No, I have not. Thanks a lot Del! I don't know how I did not notice that.

Best regards
 

Gesendet: Mittwoch, 19. November 2014 um 14:22 Uhr
Von: "Del Hoobler" <hoobler AT US.IBM DOT COM>
An: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Betreff: Re: [ADSM-L] FCM Local Backup Volumes not returned to "VSS_RESERVED" 
Host
Hi Tom,

Do you have the following option enabled?

IMPORTVSSSNAPSHOTSONLYWhenneeded YES

You can check this by issuing this command:

tdpexcc query tdp

By default, the parameter is set to No. This default setting
means that local persistent VSS snapshots are automatically imported
to the Windows system where the snapshots are created and
will stay mapped to the host.


Del

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 11/19/2014
08:09:51 AM:

> From: Tom-Alesandros AT GMX DOT NET
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Date: 11/19/2014 08:12 AM
> Subject: FCM Local Backup Volumes not returned to "VSS_RESERVED" Host
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>
> Hello,
>
> in our Exchange DAG Environment (Windows Server 2008 R2, Exchange
> 2010 SP3, Flashcopy Manager 3.2) we have one server (VM) dedicated
> to doing backups.
> The Backups are not sent to TSM Server, but done locally on V7000,
> without SE-Volumes or Thin Provisioning.
>
> On the V7000 Storage we defined a "fake" host VSS_FREE with the FC
> Port 5000000000000000 that contains all the empty Volumes, and a
> host VSS_RESERVED with Port number 5000000000000001 to take care of
> the used volumes, as stated in the Flashcopy Manager manual.
> However, there is never even a single LUN moved to the VSS_RESERVED
> Host. All LUNs are still attached to the Exchange Server, which is a
> problem, because one HBA can only address 128 LUNs.
> I have only found this one passage about VSS_RESERVED host in the
> documentation. Is there anything I have to do to make this work?
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>