Perform these steps on the computer where
the Exchange Server is installed and running.
Before you begin
Before you begin, ensure that the
Exchange server is running.
Procedure
- Specify your Data Protection for Exchange node
name and communication method in the dsm.opt
file that is located by default in the Data Protection for Exchange installation
directory.
- 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,
issue 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, and you need 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 created 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 must 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 about installing the Tivoli Storage
Manager
backup-archive client for Windows, see Installing the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive clients (UNIX, Linux, and Windows) .
- (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) Install IBM®
Tivoli Storage FlashCopy® Manager if
you want to manage local persistent VSS snapshots, which are
created for VSS backups to LOCAL, VSS Instant Restores, and you
want to run offloaded backups.
- (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. You do not need to install and configure any
components if you use 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 store all copies of the VSS backups as
designated by your policies. Provisioning storage space to manage
VSS snapshots depends on the VSS provider that you use. Consult
the VSS Provider documentation for more details.