Installing and configuring Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server

• For a first time installation or a new release go to Passport Advantage at IBM Passport Advantage. Passport Advantage is the only website from which you can download a licensed package file.
• For a maintenance fix, go to this FTP site and to the directory that contains the maintenance fix version that you require, Index of Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server patch files .

1. Verify that you have enough space to store the installation files when they are extracted from the product package.
2. Change to the directory where you placed the executable file.
   Tip: In the next step, the files are extracted to the current directory. The path must contain no more than 128 characters. Extract the installation files to an empty directory. Do not extract the files to a directory that contains previously extracted files, or any other files.
3. Either double-click the executable file, or enter the following command on the command line to extract the installation files. The files are extracted to the current directory.

   package_name.exe

   where package_name is like this example:

   7.1.2.0-TIV-TSMEXC-Win.exe

Data Protection Selection

Select Exchange Server as the application to protect.

Requirements Check

Click any Failed or Warnings links to resolve errors.

If you do not have all the user roles that are required for individual mailbox restore operations, click the Warnings link and follow the wizard prompts to add the missing Exchange Server roles. If you are a member of the Exchange Organization Management group and have sufficient role-based access control (RBAC) permissions, you can automatically add the missing roles. If you are not a member of the Exchange Organization Management group and have insufficient RBAC permissions, you must manually add the missing roles.

TSM Node Names

Specify the Tivoli Storage Manager node names to use for the applications that you want to protect.

• In the VSS Requestor field, enter the node name that communicates with the VSS Service to access the Exchange data. This node name is the Tivoli Storage Manager client node name, also known as the DSM agent node name.
• In the Data Protection for Exchange field, enter the node name where the Data Protection for Exchange Server application is installed. This node stores the Data Protection for Exchange Server backups. If you configure the DAG Node, the DAG database backups are not stored under the Data Protection node. The backups are stored under the DAG node. Regardless, the Data Protection node must be defined.
• In the DAG Node field, enter the node name that you want to use to back up databases in an Exchange Server Database Availability Group. With this setting, all active and passive copies of the databases are backed up to the same file space on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. The database copies are managed as a single entity, regardless of which Database Availability Group member they were backed up from. This setting can prevent Data Protection for Exchange Server from making too many backups of the same database.
  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.

TSM Server Settings

Specify the Tivoli Storage Manager server address, and choose whether to have the wizard configure the Tivoli Storage Manager server. Alternatively, you can view and change the commands that the configuration wizard uses to configure the Tivoli Storage Manager server, or run manually run the commands.

Custom Configuration

Click Default in most situations, or click Custom to enter all service-related information.

TSM Configuration

Wait for all components to be provisioned and configured. Click Re-run if there are any problems. Click the Failed or Warnings link for more information if any problems remain.

Completion

The configuration status is displayed. Select the VSS Diagnostics check box to begin VSS verification.

If you do not use the wizard to configure the Tivoli Storage Manager server, the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator must configure the server before verification can be completed. If the wizard does not configure the server, it provides a link to a macro that can be provided to the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator as an example of one way to configure the server.

If the VSS Diagnostics check box is selected at the completion of the configuration wizard, the VSS Diagnostics wizard is displayed. You can also start this wizard by clicking Manage > Diagnostics, and clicking VSS Diagnostics in the Actions pane.

Do not run these tests if you are already using SAN Volume Controller or Storwize® V7000 space-efficient snapshots on your computer. Doing so can result in the removal of previously existing snapshots.

Snapshot Volume Selection

Select the volumes that you want to test and review the VSS provider and writer information.

VSS Snapshot Tests

Review event log entries that are logged as the persistent and non-persistent snapshots are taken, and resolve any errors.

Completion

Review the test status and click Finish.

1. Click the Automate tab. An integrated command line is available in the task window. You can use the interface to enter PowerShell cmdlets or command-line interface commands. The output is displayed in the main window.
2. Change PowerShell to Command Line.
3. Click the folder icon, and select the verify_exc.txt file. Then, click Open. These commands are displayed in the command-line pane:

   query tdp
   query tsm
   query exchange

4. With the cursor in the command-line pane, press Enter to run the commands to verify your configuration. The configuration is verified when these commands run without warnings or errors.
5. When verification is complete, you can use Data Protection for Exchange Server to back up and restore Exchange Server data.
6. Back up and restore a set of test data.