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Re: Archive or monthly capability for TDP MS-SQL and MS-Exchange

2002-07-17 21:54:59
Subject: Re: Archive or monthly capability for TDP MS-SQL and MS-Exchange
From: "Seay, Paul" <seay_pd AT NAPTHEON DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 21:52:56 -0400
I have submitted a Share Requirement for us to be able to rebind backups
that have already occurred to help with the oops I need to keep that one
longer problem.  However, that does not solve this problem.  There are a
number of methods to do this for file systems, but only one of them that I
can think of that will work for this.

Mind you I have never tested this, but we are probably going to in the next
couple of weeks.

You set up 2 Exchange Backup Node Names.  One you run on the other cycle,
one you run your normal cycle.  Both need to be fulls and the logistics of
using incrementals or differentials can create some interesting issues.  

So presuming both nodes are doing fulls.  You have two dsm.opt files if
necessary, probably not, just use 2 different policy domains and default
management classes.

The tdpexcc backup command supports the tsmnode specification.  You set the
copy group for one policy domain to 365 days and run the backup once a month
on the day you want to with that node specified.

This is kind of what you indicated.  So you are on the right track.

Now, for the licensing issue.  TDP for Exchange is not licensed by node it
is licensed by CPUs or physical machines.  You could define 20 nodes for
that box if necessary.  What you have to do is register more licenses to
TSM.  I would name your nodes in a way so that when queried it is obvious
that you only have one for the group.  

This has been the licensing debacle for Tivoli.  They realized that a
licensing scheme based on nodes does not work.  What they have to do is
provide certificates that are registered to the hardware, but everyone is
different so it creates a monster.  Thus, they gave up based on what I have
seen.

Talk to your Tivoli Representative or Business Partner.  I am pretty sure I
am right on this. 

Paul D. Seay, Jr.
Technical Specialist
Naptheon, INC
757-688-8180