Bind policy statements to associate
Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange Server, and custom application and file system backups to a
management policy.
About this task
A default policy binds any backups that are not
explicitly bound to a named policy.
For custom application and file system backups,
policy-binding statements are stored in the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot configuration file,
fcmcfg.xml, by default.
For Exchange Database Availability Groups (DAG), all
the DAG members that share the DAG node must use the same VSS policy.
Tip: Use the same policy binding method for SQL Server, Exchange Server, or custom application and
file system backups. Define a policy statement in the respective configuration file. A custom
application or file system statement identifies the name of the volume or mount point directory
(component) instead of the name of the database (object name).
Procedure
- Specify the
policy-binding statements to use to bind snapshots to a policy. Manually add the binding statements
in the respective configuration file that defines the policy statements.
Policy-binding statements in the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot
for Exchange Server or IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for SQL Server configuration files might look
similar to the information in the following table.
| | server name | object name | backup type | backup dest | mgmt class |
|---|
VSSPOLICY | * | "Accounting" | FULL | LOCAL | MC_1 |
VSSPOLICY | SERVER_3 | "Human
Resources" | INCR | LOCAL | MC_6 |
- For custom application and file system backups, modify the default
fcmcfg.xml configuration file by issuing the following commands:
- Enter FCMCLI INSERT VSSPOLICY to insert a VSS policy binding statement at
the position that is specified by the SEQnumber parameter.
- Enter
FCMCLI UPDATE VSSPOLICY to update an existing VSS policy binding statement at the position that is
specified by the SEQnumber parameter.
- Enter FCMCLI DELETE VSSPOLICY
to delete an existing VSS policy binding statement at the position that is specified by the
SEQnumber parameter.
For custom application and file system data, the following sample command
inserts a new VSS policy binding statement at the position that is specified by the SEQnumber
parameter:
FCMCLI INSERT VSSPOLICY "* L:\mountdir FULL LOCAL MC1Q11" /SEQnumber=2
where:
- the asterisk character (*) is the server
name
- L:\mountdir is the component
- FULL is the backup type
- LOCAL is the backup destination
- MC1Q11 is the management class