Thanks Del! This has given me a lot of information to review!
******************************** Joni Moyer Highmark Storage Systems, Storage Mngt Analyst III Phone Number: (717)302-9966 Fax: (717) 302-9826 joni.mo...@highmark.com ******************************** "Del Hoobler" <hoob...@us.ibm.com> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> 01/07/2009 09:05 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: Setting up TDP for Mail for an Exchange server Hi Joni, OK.. that helps explain your situation much better. Many of the customers that are using Exchange 2007 CCR clustering use DP/Exchange along with TSM for Copy Services to enable VSS backups. Microsoft allows you to perform VSS backups from the Exchange CCR replica and DP/Exchange along with TSM for Copy Services fully supports that. Backing up from the CCR replica is great because it allows you to completely offload the backup operations to the replica Exchange server, thus allowing your production Exchange server doing it main task, deliver mail. The good news is that there is an IBM technote totally dedicated to helping you set this up. It is called "Automating Cluster Continuous Replication backups for Exchange 2007". You can go to http://www.ibm.com/us/ and search for: +tsm +exchange +ccr +replica +vss ... or you can find it here directly: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21329825 (This document did not make the cutoff date for the books, which is why you won't find it in the currently released copy of the User's Guide.) Also, to help you set up DP/Exchange along with TSM for Copy Services, there are some additional publications (think Redbook and Whitepapers) that can help you: Redbook - Using IBM Tivoli Storage Manager to Back Up Microsoft Exchange with VSS http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247373.html White Paper: Exchange Server 2007 SP1 VSS-Based Backup & Recovery Solution (SVC) http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101348 White Paper: Exchange Server 2007 SP1 DS6000 and DS8000 VSS Backup Solution http://w3.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101351 White Paper: IBM System Storage TSM solution for Exchange Server 2003 and DS6000/DS8000 http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101009 White Paper: IBM System Storage TSM solution for Exchange Server 2003 and DS4000 Series http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/PRS2451 Thanks, Del ---------------------------------------------------- "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 01/07/2009 08:42:24 AM: > Sent by: > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Hi Del, > > This is all new to me, so please excuse my ignorance to this topic, but I > believe they are CCR clustered pairs. We have also installed TSM for Copy > Services, but I am going step by step in trying to configure this > environment so that it works. The more I read into it and try to > understand it the more questions I have and the more confused I am > getting. We will be doing VSS backups and at this point I'm not sure > which is better: Full or Copy backups. I got confused from the get go > because it referenced a nodename in the dsm.opt file for the TDP for > Exchange portion where as I am used to it being servername xxxxxxx for our > other TDP for Domino set up. I guess I'm just trying to figure out how to > configure each piece of software, ba/archive client, tdp for exchange and > TSM for Copy Services, and I am not finding any examples in the books that > show this relationship. > > Thanks! >
