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

Determining managed storage capacity

You can track the capacity of managed storage assets. This feature can be useful for storage planning during license renewal.

About this task

Typically there is a difference between the capacity that is used by server data and the capacity of the volume that contains that data. For example, a set of databases might require a capacity of 1 GB and are on a 10 GB volume. When a snapshot of the volume is performed, the Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange managed capacity measurement is 10 GB.

Procedure

To determine managed storage capacity:

  1. Select an Exchange instance from the Management Console.
  2. On the Protect tab, click Properties in the Action pane.
  3. Select Managed Capacity from the list of available property pages. The managed capacity is calculated and displayed.
  4. View a list of the volumes that contain backups and their respective managed capacities by clicking Show Details.
  5. Close this dialog window.


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