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Re: [Networker] Setting up our new Exchange server

2009-05-15 18:19:43
Subject: Re: [Networker] Setting up our new Exchange server
From: Lam Nguyen <tien.lam.nguyen AT GMAIL DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 18:14:11 -0400
1- create client resource for your two physical node (mercury 2 and mercury
4)

Under saveset enter: ALL

2- create client resource for your virtual cluster client ( mercuryccr).
3-configure mercuryccr to backup exchange mailboxes servers.

Under saveset enter: MSEXCH: <to backup IS store)
          OR                 MSEXCH:MB/A* through MSEXCH:MB/Z <to backup
private mailboxes>
Under BAckup Command Enter : nsrxchsv.exe -c mercury -a mercury
Under Alias Enter: mercury & mercury full FQDN.
Under Remote Access enter: SYSTEM@mercury2, SYSTEM@mercury4

4- Put mercuryccr in a group. You don't need mercury2 nd mercury4 for
exchange backup.
That it fire up your savegroup.

Install networker user for exchange in each of your mailboxes server and you
should be able to restore.


On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Werth, Dave <dave.werth AT garmin DOT com> 
wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stan Horwitz [mailto:stan AT temple DOT edu]
> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 2:14 PM
> To: EMC NetWorker discussion; Werth, Dave
> Subject: Re: [Networker] Setting up our new Exchange server
>
> > From: "Werth, Dave" <dave.werth AT GARMIN DOT COM>
> > Reply-To: EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU>,
> "Werth,
> > Dave" <dave.werth AT GARMIN DOT COM>
> > Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 14:06:56 -0700
> > To: <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU>
> > Subject: [Networker] Setting up our new Exchange server
> >
> > I'd like to ask some advice on setting up our new Exchange 2007 server.
>  I'm
> > no expert on the subject of Exchange and am suffering some confusion.
> >
> > First the basics.  We are still running NetWorker 7.2.2 (I expect to
> upgrade
> > to 7.5 within a month but not this moment).  Our new Exchange server
> consists
> > of 4 systems and 6 IP addresses (the old server was 1 box).  The systems
> are:
> >
> > MERCURY1      Hub Transport/Client Access
> > MERCURY3      Hub Transport/Client Access
> >
> > MERCURY2      Mailbox Server
> > MERCURY4      Mailbox Server
> >
> > MERCURY        Windows cluster of MERCURY 2 & 4
> >
> > MERCURYCCR Exchange Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) on MERCURY 2 & 4
> >
> > As I understand it I need to install the NetWorker Client software on
> each
> > system individually and I need to install the NetWorker Module for
> Exchange on
> > MERCURY 2 & 4 separately.
> >
> > Questions:  When I tell the Exchange backup group to back this up do I
> point
> > it at MERCURYCCR?  If not, what?
> > I plan on ignoring the clustering aspects until after we
>
> To back up CCR data, you need the NetWorker Module for Microsoft
> Applications, not the Exchange module. I cannot vouch for that module
> though
> because I don't have experience with it, other than trying it in a test
> environment. I am also not sure  if it is supported with NetWorker 7.2.2.
>
> On the other hand, if you just want to back up the Exchange active data,
> then the standard Exchange module on Mercury2 and Mercury 4 will work.
>
> You will also need a cluster license for Windows, although the need for
> that
> particular license will go away once you upgrade to NetWorker 7.5.x
> ====================================================================
> Stan,
>
> Thanks for the reply.  Unfortunately, this is kind of a rush job because
> although I knew it was coming I didn't expect it until after Memorial Day
> then they told me Wednesday I need to start backing this up.  I just want to
> get a basic backup going and I'll clean it up when I do the upgrade in a
> week or two.  I have some follow up questions.
>
> Do I need to run the exchange backup on both Mercury2 and Mercury4 or will
> it be sufficient temporarily to just backup one of them since they replicate
> each other?
>
> Is the CCR data a separate thing from the Exchange data or does it include
> it?  In other words if I get the Microsoft Applications Module does it
> obviate the need for the Exchange license and backup?
>
> Can I get away with backing up the Cluster members without a cluster
> license by treating them as stand alone systems or will NetWorker simply
> refuse to back them up without the cluster license because they are
> clustered?
>
> Thanks, Dave
>
> Dave Werth
> Garmin AT, Inc.
> Salem, Oregon
>
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