Specifying Data Protection for Exchange DAG member name parameters

The system where Data Protection for Exchange is installed must be registered to the Tivoli® Storage Manager server with a Database Availability Group (DAG) member name.

About this task

The DAG member name owns and manages all Data Protection for Exchange data that is backed up to the Tivoli Storage Manager server

Procedure

  1. Specify the DAG member name with the nodename option in the dsm.opt options file. The dsm.opt options file is located by default in the Data Protection for Exchange installation directory.
  2. To run VSS operations, register DAG member names for more systems if required.
  3. Configure the following Tivoli Storage Manager parameters when you register your Data Protection for Exchange DAG member name (system) to the Tivoli Storage Manager server:
    • MAXNUMMP This parameter determines the maximum number of mount points that a client node is allowed to use on the Tivoli Storage Manager server during a backup operation.
    • TXNGroupmax This parameter determines the number of files that are transferred as a group between Data Protection for Exchange and the Tivoli Storage Manager server, between transaction commit points. This parameter must have a value of 12 or greater.
    • COMPRESSIon This parameter determines whether the backup-archive client node compresses data before it sends the data to the Tivoli Storage Manager server during a backup operation. For VSS operations, specify COMPression=Yes in the backup-archive client options file (dsm.opt) in the backup-archive client directory.