Scenario: Separating disks for backup and restore processing

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To protect your data, coordinate the backup and restore capability of Data Protection for VMware and an IBM Data Protection agent installed in a guest virtual machine.

Before you begin

IBM Storage Protect provides applications that protect specific database and mail server data. The data protection application servers typically run in a virtual machine. To use Data Protection for VMware effectively with the IBM Storage Protect data protection applications, you must coordinate the backup and restore processing for each application. One way to coordinate backup and restore processing for each application is to separate processing by disk usage.

About this task

In this scenario, virtual machine VM2-08R2EX10-1 has IBM Storage Protect for Mail: Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server installed on Disk1 and uses this disk (.vmdk) configuration:

Disk1: Operating system files
Disk2: Microsoft Exchange Server database files
Disk3: Microsoft Exchange Server log files
Disk4: Contains files other than Microsoft Exchange Server files

Procedure

Use Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server to back up Disk2 and Disk3:
1. Start a Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server command-line session by opening a command prompt and changing to the installation directory:
  For example:
```
cd "C:\Program Files\IBM\StorageProtect\tdpexc"
```
2. Issue the following backup command:
```
tdpexcc backup * full /backupmethod=vss /backupdestination=tsm
```
Use the data mover to back up Disk1 and Disk4:
1. Start a data mover command-line session by opening a command prompt and changing to the data mover installation directory:
  For example:
```
cd "C:\Program Files\IBM\StorageProtect\baclient"
```
2. Issue the following backup command:
```
dsmc backup vm "VM2-08R2EX10-1_orig:vmdk=Hard Disk 1:vmdk=Hard Disk 4"
```

Use the data mover to restore virtual machine VM2-08R2EX10-1 to a new virtual machine:

Issue the following restore command:

dsmc restore vm VM2-08R2EX10-1_orig -vmname=user_story_Exch
-datacenter=VC4-VE-2_DATACENTER1 -host=ESX41-VE-2.QA1.COM 
-DATASTORE=ESX41-VE-3

The following output is displayed.

Restore processing finished.
Session established with server VM-03R2-TSM62-5: Windows
  Server Version 7, Release 1, Level 2.0
  Server date/time: 12/16/2014 12:32:54  Last access: 12/16/2014 11:13:13


Total number of objects restored:             2
Total number of objects failed:               0
Total number of bytes transferred:        42.00 GB
Data transfer time:                    4,708.17 sec
Network data transfer rate:            9,353.97 KB/sec
Aggregate data transfer rate:          9,210.25 KB/sec
Elapsed processing time:               01:19:41

Start the VMware vSphere Client and go to Summary > Edit Settings to verify that the restored virtual machine (user_story_Exch) contains the same configuration as the original virtual machine (VM2-08R2EX10-1_orig). In this example, the configuration of the restored virtual machine shows four disks like the original virtual machine. However, only the data for Disk1 and Disk4 are restored. Disk2 and Disk3 must first be formatted for use. Then use Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server to restore Disk2 and Disk3.
Start the restored virtual machine:
1. Go to Server Manager > Disk Management.
2. Select Disk2 and Disk3 to complete disk initialization requirements.
3. Select partition style MBR and click OK.
4. Both disks are formatted with the same drive letters as the original virtual machine.
5. Use Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server to restore the Exchange data files to Disk2 and Disk3.