Danny, you do not perform VMware snapshots of the drives that contain your
Exchange databases do you? If so, I'd turn VMware snapshots off for those
drives if at all possible. I would perform a standard VMware restore of your
Exchange VMs. Then, I'd follow Microsoft's and Tivoli's recommendations for
restoring your Exchange data stores. Also, are you backing up the Exchange logs
between the incrementals? If not, you might consider it depending on your
tolerance for email loss between the time the last incremental occurred and the
time Exchange died.
Ray
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Danny Schmanny
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 11:08 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] DR Plan for Virtual Exchange 2010 Servers
Greetings to all:
In a nutshell: I need to test DR for Virtual Exchange 2010 servers hosted on
VMWare VSphere version 4.0.
I have daily VCB backups of the mailbox servers and daily TSM/VSS incremental
backups of the actual mailbox databases.
Is there any online documentation or DR checklist available to help me get
started?
Should I be using a better TSM/VSS method of backups to simplify the DR process?
Am I in store for a lot of weeping and gnashing of my teeth?
Please see the results of 3 tdpexcc commands from one of our mailbox servers
below. Any push in the right direction will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Danny Schmanny
C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\TDPExchange>tdpexcc q tsm
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail:
Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server Version 6, Release 1, Level 2.0
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2010. All rights reserved.
ACN5057I The C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\TDPExchange\tdpexc.log log file has
been pruned successfully.
Tivoli Storage Manager Server Connection Information
----------------------------------------------------
Nodename ............................... EXMBX02_EXCH NetWork Host Name of
Server ............ 10.x.x.xx TSM API Version ........................ Version
6, Release 2, Level 1.0
Server Name ............................ STORSERVER Server Type
............................ Windows Server Version .........................
Version 5, Release 5, Level 5.0 Compression Mode ....................... Client
Determined Domain Name ............................ EXCH-MAIL-STORE Active
Policy Set ...................... STANDARD Default Management Class
............... STANDARD
C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\TDPExchange>tdpexcc q tdp
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail:
Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server Version 6, Release 1, Level 2.0
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2010. All rights reserved.
Data Protection for Exchange Preferences
----------------------------------------
BACKUPDESTination................... TSM BACKUPMETHod........................
VSS DATEformat ......................... 1 LANGuage ...........................
ENU LOCALDSMAgentnode................... EXMBX02 LOGFile
............................ tdpexc.log LOGPrune ........................... 60
MOUNTWait .......................... Yes NUMberformat ....................... 1
REMOTEDSMAgentnode..................
TEMPDBRestorepath...................
TEMPLOGRestorepath..................
TIMEformat ......................... 1
C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\TDPExchange>tdpexcc q exchange
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail:
Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server Version 6, Release 1, Level 2.0
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2010. All rights reserved.
Querying Exchange Server to gather component information, please wait...
Microsoft Exchange Server Information
-------------------------------------
Server Name: EXMBX02
Domain Name: lgex.internal
Exchange Server Version: 14.0.702.1 (Exchange Server 2010)
Databases and Status
----------------------------------------
BERKSHIRE_MAILBOX
Circular Logging - Disabled
DAG Status - None
Recovery - False
BERKSHIRE_MAILBOX Online
CHARDON_MAILBOX
Circular Logging - Disabled
DAG Status - None
Recovery - False
CHARDON_MAILBOX Online
KENSTON_MAILBOX
Circular Logging - Disabled
DAG Status - None
Recovery - False
KENSTON_MAILBOX Online
LEDGEMONT_MAILBOX
Circular Logging - Disabled
DAG Status - None
Recovery - False
LEDGEMONT_MAILBOX Online
MADISON_MAILBOX
Circular Logging - Disabled
DAG Status - None
Recovery - False
MADISON_MAILBOX Online
Mailbox Database 2039219976
Circular Logging - Disabled
DAG Status - None
Recovery - False
Mailbox Database 2039219976 Online
MEDINA_MAILBOX
Circular Logging - Disabled
DAG Status - None
Recovery - False
MEDINA_MAILBOX Online
NEWBURY_MAILBOX
Circular Logging - Disabled
DAG Status - None
Recovery - False
NEWBURY_MAILBOX Online
Public_Folder_02
Circular Logging - Disabled
DAG Status - None
Recovery - False
Public_Folder_02 Online
RIVERSIDE_MAILBOX
Circular Logging - Disabled
DAG Status - None
Recovery - False
RIVERSIDE_MAILBOX Online
WICKLIFFECITY_MAILBOX
Circular Logging - Disabled
DAG Status - None
Recovery - False
WICKLIFFECITY_MAILBOX Online
Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Information
--------------------------------------------
Writer Name : Microsoft Exchange Writer
Local DSMAgent Node : EXMBX02
Remote DSMAgent Node :
Writer Status : Online
Selectable Components : 11
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