Fred, "COPY"-type backups are an Exchange Server defined entity. SQL Server does not have a COPY-type legacy-style backup.
For DP/SQL, you can either use the second node solution, or use FILE, GROUP, or SET type backups. Thanks, Del ---------------------------------------------------- "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 05/18/2007 12:48:46 PM: > Del, > > Any thought about COPY type backups for MSSQL? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Del > Hoobler > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 11:31 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] TDP Exchange > > Hi Pierre, > > It is working correctly. This is the same way it works > when backing up "files" to the TSM Server. > If you want to have DP/Exchange backups with different policies... > > One way that many customers are doing this is to use > Data Protection for Exchange COPY type backups. > You can create a separate management class for COPY type backups > and bind the COPY type backups to that special management class. > (See User's Guide on how to bind COPY-type backups with > the INCLUDE statement in the DSM.OPT file for DP/Exchange.) > > Another way is to create a separate NODENAME with different > policy sets and run occasional backups using that alternate NODENAME. > > Thanks, > > Del > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 05/18/2007 > 11:57:45 AM: > > > Does anyone heard about problems concerning the binding of Exchange > > datas on a specific management class. > > > > I am having troubles to restore datas. > > > > We have two backup procedure, one runing on a daily basis, with a > > management class with 7 days retention > > And one other procedure, runing on a week basis, with a management class > > with 42 days retention. > > > > We have a tdp exchange node for each exchange server. > > Everything goes fine until we try to restore a server group... > > We find only the last daily backups... And nothing else... > > > > Somebody tell me that, each time an exchange backup is done with a > > specific management class, > > Tsm, on his own will, rebind ALL filespaces owned by the node on this > > specific management class, and so on, each time the management class > > change, tsm rebind filespaces... > > > > Can anyone confirm that ? > > > > We run with tsm 5.3, tdp exchange 5.3 and exchange server 2003 > > > > Pierre
