Configuring
You can use configuration wizards to configure IBM Storage Protect Snapshot, or you can complete the steps manually. For best results, be guided by the step-by-step instructions in the configuration wizards.
- Standalone configuration wizard
- Use this wizard to configure IBM Storage Protect Snapshot to manage snapshot backups as a stand-alone computer. When you select the Standalone Configuration option, you configure IBM Storage Protect Snapshot to manage snapshots locally, without using an IBM Storage Protect server. For stand-alone support, backups are stored locally on the server that is running the backup. The VSS backup is created by using Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service. The VSS backup produces an online snapshot (point-in-time consistent copy) of Exchange Server, SQL Server, or custom application and file system data.
- IBM Storage Protect configuration wizard
- Use this wizard to configure IBM Storage Protect Snapshot to work with IBM
Storage Protect. This integration provides data protection and centrally managed, policy-based
administration.
When you select the TSM Configuration option, IBM Storage Protect Snapshot software protects and manages Exchange Server, SQL Server, or custom application and file system data by storing backups locally or on the IBM Storage Protect server. With IBM Storage Protect, you can also offload your backups to another computer and to move the data to the IBM Storage Protect server.
- Mailbox Restore Only configuration wizard
- Use this wizard to configure IBM Storage Protect Snapshot to restore mailboxes from mounted Exchange database EDB files. When you select the Mailbox Restore Only configuration option, extra data protection features are not available. This configuration option is ideal when you want to restore mailboxes from only .EDB files and you do not want to use the additional IBM Storage Protect Snapshot software functions. The functions that are available with this configuration option are included in the other configuration options.
- Specifying configuration parameters for IBM Storage Protect After IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Windows is registered to IBM Storage Protect, you must configure the node name, password, the communications method, and the appropriate parameters to connect to the IBM Storage Protect server.
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Specifying configuration and options files in non-default locations
The IBM Storage Protect Snapshot software uses default configuration and options files. If you want to use non-default configuration and options files, use command-line parameters to specify alternative configuration and option files when you start IBM Storage Protect Snapshot.
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Use the property pages in the Data Protection Properties window to customize your IBM Storage Protect Snapshot configuration preferences.
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Configuring IBM Storage Protect Snapshot in a stand-alone configuration
By using the Standalone Configuration Wizard, you can configure IBM Storage Protect Snapshot to store database snapshots locally, without using an IBM Storage Protect server.
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Configuring IBM Storage Protect Snapshot to integrate with IBM Storage Protect
By using the IBM Storage Protect Configuration Wizard, you can configure IBM Storage Protect Snapshot to protect and manage Exchange Server, SQL Server, or custom application and file system data by storing backups locally or on the IBM Storage Protect server.
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The Mailbox Restore Only configuration wizard is useful when you do not have to configure additional IBM Storage Protect Snapshot software functions.
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Although IBM Storage Protect Snapshot can automatically configure node definitions, you can also manually configure node names for IBM Storage Protect Snapshot. You can also configure the system that runs offloaded backups.
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Configuring to protect SQL Server data
With IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for SQL Server, you can configure SQL Server clustered environments, high availability environments, and Windows Server Core environments.
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Configuring your system for mailbox restore operations
To use IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Exchange Server to restore mailboxes and mailbox items, you must complete the configuration wizard.
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Configuring your system for mailbox restore operations (Exchange 2016 and later)
To use the IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for Exchange Server to restore mailboxes and mailbox items with Exchange Server 2016 and later versions, you must configure the system for mailbox restore operations.
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To use IBM Storage Protect Snapshot for VSS backups, see the following illustration of a sample deployment. The illustration applies to Microsoft Exchange Database Availability Groups (DAGs) and Microsoft SQL AlwaysOn Availability Groups (AAGs).
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Examples of IBM SAN Volume Controller and IBM Storwize V7000 configuration scenarios
Configuration examples are scenarios that you can use to help you plan your data backup and recovery solutions.