Thanks Del!
This has given me a lot of information to review!
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Joni Moyer
Highmark
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Phone Number: (717)302-9966
Fax: (717) 302-9826
joni.moyer AT highmark DOT com
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Re: Setting up TDP for Mail for an Exchange server
Hi Joni,
OK.. that helps explain your situation much better.
Many of the customers that are using Exchange 2007 CCR clustering
use DP/Exchange along with TSM for Copy Services to enable VSS backups.
Microsoft allows you to perform VSS backups from the Exchange CCR replica
and DP/Exchange along with TSM for Copy Services fully supports that.
Backing up from the CCR replica is great because it allows you to
completely
offload the backup operations to the replica Exchange server, thus
allowing
your production Exchange server doing it main task, deliver mail.
The good news is that there is an IBM technote totally dedicated to
helping
you set this up. It is called "Automating Cluster Continuous Replication
backups for Exchange 2007". You can go to http://www.ibm.com/us/ and
search for:
+tsm +exchange +ccr +replica +vss
... or you can find it here directly:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21329825
(This document did not make the cutoff date for the books, which is why
you won't find it in the currently released copy of the User's Guide.)
Also, to help you set up DP/Exchange along with TSM for Copy Services,
there are some additional publications (think Redbook and Whitepapers)
that can help you:
Redbook - Using IBM Tivoli Storage Manager to Back Up Microsoft Exchange
with VSS
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247373.html
White Paper: Exchange Server 2007 SP1 VSS-Based Backup & Recovery Solution
(SVC)
http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101348
White Paper: Exchange Server 2007 SP1 DS6000 and DS8000 VSS Backup
Solution
http://w3.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101351
White Paper: IBM System Storage TSM solution for Exchange Server 2003 and
DS6000/DS8000
http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101009
White Paper: IBM System Storage TSM solution for Exchange Server 2003 and
DS4000 Series
http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/PRS2451
Thanks,
Del
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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 01/07/2009
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> Hi Del,
>
> This is all new to me, so please excuse my ignorance to this topic, but
I
> believe they are CCR clustered pairs. We have also installed TSM for
Copy
> Services, but I am going step by step in trying to configure this
> environment so that it works. The more I read into it and try to
> understand it the more questions I have and the more confused I am
> getting. We will be doing VSS backups and at this point I'm not sure
> which is better: Full or Copy backups. I got confused from the get go
> because it referenced a nodename in the dsm.opt file for the TDP for
> Exchange portion where as I am used to it being servername xxxxxxx for
our
> other TDP for Domino set up. I guess I'm just trying to figure out how
to
> configure each piece of software, ba/archive client, tdp for exchange
and
> TSM for Copy Services, and I am not finding any examples in the books
that
> show this relationship.
>
> Thanks!
>
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