IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail, Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server, Version 7.1

Migrating backups to a DAG node

If you are migrating from a version earlier than Data Protection for Exchange V6.4, when you configure Data Protection for Exchange to back up databases in an Exchange Server Database Availability Group (DAG) to a common DAG node, all DAG databases are backed up with the new DAG node name, and no longer with the previous Data Protection node name.

After migration, the first backup must be a full backup. To be successful, understand how to manage the backups from previous versions of Data Protection for Exchange.

Do not mix backups that were created with previous versions of Data Protection for Exchange with new backups that are created by using the DAG node. To separate the backups, keep the previous backups under the previous Data Protection node name that is defined in the dsm.opt file in the C:\Program Files\Tivoli\tsm\TDPExchange directory, and use a new DAG node name to store the new backups. If you want to view or restore a backup that is stored under the previous node name, change the Data Protection for Exchange configuration. Over time, when the old backups are no longer useful, you must manually delete them.

To view and restore backups that are stored under the previous Data Protection node name:
  1. Remove the DAG Node by using the General properties page, configuration wizard, or the set command on the command-line interface.
  2. Restart or refresh the Management Console (MMC) GUI or command-line interface.
  3. Click the Recover tab in the MMC GUI, or run a tdpexcc query tsm * command. Since the DAG Node parameter is not set, Data Protection for Exchange lists the backups that are stored under the Data Protection for Exchange node.
  4. Proceed to restore one or more of the listed backups.
To manually delete old backups that are stored under the previous Data Protection node name:
  1. Remove the DAG Node by using the General properties page, configuration wizard, or the set command on the command-line interface.
  2. Restart or refresh the GUI or command-line interface.
  3. Click the Recover tab in the MMC GUI, or run a tdpexcc query tsm * command. Since the DAG Node parameter is not set, Data Protection for Exchange lists the backups that are stored under the Data Protection for Exchange node.
  4. Delete the backups that are expired.


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