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Re: [ADSM-L] DR Plan for Virtual Exchange 2010 Servers

2011-01-05 12:49:00
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] DR Plan for Virtual Exchange 2010 Servers
From: "Storer, Raymond" <storerr AT NIBCO DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 12:48:12 -0500
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

-----Original Message-----
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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