Mario,

Did you happen to look at the section in the book where it discusses
running in an MSCS cluster setup? Whenever you are communicating with
a clustered (SCC) Exchange server, you must use the
"/EXCSERVER=virtual-server-name" option on the TDPEXC and TDPEXCC 
commands.

I assume from your description that you are running Exchange SCC 
clustering
and not CCR clustering? Exchange CCR clustering is a bit different because
there is no shared storage. There are two copies of the Exchange database,
one is an active one and the other one is a passive (replica). It does
use Microsoft clustering underneath, but not the traditional MSCS-SCC 
clustering.

Either way...
You only need to install and run Data Protection for Exchange on the 
machines that contain your mailbox databases and your public folder 
databases.
Once it is installed using the installation program and configured (you 
cannot 
simply copy the binaries to the machine because the installation program 
makes 
required registry updates necessary for runtime operations) you then would
launch a CLI command as follows:
   TDPEXCC QUERY EXCHANGE /EXCSERVER=virtual-server-name
or via the GUI
   TDPEXC /EXCSERVER=virtual-server-name
where "virtual-server-name" is the name of the Exchange virtual server.

If you cannot get things to work, please call IBM support.

Thanks,

Del

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 12/16/2009 
08:21:59 AM:

> [image removed] 
> 
> TDP for Exchange 2007 scenario
> 
> Mario Behring 
> 
> to:
> 
> ADSM-L
> 
> 12/16/2009 08:23 AM
> 
> Sent by:
> 
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> 
> Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
> 
> Hi list,
> 
> I have the following scenario and I am having a hard time making TDP
> for Exchange work....
> 
> 
> 1- Microsoft Exchange 2007 binaries installed in one machine, as 
> afront end machine.
> 2- Microsoft Exchange 2007 Database Agents installed on 2 other 
> machines running MCSC (Microsoft Cluster Server).
> 3- Microsoft Exchange 2007 Databases exists on this 2 MCSC nodes.
> 
> 
> I´ve installed TDP for Exch on both nodes and I am getting the error
> below when verifying my installation:
> 
> 
> C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\TDPExchange>tdpexcc query exchange
> 
> 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.
> 
> ACN5051I The configuration file cannot be found, using default settings.
> 
> ACN5057I The C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\TDPExchange\tdpexc.log log 
> file has been pruned successfully.
> 
> Querying Exchange Server to gather storage group information, please 
wait...
> 
> ACN5237E Unable to communicate with the Microsoft Exchange Server.
> 
> 
> 
> On the dsm.opt file, the NODENAME parameter is pointing to the 
> virtual server name on the MSCS, as recommended by the TDP for 
> Exchange Installation Guide...
> 
> I did TDP for Exchange installations in MSCS environments before, 
> with Exchange 2003....and everything was fine. This 2007 scenario is
> different though....it uses a 3rd machine, like a frontend.....only 
> the Exchange Databases are on the cluster nodes....
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> 
> I´ve tried installing the TDP on the frontend machine also, which is
> a standalone machine and it is where the Exchange Server binaries 
> are installed....and I got the following error:
> 
> 
> C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\TDPExchange>tdpexcc query exchange
> 
> 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.
> 
> ACN5051I The configuration file cannot be found, using default settings.
> 
> ACN5057I The C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\TDPExchange\tdpexc.log log 
> file has been pruned successfully.
> 
> 
=========================================================================
> Unable to obtain the Microsoft Exchange version running on your system.
> Microsoft Exchange 2003 is being assumed.  Unexpected results may occur.
> 
=========================================================================
> 
> Querying Exchange Server to gather storage group information, please 
wait...
> 
> ACN5241E The Microsoft Exchange Information Store is currently not 
running.
> 
> 
> C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\TDPExchange>tdpexcc /excserv=exfront1 
> query exchange
> 
> 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.
> 
> ACN0102E Invalid command: /excserv=exfront1
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> 
> Is there any methodology to install TDP on this scenario?
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Mario
> 
> 
> 
>