It turned out to be all about permissions...

Thanks!



On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Len Boyle <Len.Boyle AT sas DOT com> wrote:

> Good Afternoon,
>
> Can we assume as the this is a cluster, that you are backing up the passive
> node of the exchange cluster.
>
> We are using a different product for exchange backups, but there are at
> least two problems that can cause problems with the passive node backup.
> For one of them we see the snapshot for the first storage group does not
> work correctly  and the backup does not have a snapshot to backup.
>
>
> Can you relate what the ese event logs on the exchange server are reporting
> for this backup.
> Also you should be able to find tsm logs with more detail.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
> TSM User
> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 12:53 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Exchange TDP backup issue
>
> I'm trying to get the Exchange TDP 5.5.1.0 working on a Windows 2008 server
> running Exchange 2007.  We're at the point now where we are getting the
> below error running a script from the command line.  I'm neither a Windows
> nor Exchange admin, but the admin I'm working with has verified that all
> databases are in fact mounted.  The TDP is seeing the correct number of
> storage groups, so we're getting to the Exchange server.  Any suggestions
> would be greatly appreciated; I'm beating my head against a wall at this
> point.
>
>
> Error log:
>
> Current date is:
> Thu 03/05/2009
> Current time is:
> 12:40 PM
>
> IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail:
> Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server
> Version 5, Release 5, Level 1.0
> (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2008. All rights reserved.
>
> ACN5057I The C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\TDPExchange\excsch.log log file
> has
> been pruned successfully.
>
> Starting storage group backup...
> Connecting to TSM Server as node 'EXLOYCMS'...
>
>
> Total storage groups requested for backup:  7
> Total storage groups backed up:             0
> Total storage groups expired:               0
> Total storage groups excluded:              0
>
> Throughput rate:                            0.00 Kb/Sec
> Total bytes transferred:                    0
> Elapsed processing time:                    0.00 Secs
>
> ACN5073E None of the storage groups entered are in a state to be backed up.
>
>
> The script (minus comments) is:
>
> @ECHO OFF
>
> set exc_dir="C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\TDPExchange"
>
> cd /d %exc_dir%
>
> echo Current date is: >> excfull.sg1.log
> date /t < NUL >> excfull.sg1.log
> echo Current time is: >> excfull.sg1.log
> time /t < NUL >> excfull.sg1.log
>
> tdpexcc backup * full
> /tsmoptfile=C:\Progra~1\Tivoli\TSM\TDPExchange\dsm.opt
> /logfile=excsch.log /excserv=EXLOYCMS  >> excfull.sg1.log
>
>
> The dsm.opt file is (also minus comments) is:
>
> NODename          exloycms
> CLUSTERnode       yes
> COMPRESSIon       Off
> PASSWORDAccess    Generate
>
> COMMMethod        TCPip
> TCPPort           1500
> TCPServeraddress  192.168.51.11
> TCPWindowsize     63
> TCPBuffSize       32
>
> SCHEDMODE             Polling
> SCHEDLOGRetention     7
> TCPCLIENTADDRESS      192.168.53.26
>
> INCLUDE EXLOYCMS\SG*\...\* exchange_mc_7tdp
>