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Re: [ADSM-L] Exchange DAG question

2014-10-12 11:45:02
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Exchange DAG question
From: Remco Post <r.post AT PLCS DOT NL>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 17:24:34 +0200
Op 12 okt. 2014, om 15:18 heeft Del Hoobler <hoobler AT US.IBM DOT COM> het 
volgende geschreven:

> Hi Remco,
> 
> I find that all active and all healthy Exchange servers
> are not the typical configuration anymore. 
> I am finding the most common setup now is that
> any given Exchange server will have some active and
> some passive copies at any given time.

I’d say ‘it depends’. Such an active-active approach makes sense, so yes. I do 
see environments that prefer to build exchange servers in pairs, one active and 
one passive, all on a virtual host, the passive host is then hosted in a 
secondary datacenter. In any case, we prefer to backup the ‘passive’ exchange 
databases and not the active ones.

> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Del
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------
> 
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 10/12/2014 
> 05:57:49 AM:
> 
>> From: Remco Post <r.post AT PLCS DOT NL>
>> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>> Date: 10/12/2014 05:58 AM
>> Subject: Re: Exchange DAG question
>> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>> 
>> usually in an exchange DAG one server has the active copy of a 
>> database and the other has a passive copy. We prefer to use the 
>> passive copy for backups so the load of the backup doesn’t impact 
>> the user experience, but if there is only on copy that one is still 
>> to be backed up.
>> 
>> Op 12 okt. 2014, om 09:12 heeft Robert Ouzen 
>> <rouzen AT UNIV.HAIFA.AC DOT IL> het volgende geschreven:
>> 
>>> Hi to all
>>> 
>>> I have an environment for my Exchange as:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ·         2 servers with exchange 2010
>>> 
>>> ·         O.S Windows 2008R2 64B
>>> 
>>> ·         TSM client version  7.1.1
>>> 
>>> ·         TSM TDP for exchange version  7.1.0
>>> 
>>> ·         TSM server version 7.1.1
>>> 
>>> I backup those exchange server with DAG configuration  ( only one 
>> filesystem) with the configuration of proxy as:
>>> 
>>> Target Node         Agent Node
>>> ---------------     ---------------------------------------------
>>> EXCHSRVAN_DB        EXCHSRVA
>>> EXCHSRVBN_DB        EXCHSRVB
>>> DAG_EXCHANGE        EXCHSRVA EXCHSRVAN_DB EXCHSRVB EXCHSRVBN_DB
>>> 
>>> All the databases’ are configure on each server as half active and
>> passive and vice versa.
>>> 
>>> I run every day 3 logs backups and one a week a full backup for 
>> each server with those commands:
>>> 
>>> Logs:
>>> 
>>> start /B tdpexcc backup * incr /MIN=60  /EXCLUDEDAGPASsive /
>> SKIPINTEGRITYCHECK /tsmoptfile=dsm.opt  /DAGNODE=DAG_EXCHANGE  /
>> logfile=excsch.log >> excincr.log
>>> 
>>> Full:
>>> 
>>> start /B tdpexcc backup * full /MIN=60 /EXCLUDEDAGPASsive /
>> SKIPINTEGRITYCHECK /tsmoptfile=dsm.opt  /DAGNODE=DAG_EXCHANGE   /
>> logfile=excsch.log >> excfull.log
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I understand via documentation that  DP/Exchange does not actually
>> truncate the logs, the Exchange Server does the actual truncation.
>>> 
>>> When a DP/Exchange backup completes successfully, it will tell the
>> Exchange Server that it has stored the backup and that it can 
>> truncate the logs.
>>> 
>>> At that point, the Exchange Server decides on the appropriate time
>> to truncate the logs.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> So if one or more of my DB log  got full I need first to increase 
>> the space on each server  and only after it to run a log or full 
>> backup of this specific DB  to clean the logs?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> It’s a parameter /PREFERDAGPAS that I don’t quite understand the 
>> purpose and if I need it on the commands ? Any other suggestions 
>> will be appreciate too.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Best Regards
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Robert Ouzen
>> 
>> -- 
>> 
>> Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards,
>> 
>> Remco Post
>> r.post AT plcs DOT nl
>> +31 6 248 21 622
>> 
> 

-- 

 Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards,

Remco Post
r.post AT plcs DOT nl
+31 6 248 21 622

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