For best results, use the configuration
wizards to configure Data Protection for Exchange for
a step-by-step guide of the configuration requirements. However, if
you prefer to do these steps manually, follow these configuration
instructions.
Before you begin
Before you begin, ensure that the Exchange
server is running.
Procedure
Perform these steps on the computer
where the Exchange Server is installed and running:
- Specify your Data Protection for Exchange node
name and communication method in the dsm.opt file
located (by default) in the Data Protection for Exchange installation
directory. More options are also available.
- Using the set command, specify your Data Protection for Exchange preferences
(language, date format, log file) in the tdpexc.cfg file in the Data Protection for Exchange installation
directory.
- (VSS only) If you are configuring Data Protection for Exchange in
an Exchange Server Database Availability Group (DAG) environment,
use the set command to create a common node name
for backing up DAG servers. For example:
tdpexcc set DAGNODe=TSMDAG1
Where TSMDAG1 is
the DAG node name that is used to back up all databases in a DAG,
regardless of which DAG member the database is backed up from.Important: On the Tivoli® Storage
Manager server,
ensure that you register the DAG node. All DAG members need proxy
authority to run backups on behalf of the DAG node.
- If you schedule more than one DAG member
to back up a database, to prevent DAG databases from being backed
up too frequently, set the minimum amount of time, in minutes, that
passes before a database can be backed up again by using the /MINimumbackupinterval.
This parameter must be specified as part of a backup command
script that is run by the Tivoli Storage
Manager scheduler.
For example, include the following statement in the
C:\BACKUP.CMD script:
tdpexcc backup DB1 full /minimumbackupinterval=60
- Optional: To reduce the
load on a production Exchange Server in a DAG, you can specify the /PREFERDAGPASsive parameter.
If a healthy passive database copy is not available, this parameter
backs up a passive database copy. The backup is made from the active
database copy. This parameter must be specified as part of a backup command
script that is run by the Tivoli Storage
Manager scheduler.
For example, include the following statement in a
C:\BACKUP.CMD script:
tdpexcc backup DB1 full /minimumbackupinterval=60 /preferdagpassive
- (VSS only) Specify your VSSPOLICY statement
in your Data Protection for Exchange configuration
file. Exchange servers that use the
same DAG node name are to share the VSS Policy.
- (VSS only) Configure the Tivoli Storage
Manager backup-archive
client if it is not already configured. If the backup-archive client
is already configured, you can use existing client services. The backup-archive
client Setup Wizard can guide you through the configuration process.
In the backup-archive client GUI menu, select . The node name
for this system is referred to as the Local DSMAGENT Node and
is specified with the localdsmagentnode parameter
in the Data Protection for Exchange configuration
file (tdpexc.cfg).
For more
information, see Tivoli Storage
Manager for
Windows Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide and "Proxy
node definitions".
- (VSS only) Install and configure the Tivoli Storage
Manager Client
Acceptor Service (CAD) if it is not already installed and configured.
In the backup-archive client GUI menu, select . Make sure that the CAD service
is running before you proceed to the next step.
- (VSS only) Install and configure the Tivoli Storage
Manager Remote
Client Agent Service (DSMAGENT) if it is not already installed and
configured. In the backup-archive client GUI menu, select . If a DSMAGENT is already installed and configured,
you can use the existing one.
- (VSS only) If you want to manage local persistent VSS snapshots,
which are created for VSS backups to LOCAL, VSS Instant Restores,
and want to run offloaded backups, you must install IBM® Tivoli Storage FlashCopy® Manager.
- (VSS only) Add the Microsoft Exchange
Server binary path to the PATH statement in the system environment
variables. For example:
"C:\Program files\Exchsrvr\bin"
Verify
that ESEUTIL.EXE tool exists in this directory.
This tool is used by Data Protection for Exchange to run automatic integrity checks on
the VSS backup.
- (VSS only) Install and configure a VSS provider. Consult
the VSS provider documentation for information about configuration
of that software. There is no installation or configuration that is
required if you are using the default Windows VSS
System Provider.
- (VSS only) Define storage space to hold VSS backups that
is on local shadow volumes.
Define enough space to hold all copies of the VSS backups as designated
by your policies. Provisioning storage space to manage VSS snapshots
is dependent on the VSS provider that you use. Consult the VSS Provider
documentation for more details.