Controlling disks used by applications

These recommendations provide guidance when you use Data Protection for VMware and Tivoli® Storage Manager Data Protection applications to protect your data.

Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server is a separately licensed product.

Tivoli Storage Manager provides applications that protect specific database and mail server data. In these environments, the data protection application servers typically run inside a VM. As a result, the Tivoli Storage Manager Data Protection product also runs inside the VM. However, in order to use Data Protection for VMware effectively with the Tivoli Storage Manager data protection applications, you must coordinate the backup and restore capability of each application. This coordination is best accomplished by separating disk usage.

Backup and restore scenario

In this scenario, Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server is installed on Disk1 and uses this disk (.vmdk) configuration:

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

Use Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server to back up Disk2 and Disk3:
```
tdpexcc backup * full /backupmethod=vss /backupdestination=tsm
```

Use Data Protection for VMware to back up Disk1 and Disk4:

dsmc backup vm "VM2-08R2EX10-1_orig:vmdk=Hard Disk 1:vmdk=Hard Disk 4"

Use Data Protection for VMware to restore the VM named VM2-08R2EX10-1 to a new VM:

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 command output is displayed:

Restore processing finished.
Session established with server VM-03R2-TSM62-5: Windows
  Server Version 7, Release 1, Level 0.0
  Server date/time: 04/26/2013 12:32:54  Last access: 04/26/2013 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 vSphere Client and go to Summary > Edit Settings to verify that the restored VM contains the same configuration as the source VM. For example, in this scenario, the configuration of the restored VM shows four disks like the original VM. 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 to restore Disk2 and Disk3.
Start the restored VM:
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 VM.
5. Use Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange to restore the Exchange data files to Disk2 and Disk3.