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David West, David Hartman IBM System and Technology Group August 2007 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution for IBM System Storage™ DS8000/DS6000 and Symantec Backup Exec 11d Configuration and Best Practices[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 2 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 T able of Content s Table of C ontents .................................................................................... 2  Executive Su mmary ...............................................[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 3 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Information for Microsoft E xchange Cluster Environments .................................................................. 60  Exchange Backup and Rest ore ....................................[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 4 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Aut ho rs David West i , David Hartman ii , Created on: December 10, 2006 Latest update: August 1, 2007, Revision 2.0 Trademarks © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007. All rights reserved. IBM Systems[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 5 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Executive Summary Customers rely on Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, and various internet/intranet applications as key business application s. Even short periods of unexpected downtime can have a s[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 6 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Cost of Downtime When a critical system like an Exchange server goes down, data, productivity, and money may be lost. For a typical business that has 500 active users on an Exchange server, if acc[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 7 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 IBM System S torage™ DS8000 Series Created specifically for medium and large enterprises, the IBM System Storage™ DS8000 series offers high-capacity storage systems that are designed to delive[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 8 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 IBM System S torage™ DS6000 Series The IBM System Storage DS6000 series is a member of the family of DS products and is built upon 2 Gbps fibre channel technology that provides RAID-protected st[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 9 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 • Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL), point-to-point (FC-P2P), and switched-fabric (FC-SW) host connectivity topologies supported • Battery backed mirrored cache • Redundant power and coo[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 10 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Inst alling CIM Agent for Windows The CIM Agent for DS Open (API) is a middleware application that provides a CIM-compliant interface for applications that require it, or can make use of it. Else[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 11 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Inst allation Overview for Windows This section provides an overview of the installation and configuration of the CIM agent on a Windows Server 2003 system. Ensure that you have sufficient knowle[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 12 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Installing the CIM Agent on Windows This section includes the steps to install the CIM agent in your Windows environment. You must satisfy all prerequisites before you begin the CIM agent install[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 13 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 The following options are displayed when the LaunchPad window opens: Figure 1: The Launchpad Window CIM Agent overview: Offers information about the CIM agent. Readme file: Offers any last minute[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 14 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 From the Launchpad window, click Installation wizard to start the installation. Note: The LaunchPad window remains open (behind the wizard) during the installation and returns to the foreground w[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 15 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 5. The IBM ESS CLI Check window opens. The wizard verifies that you have the IBM ESS CLI installed if you are managing ESS storage units. Note: The window is not displayed if you have the require[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 16 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Figure 4: Destination Directory w indow Please note: • The Destination Directory window is displayed only if a version of CIM agent is not already installed. Otherwise, the CIM agent is reinsta[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 17 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Figure 5: Update CIMOM P ort window 8. The Installation Confirmation window opens. Click Install to confirm the installation location and file size. You can click Cancel to exit the installation [...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 18 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 9. Installation usually takes 3 - 10 minutes depending on the configuration of your system. You can click Cancel to exit th e installation wizard . Note: If you click Cancel , a window opens aski[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 19 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 c. Do not close the Services window because you will also use it to verify the CIM object manager (CIMOM) service. 2. Verify the installation of the CIM agent. a. Verify that the CIMOM service is[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 20 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Configuring the CIM Agent for Windows This task configures the CIM agent after it has been successfully installed . This section repeats the instructions in the Post I nstallation Tasks option th[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 21 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 >>>addess 9.11.111.111 essuser esspass where: • 9.11.111.11 1 represents the IP address of the ESS. • essuser repr esents an ESS storage manager user name. • esspass rep resents th[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 22 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Perform the following steps to use the Windows Start Menu facility to stop and restart the CIMOM: a. Stop the CIMOM by selecting Start Æ Programs Æ CIM agent for IBM DS Open API Æ Stop CIMOM s[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 23 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 C:Program FilesIBMcimagent b. Type the following command at the command prompt to start the setuser interactive session to identify users to the CIMOM: setuser -u superuser -p passw0rd c. Type[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 24 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Configuring the CIM Agent to run in Unsecure Mode Some vendor software might not be capable of communicating with the CIM agent in a secure fashion. You can still use this vendor software by conf[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 25 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Verifying the CIM Agent Connection on Windows During this task, the CIM agent software connects to the storage unit th at you identified in the configuration task. If you are managing an ESS, per[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 26 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 where: • 9.11.111.11 1 represents the IP address of the Enterprise Storage Server. • essuser represents the DS Storage Manager user name. • esspass represents the DS Storage Manager passwor[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 27 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 4. Verify that the CIMOM is active by finding CIM Object Manager - DS Open API in the Name column of the Services window. For this component, if the Status column is not marked Started , right cl[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 28 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 2107.AZ123x 2105.2223x Internal Server at 9.11.111.122 configured for 2107.AZ123x Internal Server at 9.11.111.119 configured for 2105.2223x Verification Successful Error Messages You might encoun[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 29 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Error Type 2. CIM agent not correctly configured If any of the following are true: • You have never used the setdevice tool to define a storage unit to the CIMOM. • You made an error in the I[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 30 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 If you did not reboot after you instal led the ESS CLI or before you ran the CIM agent verifyconfig program, the ESS CLI will have a problem finding an environmental variable. A message similar t[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 31 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 DS Open API Support for Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy and Virtual Disk Services for Windows This chapter includes an overview of DS Open API support for Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy and Virtual Di[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 32 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 You must install the CIM agent, a middleware application that provides a CIM-compliant interface, before installing Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy and Virtual Disk Services. The Microsoft Volume Sh[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 33 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 • Configure LUNs automatically, which facilitates dynamic reconfiguration by hardware in response to load or fault handling. DS Open API Support for Microsoft VSS and VDS Installation Overview [...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 34 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 • For Volume Shadow Copy Services & Virtual Disk Services: a DS8000, DS6000, or ESS storage unit (with FlashCopy Version 1 or 2) • A system capable of running Windows Server 2003 • 133 [...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 35 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Figure 7: Installation Wizard for Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy and Virtual Disk Ser vices 4. Read and accept the license agreement, and then click Next to continue. If you do not accept, you cann[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 36 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 5. The Edit Data window opens. In order to connect to the CIM agent, Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy and Disk Services must obtain some information about the server that the CIM agent is installed o[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 37 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Figure 10: The Password window 7. The Setup Type window opens. Select whether you want to use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to connect to the CIM agent and click Next . Note: • You can set the SSL[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 38 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Figure 11: Setup T ype window 8. The Edit Data window opens. Type the location of the CIM agent truststore file. This truststore file is generated during the CIM agent installation. You must copy[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 39 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Figure 12: Edit Data window 9. The Choose Destination Location window opens. Click Next to accept the default directory where the setup will install the file s, or click Change to select a differ[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 40 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 10. The Ready to Install the Program window opens. Click Install to begin the installation. Figure 14: Ready to Install the Program window The Setup Status window displays the progress of the ins[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 41 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 1. I f verifying Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service installation, select Start Æ All Programs Æ Administrative Tools Æ Services 2. Ensure that there is a service named IBM DS Open API Suppor[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 42 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Perform the following steps using the IBM DS Storage Manager or DSCLI to create the VSS_FREE and VSS_RESERVED pools: Note: If you are using the DSCLI you must perform these steps in order. 1. Cre[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 43 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 1. Issue the following command: ibmvcfg listvols All of the volumes on your storage unit are listed with the worldwide port names (WWPNs) that they are assigned to. 2. If the volumes are not list[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 44 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 ibmv cfg set password <CIMOM password> Sets the CIMOM user password. ibmvcfg set password mypassword ibmv cfg set trustpassword <trustpassword> Sets the CIMOM trust password. ibmvcfg [...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 45 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 ibmv cfg set vssF reeIniti ator <WWPN> Specifies the WWPN that designates the freepool. The default value is 5000000000000000. Modify this value only if there is a host already in your envi[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 46 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 ERR_ARELUNSSUPPORTED_IBMGET LUNINFO 1700 ibmGetLunInfo failed in AreLunsSupported. ERR_FILLLUNINFO_IBMGETL UNINFO 1800 ibmGetLunInfo failed in FillLunInfo. ERR_GET_TGT_CLE ANUP 1900 Failed to del[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 47 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 ERR_ESSSERVICE_FREE_CONTROLLER 3005 ESSService: Unable to find the VSS_FREE controller. ERR_ESSSERVICE_RESERVED_CONTROLLER 3006 ESSService: Unable to find the VSS_RESERVED controller. Check your [...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 48 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 V alidate VSS Operations with Vshadow .exe Before installing backup applications, it is highly recommended that core VSS functionality be tested. VSS functionality can be validated with the VSHAD[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 49 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Inst alling Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers This section contains excerpts from the Backup Exec 11d For Windows Servers Administrators Guide. For more detailed information, please consul[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 50 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 For more detailed information about the following installation or configuration sections, please see the Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers Administrator’s Guide. This guide is available [...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 51 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Backup Exec Installation Requirements Before installing your Backup Exec product, make sure you have the most current operating system patches and updat es applied to your system. If you are not [...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 52 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 • Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2000 (with Service Pack 4) • Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 (with Service Pack 1) Additional application support • Microsoft Windows [...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 53 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 • (Recommended) A mouse. • (Optional for pager notification) Modem supported by Microsoft Windows. • (Optional for printer notification) Printer supported by Microsoft Windows. Storage hard[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 54 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Due to security implementations in Microsoft Small Business Server, the service account must be Administrator. Installing Backup Exec for Windows Servers The Backup Exec CD includes an installati[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 55 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 • When you receive your license keys, go to step 9 If you have license keys for Backup Exec and its options go to step 9. 9. Select one of the following methods to enter license keys: To manual[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 56 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 14. Provide the BackupExec system account user name, password, and domain. This must be a domain Administrator account. See the above section entitled “About the BackupExec service account” f[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 57 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 19. If you are prompted, enter information or choose settings for additional options that you want to install. Click Next after each selection. 20. Review the Backup Exec installation review, and[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 58 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 • Understand the default media set and its infinite overwrite protection period. • Learn about creating new media sets with weekly, monthly, or quarterly retention periods. • Decide what Wi[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 59 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Installing the Remote Agent for Windows Systems After the Backup Exec Media Server is configured, the Remote Agent for Windows Systems must be pushed out to the Exchange servers you intend to bac[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 60 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 7. Click Next . A summary of install options appears, click Install to proceed. A status window appears, with installation summary. Click Finish after validating installation was succe ssful. Inf[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 61 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Traditionally, this protection is primarily accomplished throug h online backups of the Exchange databases. If organizations also need to recover individual email messages or mailboxes, separate [...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 62 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Offhost backups are also supported, which offloads the backup and integrity check processing to a Backup Exec media server instead of the Exchange server. Moving the backup load from t he Exchang[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 63 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Figure 16: Set Applica tion Defaults wi ndow 4. Select Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service . 5. Under Snapshot provider, select Hardware – Use technology provided by hardware manufacturer . Th[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 64 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Configure the Backup Job 1. On the navigation bar, click the arrow next to Backup. 2. Click New Backup Job . 3. On the Properties pane, under Source, click Selections . 4. To view the Exchange da[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 65 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 8. Select the appropriate backup method. The following are available backup methods for snapshot backups: Exchange 2003 o Full o Copy Exchange 2003 with Service Pack 1 or later: o Full o Copy o D[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 66 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 11. Select Perform consistency check before backup when using Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) snapshot provider. Symantec recommends that you perform consistency checks before running [...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 67 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 • A Microsoft VSS hardware provider. Otherwise, the snapshots of the volumes cannot be imported to the media server (transportable shadow copies). • Ability to access disks that are shared be[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 68 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Figure 19: Set Applica tion Defaults wi ndow 3. Select Use offhost backup to move backup processing from remote computer to media server . 4. Under Snapshot Provider, choose Hardware - Use techno[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 69 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Best Practices for Using Offhost Backup • Keep source volumes and snapped volumes from sharing the same physical disks. If this is not maintained, then any attempt to split the snapshot volume [...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 70 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 6. To enter the path, on the Restore Job Properties pane, under Settings, click Advanced , and then enter a path in Path on media server for staging temporary restore data when restoring individu[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 71 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Figure 20: Recovering mailbox data If you restore individual items from an Information Store backup set that is on a device other than a backup-to-disk folder, then Backup Exec must temporarily s[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 72 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Consistency Checks on Excha nge Database and Log Files For an Exchange VSS backup, Microsoft requires that each database file (.edb, but not .stm) and each transaction log file required for the r[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 73 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 In order to fully leverage the performance capabilities of the IBM DS8000 and 6000, detailed consideration needs to be given to the logical configuration of the storage units. This is particularl[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 74 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Appendix Solution Component Information Hardware Configuration Host Configuration Exchange 2003 Servers • Server type: 4 x Intel Xeon 2.8 GHz 4096 MB RAM • Operating System: Microsoft Windows[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 75 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Storage Subsystem Configuration Logical Configurations dscli> lsrank -l Date/Time: February 6, 2007 8:48:39 AM PST IBM DSCLI Version: 5.1.600.248 DS: IBM.2107-75DGTN 1 ID Group State datastate[...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 76 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 dscli> lsfbvol -vo lgrp v8 Date/Time: February 6, 2007 9:53:33 AM PST IBM DSCLI Version: 5.1.600.248 DS: IBM.2107-75DGTN 1 Name ID accstate dat astate configstat e device MTM datatype extpool [...]

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000 And Symantec Backup Exec 11d Page 77 David West, David Hartman © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 Backup Server Configuration • Symantec Backup Exec 11d for Windows Servers The following Backup Exec optional components must be installed • Advanced Open File • Advanced Disk-based Backup [...]

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