exchange
backups forever periodically change their NODENAME/FILESPACES
once a year to help alleviate this problem. (For example,
the may name it to EXCSERV1_2007). Other customers have set up
policies to use COPY-type backups (taken once per month or so)
for their longer term/forever backups... and put a retention policy
of 30, 60, or 90 days on their FULL-type backups. The latter strategy
also helps limit the storage requirements for Exchange backups.

Thanks,

Del

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 01/17/2008
02:37:53 AM:

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> Good day
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> Over three years we have been taking full Microsoft Exchange 2003
> backup, now we are sitting with this problem. When the restore is
> initiated, with both the active and inactive backups selected and
replay
> restored logs only selected, the exchange TDP client will initiate a
> session with the TSM server, however, more than three hours goes by
> without the GUI showing any results. Is this a know issue? And is
there
> a fix for it?
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> The TDP is version 5.3.3.0 backing up to TSM server 5.3.4. The O/S is
> windows 2003 SP2 and Exchange is Exchange 2003 SP2.