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HP Data Protector A.06.1 1
Integration guide for Microsoft
applications
SQL Server, SharePoint Portal Server, Exchange
Server, and Volume Shadow Copy Service
B6960-90157
Part number: B6960-90157
First edition: September 2009

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  • Page 1 HP Data Protector A.06.1 1 Integration guide for Microsoft applications SQL Server, SharePoint Portal Server, Exchange Server, and Volume Shadow Copy Service B6960-90157 Part number: B6960-90157 First edition: September 2009...
  • Page 2 Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U.S. Government under vendor's standard commercial license. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Integrations ..................21 Document conventions and symbols ..............23 Data Protector graphical user interface ..............24 General information ..................25 HP technical support ..................25 Subscription service ................... 26 HP websites ...................... 26 Documentation feedback ..................26 1 Integrating Microsoft SQL Server and Data Protector .... 27 Introduction ......................
  • Page 4 Using the Data Protector CLI ..............38 Backup ......................39 Creating backup specifications ..............39 SQL Server Specific Backup Options ............42 Object specific options ................44 Scheduling backups ..................45 Scheduling example ................45 Starting backup sessions ................46 Using the Data Protector GUI ..............
  • Page 5 Scheduling example ................81 Previewing backup sessions ................82 Using the Data Protector GUI ..............82 Using the Data Protector CLI ..............83 What happens during the preview? ............83 Starting backup sessions ................83 Before you begin .................. 83 Using the Data Protector GUI ..............
  • Page 6 Restoring to another client ..............115 Restoring using the CLI ................116 Troubleshooting ....................117 Before you begin ..................117 Checks and verifications ................117 Problems ....................119 4 Integrating Microsoft Exchange Single Mailbox and Data Protector ................. 123 Introduction ....................123 Integration concepts ..................
  • Page 7 5 Integrating Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service with Data Protector ................. 153 Introduction ....................153 Volume Shadow Copy Service ..............153 Integration concepts ..................156 Backup ....................156 Data consistency ................158 Restore ....................158 Restoring components ................. 158 Restoring files ..................159 VSS database ..................
  • Page 8 Point-in-time restore after loss of a log file ..........194 Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 writer restore specifics ......195 Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2006 writer restore specifics ..... 198 Restore the DPM server first ..............198 Restore the DPM clients directly ............201 Microsoft Hyper-V VSS writer restore specifics ..........
  • Page 9 Figures Data Protector graphical user interface ..........25 Data Protector SQL Server integration architecture ........ 29 Database parallelism = 4, Overall Concurrency = 10 ......30 SQL Server users ................33 Configuring SQL Server ..............35 Checking configuration ..............38 Selecting a blank template ..............
  • Page 10 Specifying the restore destination for an SQL Server database ....87 Specifying the restore destination for an index server ......88 SPS restore options ................89 Data Protector Exchange Server integration architecture ......99 Path system variable ............... 101 Selecting a blank template .............. 103 Client name and application database ..........
  • Page 11 Actors of the traditional backup model ..........155 Actors of the Data Protector VSS integration backup model ....155 Local VSS backup ................158 Selecting Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 CCR copy backup objects ..................172 Selecting Microsoft Hyper–V VSS writer backup objects ...... 173 Additional options for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 in a CCR environment ..................
  • Page 12 Tables Edition history ................. 13 Document conventions ..............23 SQL Server online backup types ............27 Legend ................... 29 SQL Server backup options ............... 43 Object specific options ..............45 SQL Server restore options ..............51 Backup types .................. 69 Legend ...................
  • Page 13: Publication History

    Guide updates may be issued between editions to correct errors or document product changes. To ensure that you receive updated or new editions, subscribe to the appropriate product support service. See your HP sales representative for details. Table 1 Edition history...
  • Page 14 Publication history...
  • Page 15: About This Guide

    Documentation & Help component on Windows or the OB2-DOCS component on UNIX. Once installed, the guides reside in the Data_Protector_home\docs directory on Windows and in the /opt/omni/doc/C directory on UNIX. You can find these documents from the Manuals page of the HP Business Support Center website: http://www.hp.com/support/manuals In the Storage section, click Storage Software and then select your product.
  • Page 16 This guide describes the integrations of Data Protector with Oracle, SAP R/3, and SAP DB/MaxDB. • HP Data Protector integration guide for IBM applications: Informix, DB2, and Lotus Notes/Domino This guide describes the integrations of Data Protector with the following IBM applications: Informix Server, IBM DB2, and Lotus Notes/Domino Server.
  • Page 17 HP Data Protector integration guide for HP Reporter This manual describes how to install, configure, and use the integration of Data Protector with HP Reporter. It is intended for backup administrators. It discusses how to use the application for Data Protector service management.
  • Page 18: Online Help

    • HP Data Protector product announcements, software notes, and references This guide gives a description of new features of HP Data Protector A.06.1 1. It also provides information on installation requirements, required patches, and limitations, as well as known issues and workarounds.
  • Page 19: Documentation Map

    Documentation map Abbreviations Abbreviations in the documentation map that follows are explained below. The guide titles are all preceded by the words “HP Data Protector”. Abbreviation Guide Command line interface reference Concepts Concepts guide Disaster recovery guide Getting started guide...
  • Page 20: Map

    Abbreviation Guide Install Installation and licensing guide MO GS Media Operations getting started guide MO RN Media Operations product announcements, software notes, and references MO UG Media Operations user guide MPE/iX MPE/iX system user guide Product announcements, software notes, and references Trouble Troubleshooting guide ZDB Admin...
  • Page 21: Integrations

    Integrations Look in these guides for details of the following integrations: Integration Guide HP Operations Manager for UNIX/for Windows IG-OMU, IG-OMW HP Performance Manager IG-PM/PA HP Performance Agent IG-PM/PA Integration guide for Microsoft applications...
  • Page 22 Integration Guide HP Reporter IG-R HP Service Information Portal IG-SIP HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP all ZDB HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) all ZDB HP StorageWorks Virtual Array (VA) all ZDB IBM DB2 UDB IG-IBM Informix IG-IBM Lotus Notes/Domino...
  • Page 23: Document Conventions And Symbols

    Document conventions and symbols Table 2 Document conventions Convention Element Blue text: Table 2 on page 23 Cross-reference links and e-mail addresses Blue, underlined text: http://www.hp.com Website addresses Italic text Text emphasis • File and directory names • System output Monospace text •...
  • Page 24: Data Protector Graphical User Interface

    NOTE: Provides additional information. TIP: Provides helpful hints and shortcuts. Data Protector graphical user interface Data Protector provides a cross-platform (Windows and UNIX) graphical user interface. You can use the original Data Protector GUI (Windows only) or the Data Protector Java GUI. For information about the Data Protector graphical user interface, see the online Help.
  • Page 25: General Information

    General information General information about Data Protector can be found at http://www.hp.com/go/ dataprotector. HP technical support For worldwide technical support information, see the HP support website: http://www.hp.com/support Before contacting HP, collect the following information: • Product model names and numbers •...
  • Page 26: Subscription Service

    Subscription service HP recommends that you register your product at the Subscriber's Choice for Business website: http://www.hp.com/go/e-updates After registering, you will receive e-mail notification of product enhancements, new driver versions, firmware updates, and other product resources. HP websites For additional information, see the following HP websites: •...
  • Page 27: Integrating Microsoft Sql Server And Data Protector

    1 Integrating Microsoft SQL Server and Data Protector Introduction This chapter explains how to configure and use the Data Protector Microsoft SQL Server integration. It describes the concepts and methods you need to understand to back up and restore the Microsoft SQL Server (SQL Server) database objects. Data Protector offers interactive and scheduled backups of the following types: Table 3 SQL Server online backup types Full database backup...
  • Page 28: Integration Concepts

    Integration concepts Data Protector integrates with SQL Server through the Data Protector sql_bar.exe executable, installed on SQL Server. It implements multiple virtual devices for backup and restore and transforms SQL Server Virtual Device Interface (VDI) commands from SQL Server into Data Protector backup or restore streams. The VDI architecture allows the Data Protector General Media Agent to access data directly in the SQL Server memory, provided the devices are directly attached to SQL Server.
  • Page 29: Parallelism

    Figure 2 Data Protector SQL Server integration architecture Table 4 Legend Data Protector Session Manager: Backup Session Manager during backup and Restore Session Manager during restore. Backup API or VDI SQL Server VDI, the backup interface introduced with SQL Server 7.0.
  • Page 30: Configuring The Integration

    Figure 3 Database parallelism = 4, Overall Concurrency = 10 Configuring the integration Prerequisites • You need a license to use the SQL Server integration. See the HP Data Protector installation and licensing guide for information. • Ensure that you correctly installed and configured SQL Server.
  • Page 31: Before You Begin

    Ensure that you correctly installed Data Protector. For information on installing Data Protector in various architectures and installing the Data Protector SQL Server integration, see the HP Data Protector installation and licensing guide. Every SQL Server to be used with Data Protector must have the MS SQL Integration component installed.
  • Page 32: Configuring Users

    Login='user'; Password='encoded_password'; Domain='domain'; IMPORTANT: To avoid backup problems, ensure that the syntax of your configuration file matches the examples. Examples • SQL Server authentication: Login='sa'; Domain=''; Password='jsk74yh80fh43kdf'; • Windows authentication: Login='Administrator'; Domain='IPR'; Password='dsjf08m80fh43kdf'; • Integrated authentication: Login=''; Domain=''; Password='kf8u3hdgtfh43kdf'; Configuring users If you have restarted the Data Protector Inet service on the SQL Server system under a different user account, add this user to the Data Protector admin or operator Data Protector user group.
  • Page 33: Using The Data Protector Gui

    saved to the Data Protector SQL Server instance configuration file on the Cell Manager. NOTE: Ensure that the user account to be used has appropriate SQL Server permissions for running backups and restores. Check the permissions using SQL Server Enterprise Manager.
  • Page 34 In the Create New Backup dialog box, select the Blank Microsoft SQL Server Backup template. Click OK. In Client, select the SQL Server system. For cluster environments, select the virtual server of the SQL Server resource group. In Application database, select or specify the name of the SQL Server instance. Windows Server 2008 only: If you intend to use the Integrated authentication option, specify the User and group/domain options.
  • Page 35: Configuring Sql Server

    In the Configure MS SQL Server dialog box, specify the user account that Data Protector should use to connect to the SQL Server instance. • SQL Server authentication: SQL Server user account. Specify a username and password. • Windows authentication: Windows domain user account (preferred option). Specify a username, password, and the domain.
  • Page 36: Using The Data Protector Cli

    NOTE: It is recommended that the SQL Server system administrator configures the integration. For details about security, see the SQL Server documentation. Click OK to confirm the configuration. The SQL Server instance is configured. Exit the GUI or proceed with creating the backup specification at Step 6 on page 41.
  • Page 37: Changing And Checking Configuration

    Changing and checking configuration You can check and change configuration using the Data Protector GUI or CLI. Using the Data Protector GUI In the Context List, click Backup. In the Scoping Pane, expand Backup Specifications and then MS SQL Server. Click a backup specification for which you want to change the configuration.
  • Page 38: Using The Data Protector Cli

    Right-click SQL Server and select Check Configuration. See Figure 6 on page 38. Figure 6 Checking configuration Using the Data Protector CLI To change the configuration, run the command for configuring SQL Server instances again, entering different data. To check configuration, run: sql_bar chkconf [-instance:instance_name] If the optional parameter -instance:instance_name is not specified, the default instance is checked.
  • Page 39: Backup

    If -instance:instance_name is not specified, Data Protector returns configuration for the default instance. Backup To run an online backup of an existing SQL Server backup specification: • Schedule a backup using the Data Protector Scheduler. • Start an interactive backup using the Data Protector GUI or CLI. For information on starting interactive backups using the CLI, see the omnib man page.
  • Page 40: Selecting A Blank Template

    In the Create New Backup dialog box, select the Blank Microsoft SQL Server Backup template. See Figure 7 on page 40. Figure 7 Selecting a blank template Click OK. In Client, select SQL Server. For cluster environments, select the virtual server of the SQL Server resource group.
  • Page 41: Selecting Backup Objects

    Depending on the version of Microsoft SQL Server for which you are configuring backup, perform the following: • With Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or 2005, select the databases, file groups, or data files you want to back up. • With Microsoft SQL Server versions prior to 2000, select the databases you want to back up.
  • Page 42: Sql Server Specific Backup Options

    Select backup options. For information on Backup Specification Options and Common Application Options, see the online Help. For information on Application Specific Option, see “SQL Server Specific Backup Options” on page 42. Click Next. Optionally, schedule the backup. For information on scheduler, press F1. Save the backup specification, specifying a name and backup specification group.
  • Page 43: Application Specific Options

    Figure 10 Application specific options Table 5 SQL Server backup options Concurrent streams Sets the number of concurrent streams used for backup. Fast direct mode Used with locally connected devices to optimize performance. Must be combined with special device settings (see “Performance tuning”...
  • Page 44: Object Specific Options

    NOTE: Do not use double quotes (" ") in object-specific pre-exec and post-exec commands. Object specific options If you selected one or more databases for backup (as opposed to a whole server backup), you can set backup options on a single database level by going to the Backup Specification Summary property page and double-clicking an object.
  • Page 45: Scheduling Backups

    Figure 1 1 Object properties Table 6 Object specific options Use default The number of concurrent streams is defined by Data Protector and concurrent streams all available devices are used. Concurrent streams Sets the number of concurrent streams (devices). VDI supports up to 32 virtual devices per database.
  • Page 46: Starting Backup Sessions

    In the Schedule property page, select the starting date in the calendar and click Add to open the Schedule Backup dialog box. Under Recurring, select Weekly. Under Time options, select 8:00. Under Recurring Options, select Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, and Fri. Click OK.
  • Page 47: Before You Begin

    Before you begin • Before starting restore, verify that the database is not being in use. Restoring using the Data Protector GUI NOTE: On SQL Server 2000 and higher, there is no need to create an empty database before restore, because the database and its files are generated automatically. Proceed as follows using the Data Protector Manager: In the Context List, click Restore.
  • Page 48: Restore Objects

    Select the SQL Server objects that you want to restore: • With Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or 2005, select the backed up databases or data files you want to restore. To restore a file group, expand it and select all data files in it. IMPORTANT: Before a data file can be restored, the active transaction log of the database must be backed up.
  • Page 49: Selecting Object Specific Options

    Figure 13 Selecting object specific options You can select the version (backup date) from which you want to restore and choose SQL Server specific restore options. Note that some options are not available for restore of data files. See “Restore options”...
  • Page 50: Restore Options

    If you want to restore your data to another client or instance, specify new locations for the databases in the Options property page. See “Restore options” on page 51. NOTE: When you click Options, the cell is browsed for running SQL Server instances that can become target instances for restore.
  • Page 51: Restore Options

    In the Devices page, select devices to use for the restore. The Automatic device selection option is selected by default, but it is recommended to select the Original device selection option. IMPORTANT: If you decide to select the Automatic device selection option, ensure that the number of available devices is equal to or greater than the number of devices that were used for backup.
  • Page 52 Option Description Stop at This option is only available for database objects. Specifies the exact time when the rollforward of transactions will be stopped. Therefore, to enable database recovery to a particular point in time, backup you restore from must be a transaction log backup.
  • Page 53: Restoring To Another Sql Server Instance Or/And Another Sql Server

    Option Description Restore database This option is only available for database objects. with a new name Restores the database under a different name. Specify the database logical filename and the destination filename (suboptions of Restore files to new locations). Restore files to new Restores files to a new location.
  • Page 54: Restoring Using The Data Protector Cli

    Select the following: • To restore to another SQL Server client, select Restore to another client and the target client from the drop-down list. • To restore to another SQL Server instance, select Restore to another instance. If there are no instances in the drop-down list, enter the instance name yourself.
  • Page 55: Disaster Recovery

    For description of the CLI options, see the omnir man page or the HP Data Protector command line interface reference. Examples To restore the database RONA running on the SQL Server ALMA to the same destination, run: omnir -msssql -barhost ALMA -base RONA...
  • Page 56: Recovering The Master Database

    Recovering the master database The master database holds the vital information about SQL Server. If it gets corrupted or lost, all other databases become unavailable. Recover the master database first to make SQL Server operational: Rebuild the master database. Create the basic master database: a.
  • Page 57: Recovering User Databases

    You can restore versions one by one to have more control over the restore process. Use the options Restore only this backup and Recovery completion state to do this. For more information on disaster recovery, see the HP Data Protector disaster recovery guide and the SQL Server documentation.
  • Page 58: Performance Tuning

    Performance tuning Performance tuning means customizing your environment to improve backup and restore performance. Follow these guidelines: Ensure that SQL Server database files are on separate disks. Calculate the number of devices to be used in parallel. Select a number of devices matching the bandwidth of the incoming data stream and identify the bottleneck.
  • Page 59 Adjust block sizes for local backup devices. • Enable/disable Fast direct mode. Use this option only if the highest performance is required. Due to specific device settings, these device definitions should not be shared with conventional (filesystem) backups. Therefore, using this option in general is not recommended.
  • Page 60: Adjusted Local Device

    Figure 15 Adjusted local device To modify block sizes of an existing device: a. Switch to the Devices & Media context. In the Scoping Pane, expand Devices and click the locally connected device you want to modify. In the Results Area, select Settings, and then click Advanced.
  • Page 61: Advanced Options

    Figure 16 Advanced options If Fast direct mode is activated and not all selected local devices in a backup specification are adjusted accordingly, you get the warning when saving the backup specification: Integration guide for Microsoft applications...
  • Page 62: Monitoring Sessions

    Figure 17 Block sizes not adjusted Scheduling. Backup schedule depends on the number of transactions on the server. Generally, you should not let transaction log files grow over a certain limit, which depends on a specific production database and the size of its transaction log files. These are some general rules on how to schedule backups: •...
  • Page 63: Troubleshooting

    Data Protector SQL Server integration. Start at “Problems” on page 64. If you cannot find a solution there, perform general checks and verifications. For general Data Protector troubleshooting information, see the HP Data Protector troubleshooting guide. Before you begin •...
  • Page 64: Problems

    • Verify the configuration file to check if the Cell Manager is correctly set on SQL Server. • If you do not see the SQL Server instance as the application database when creating a backup specification, enter the instance name yourself. When “not-named instance”...
  • Page 65 2000/03/15 13:19:31 pid(2112) Error at BuildSecurityAttributes: SetSecurityDescriptorDacl Status Code: 1338, x53A Explanation: The security descriptor structure is invalid. SQL Server service and Data Protector Inet are running under different accounts. The integration cannot access SQL Server due to security problems. Action Restart the Data Protector Inet service under the same account as the SQL Server service is running.
  • Page 66 Copy each object in a separate object copy session to a separate device, for example a file library. For each object, use a separate medium with the non-appendable media policy. Set the highest media location priority for the newly created copies. Problem Database is left in unrecovered state after “Invalid value specified for STOPAT parameter”...
  • Page 67 Action To solve the problem: In the HP Data Protector Manager, switch to the Restore context. In the Scoping Pane, expand Restore Objects and then MS SQL Server. Select name of the Microsoft SQL Server for which you want to perform restore.
  • Page 68 In the Version and Options property pages, specify the appropriate options. For details, see “Restoring using the Data Protector GUI ” on page 47. 1 1. Click OK to close the Properties window. In the Options, Devices, and Media property pages, specify the appropriate options.
  • Page 69: Integrating Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server And Data Protector

    2 Integrating Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server and Data Protector Introduction This chapter explains how to configure and use the Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server integration (SPS integration). It describes concepts and methods you need to understand to back up and restore the following SharePoint Portal Server objects (SPS objects): •...
  • Page 70: Integration Concepts

    Differential (MS SQL Backs up only changes made to the selected SQL Server databases Server objects only) since the last full backup. Other selected SPS objects are backed up completely. Before you run a differential backup, ensure that a full backup exists. Otherwise, a restore from such a differential backup session fails.
  • Page 71: Sps Integration Architecture

    Figure 18 SPS integration architecture Table 9 Legend Data Protector Session Manager: Backup Session Manager during backup and Restore Session Manager during restore Backup Specification A list of objects to be backed up, backup devices, and options to be used Integration guide for Microsoft applications...
  • Page 72: Sps Objects

    The Data Protector Internal Database DP SPS agent A set of Data Protector executables that enable data transfer between SPS Server and Data Protector media DP SQL agent A set of Data Protector executables that enable data transfer between SQL Server and Data Protector media SQL VDI SQL Server virtual device interface, through which SQL Server and Data Protector exchange control and data...
  • Page 73: Backup And Restore Flow

    SPS object Description Folder that stores files. Each file is associated with user-defined Document library information. Backup and restore flow The following procedure assumes that all SPS objects are selected for backup/restore. Data Protector Session Manager starts sps_bar.exe on the front-end Web server client, providing a list of objects to be backed up/restored.
  • Page 74: Prerequisites

    Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server documentation. • Ensure that you have correctly installed Data Protector. On how to install Data Protector in various architectures, see the HP Data Protector installation and licensing guide. The following Data Protector components must be installed: •...
  • Page 75 • Domain Data Protector then creates the SPS configuration file on the Cell Manager and verifies the connection to the farm. Before You Begin • Ensure that the SPS Server and SQL Server instances are online. To configure the SPS Server, use the Data Protector Manager: In the Context List, click Backup.
  • Page 76: Selecting A Front-End Web Server System

    In Client, select the front-end Web server system of the SPS farm. NOTE: In a farm with multiple front-end Web server systems, select one of them. Figure 19 Selecting a front-end Web server system Click Next. Integrating Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server and Data Protector...
  • Page 77: Checking The Configuration

    In the MS SharePoint Configuration dialog box, type the SPS administrator, its password, and domain. Figure 20 Configuring an SPS farm Click OK. The SPS Server farm is configured. Exit the GUI or proceed with creating the backup specification at Step 6 on page 130.
  • Page 78: Before You Begin

    • Single sign-on database • Document library The integration provides online backups of the following types: Table 1 1 Backup types Full Backs up all selected objects. Trans (MS SQL Backs up only transaction logs of the selected SQL Server databases Server objects only) Other selected SPS objects are backed up completely.
  • Page 79: Selecting Sps Objects

    In Client, select the front-end Web server system of the SPS farm. NOTE: In a farm with multiple front-end Web server systems, select the one that was specified during the configuration. Click Next. If the SPS farm is not configured for use with Data Protector, the MS SharePoint Configuration dialog box is displayed.
  • Page 80: Application Specific Options

    Select devices to use for the backup. To specify device options, right-click the device and click Properties. Specify the number of parallel backup streams in the Concurrency tab and the media pool you will use. NOTE: Every site database, service database, profile database, content database, portal metadata, document library, and index server can be backed up in a separate stream.
  • Page 81: Modifying Backup Specifications

    TIP: Preview your backup specification before using it for real. See “Previewing backup sessions” on page 82. Table 12 SPS backup options Options Description Pre-exec, Post-exec Specify a command to be run by sps_bar.exe on the front-end Web server system before the backup (pre-exec) or after it (post-exec).
  • Page 82: Previewing Backup Sessions

    Repeat Step 1 on page 81 and Step 2 on page 81 to schedule backups at 13:00 and 18:00. Click Apply to save the changes. Figure 23 Scheduling a backup specification Previewing backup sessions Preview the backup session to test it. You can use the Data Protector GUI or CLI. Using the Data Protector GUI In the Context List, click Backup.
  • Page 83: Using The Data Protector Cli

    The message Session completed successfully is displayed at the end of a successful preview. Using the Data Protector CLI From the directory Data_Protector_home\bin, run: omnib -mssps_list backup_specification_name -test_bar What happens during the preview? The following is tested: • Communication between the SPS Server and Data Protector •...
  • Page 84: Using The Data Protector Cli

    -mssps_list backup_specification_name [-barmode SPS_mode][List_options] where SPS_mode is one of the following backup types: full|trans|diff For List_options, see the omnib command in the HP Data Protector command line interface reference. Examples To start a full backup using the backup specification MyWebPortals, run:...
  • Page 85: Restore

    Restore You can restore SPS objects using the Data Protector GUI or CLI. Before you begin • Ensure that the SPS Server and the SQL Server instances are online and that the SPS services run under the SPS administrator account. •...
  • Page 86: Selecting Sps Objects For Restore

    In the Source page, select SPS objects to be restored. Figure 24 Selecting SPS objects for restore You can specify a backup version to restore from for each SPS object separately: right-click an object and click Restore Version. For an SQL Server database, Data Protector automatically restores the full chain. For example, if you select: Full backup Data Protector restores the selected backup session.
  • Page 87: Specifying The Restore Destination For An Sql Server Database

    You can specify the restore destinations for SQL Server databases and index servers: right-click a database/index server and click Restore As/Into. You can restore an SQL Server database to a different SQL Server system, SQL Server instance, or under a different name. See Figure 25 on page 87.
  • Page 88: Specifying The Restore Destination For An Index Server

    Figure 26 Specifying the restore destination for an index server Integrating Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server and Data Protector...
  • Page 89: Sps Restore Options

    In the Options page, select the SPS specific restore options. These options are applicable only to farms that are centralized (having the master portal and child portals). Otherwise, the options are ignored. Figure 27 SPS restore options In the Devices page, select devices to use for restore. The Automatic device selection option is selected by default, but it is recommended to select the Original device selection option.
  • Page 90: Restoring Using The Data Protector Cli

    Specify Report level and Network load. Click Finish to start the restore. The message Session completed successfully is displayed at the end of a successful session. Table 14 SPS restore options Option Description Restore the old master portal Applicable only if your SPS farm is centralized (having the as a child on the current master and child portals) and you are restoring the master master portal...
  • Page 91 Parameter description Front-end Web server system. In a farm with front_end_server multiple front-end Web servers, specify the same front-end Web server system that was used for the backup. SPS virtual server of the portal to be restored. virtual_server Specifies a portal’s content database for restore. -teamdb Specifies a backup session to restore from.
  • Page 92: Restoring Using Another Device

    portal becomes a child of the restored master portal. Example To restore the content database TeamDB1 (from the backup 2006/10/9-34) and Index Server (from the backup 2006/2/7-31) of the portal created on the SPS virtual server Virtual1 that belongs to the farm with the Front1.company.com front-end Web server system, run: Example omnir -mssps -barhost Front1.company.com -portal Virtual1...
  • Page 93: Disaster Recovery

    Disaster recovery Disaster recovery is a very complex process, involving products from different vendors. Therefore, you need to check the instructions from the database/application vendor on how to prepare for disaster recovery. To do a disaster recovery of a SharePoint Portal Server farm: Reinstall the SharePoint Portal Server farm (including Windows Server 2003, IIS, SQL Server).
  • Page 94: Before You Begin

    For general Data Protector troubleshooting information, see the HP Data Protector troubleshooting guide. Before you begin • Ensure that the latest official Data Protector patches are installed. See the online Help index: “patches” on how to verify this. • See the HP Data Protector product announcements, software notes, and references for general Data Protector limitations, as well as recognized issues and workarounds.
  • Page 95 Action Restart the services of the SPS Server and the SQL Server instance to unlock the configuration database. Restart the restore. Problem Restore fails with “Object reference not set to an instance of an object” When you start a restore of individual content databases (not the whole portal) to an unextended virtual server, an error similar to the following is displayed: [Critical] From: OB2BAR_SPS_BAR@siska.hermes.com "MSSPS"...
  • Page 96 If the SPS services run under a user account different than the SPS administrator account and you start a backup of index servers, the following error is displayed: Exception occurred during backup of search server! Access is denied. Action Start the SPS services under the SPS administrator account. Restart the backup.
  • Page 97: Integrating Microsoft Exchange Server And Data Protector

    3 Integrating Microsoft Exchange Server and Data Protector Introduction This chapter explains how to configure and use the Data Protector Microsoft Exchange Server integration. It describes the concepts and methods you need to understand to back up and restore Microsoft Exchange Server (Exchange Server) database objects. Data Protector offers interactive and scheduled online backups of the following types: Table 15 Exchange Server online backup types Full database backup...
  • Page 98: Integration Concepts

    Integration concepts Data Protector integrates with Exchange Server through the Data Protector ese_bar.exe executable, installed on Exchange Server. It controls the activities between Exchange Server and Data Protector backup and restore processes. You can perform interactive and scheduled full and incremental database backups. The last full backup combined with incremental prevents data loss if a disk failure occurs.
  • Page 99: Configuring The Integration

    Configuring the integration Prerequisites • You need a license to use the Exchange Server integration. See the HP Data Protector installation and licensing guide for information. • Ensure that you correctly installed and configured Exchange Server.
  • Page 100: Limitations

    Ensure that you correctly installed Data Protector. For information on installing Data Protector in various architectures and installing the Data Protector Exchange Server integration, see the HP Data Protector installation and licensing guide. Every Exchange Server system to be used with Data Protector must have the MS Exchange Integration component installed.
  • Page 101: Backup

    Figure 29 Path system variable Backup To run an online backup of an existing Exchange Server backup specification: • Schedule a backup using the Data Protector Scheduler. • Start an interactive backup using the Data Protector GUI or CLI. For information on starting interactive backups using the CLI, see the omnib man page.
  • Page 102: Configuring Exchange Server Backup

    Circular logging is a Microsoft Exchange mode, where transaction logs are automatically overwritten when the data they contain is committed to the database. If enabled, this option reduces disk storage space requirements, but does not allow you to perform incremental backups. •...
  • Page 103: Selecting A Blank Template

    In the Create New Backup dialog box, select the Blank Microsoft Exchange Server Backup template, and click OK. Figure 30 Selecting a blank template Integration guide for Microsoft applications...
  • Page 104: Client Name And Application Database

    In Client, select Exchange Server. For cluster environments, select the virtual server of the Exchange Server resource group. In Application database, select one of the following: • Microsoft Exchange Server (Microsoft Information Store) • Microsoft Exchange Server (Microsoft Key Management Service) (if installed) •...
  • Page 105: Backup Objects

    Select Exchange Server databases you want to back up. Figure 32 Backup objects Click Next. Integration guide for Microsoft applications...
  • Page 106: Backup Devices

    Select the device(s). Click Properties to set the device concurrency, media pool, and preallocation policy. For more information on options, click Help. To create additional backup copies (mirrors), click Add mirror/Remove mirror. Select separate devices for each mirror. The minimum number of devices for mirroring equals the number of devices used for backup.
  • Page 107: Exchange Server Specific Backup Options

    Select the backup options. For information on Backup Specification Options and Common Application Options, see the online Help. For information on Application Specific Option, see SQL Server Specific Backup Options or the online Help. Click Next. Optionally, schedule the backup. For information on scheduler, press F1. Save the backup specification.
  • Page 108: Scheduling Backups

    NOTE: Pre- and post-exec scripts must reside in the Data_Protector_home\bin directory on the Exchange Server. Scheduling backups You can run unattended backups at specific times or periodically. For details on scheduling, see the online Help index: “scheduled backups”. Scheduling example To schedule a database backup at 8:00, 13:00, and 18:00 during week days: In the Schedule property page, select the starting date in the calendar and click Add to open the Schedule Backup dialog box.
  • Page 109: Restore

    Select Backup type and Network load. For information on these options, click Help. Click OK. Click OK. Restore You can restore Exchange Server databases using the Data Protector GUI or CLI. Considerations • If the Recovery Storage Group (RSG) exists on the Exchange Server system when a restore session is started, the restore of databases is redirected to the RSG.
  • Page 110: Restoring Using The Gui

    In the Exchange System Manager window, right-click the backed up object (Mailbox Store or Public Folder Store), and select Dismount Store from the pop-up menu. Figure 35 Unmounting a database A warning appears. Click Yes to continue unmounting. When unmounting completes, you may start restore. After hard recovery, databases can be mounted automatically.
  • Page 111 In the Scoping Pane, expand Restore Objects, MS Exchange Server, and then select the client from which you want to restore. A list of backed up objects is displayed in the Results Area. Integration guide for Microsoft applications 1 1 1...
  • Page 112: Restore Objects

    Select the restore objects. Figure 36 Restore objects To select a backup version, right-click the object and select Properties. IMPORTANT: When restoring several databases from the same storage group, ensure that their backup versions are the same. Otherwise, you need to restore them in separate sessions.
  • Page 113: Selecting A Backup Version

    Figure 37 Selecting a backup version NOTE: Restoring databases to a certain state often requires a multiphase restore (multiple versions must be restored to retrieve data). During incremental backups, only transaction logs of storage groups are backed up (without information on physical location of the storage groups); therefore, you must restore last full backup first and then all transaction log backups made after the last full backup.
  • Page 114: Exchange Server Restore Options

    F T T F T T T T and you want to restore the version marked T, then restore all versions in italic: first full and transaction log backup, second transaction log backup, and the last transaction log backup (Last restore set (start recovery) selected). In the Options property page, select restore options.
  • Page 115: Restoring To Another Client

    Last consistent Restores the database to its last consistent state. The latest log files, state created after backup, are applied to the restored database during recovery. Figure 38 Restore options Restoring to another client Install the same version of Exchange Server on a separate system, and install the same Exchange Server Service Pack version(s).
  • Page 116: Restoring Using The Cli

    For every newly created storage group, create all stores (databases) that existed in this particular storage group on the backed up Exchange Server. When creating a store, use the same name, location, and parameters. Install the Data Protector Exchange integration on this system. Restore the last full backup of the Exchange Server database.
  • Page 117: Troubleshooting

    This section lists general checks and verifications, plus problems you might encounter when using the Data Protector Exchange Server integration. Start at Problems. If you cannot find a solution there, perform general checks and verifications. For general Data Protector troubleshooting information, see the HP Data Protector troubleshooting guide. Before you begin •...
  • Page 118 Create a backup specification to back up to a null or file device and run the backup. If the backup succeeds, the problem may be related to backup devices. See the HP Data Protector troubleshooting guide for instructions on troubleshooting devices.
  • Page 119: Problems

    Problems Problem Restore session fails During the restore session, the following error is displayed: [Critical] Target Instance, specified for restore, is not found or log files do not match the backup set logs. The problem occurs when there is a gap in the sequence of the restored and the current log files.
  • Page 120 Restore of an Exchange Server 2007 database ends abnormally after reporting the following error: [Critical] From: OB2BAR_main@Hostname "Microsoft Exchange Server (Microsoft Information Store)" Time: Date Time [151:214] Recovery SG 'RSG_name' is configured on the Microsoft Exchange Server. The problem occurs in two cases: •...
  • Page 121 ESE subsystem or operating system reported error for Mailbox: 0xc7fe1f42: Database not found. The problem occurs when the database being restored is not properly linked to the RSG. Action To enable the restore of the database to the RSG, using Exchange Management Console or Windows PowerShell appropriately link the database to the RSG.
  • Page 122 Integrating Microsoft Exchange Server and Data Protector...
  • Page 123: Integrating Microsoft Exchange Single Mailbox And Data Protector

    4 Integrating Microsoft Exchange Single Mailbox and Data Protector Introduction This chapter explains how to configure and use the Data Protector Microsoft Exchange Single Mailbox integration (Exchange Single Mailbox integration). It describes concepts and methods you need to understand to back up and restore mailboxes and Public Folders from or to a Microsoft Exchange Server system.
  • Page 124: Integration Concepts

    • To a new folder, created in the root of the mailbox or All Public Folders. • To another mailbox. • To another Exchange Server system. This chapter provides information specific to the Data Protector Exchange Single Mailbox integration. For general Data Protector procedures and options, see online Help.
  • Page 125: Configuring The Integration

    • Ensure that you have correctly installed Data Protector. On how to install Data Protector in various architectures, see the HP Data Protector installation and licensing guide. Every Exchange Server system you intend to back up from or restore to must have the Data Protector MS Exchange Integration component installed.
  • Page 126: Limitations

    Limitations • The Data Protector Exchange Single Mailbox integration is supported only on Exchange Server systems. You cannot back up and restore Exchange items from or to other clients. Before you begin • Configure devices and media for use with Data Protector. •...
  • Page 127: Checking The Configuration

    Prerequisites • Ensure that the Exchange Server is online. Configure the Exchange Server using the Data Protector Manager. In the Context List, click Backup. In the Scoping Pane, expand Backup Specifications, right-click MS Exchange Single Mailboxes, and click Add Backup. In the Create New Backup dialog box, click OK.
  • Page 128: Backup

    In the Context List, select Backup. In the Scoping Pane, expand Backup Specifications and then MS Exchange Single Mailboxes. Click the backup specification to display the Exchange Server to be checked. Right-click the Exchange Server and click Check configuration. Backup The integration provides online backups of the following types: Table 20 Exchange Single Mailbox backup types Full...
  • Page 129: Selecting A Template

    In the Context List, click Backup. In the Scoping Pane, expand Backup Specifications, right-click MS Exchange Single Mailboxes, and click Add Backup. In the Create New Backup dialog box, select the template you want to use. Figure 41 Selecting a template In Client, select the Exchange Server system.
  • Page 130: Selecting Exchange Items For Backup

    Select the Exchange items you want to back up. Mailboxes are organized alphabetically. For example, mailboxes starting with the letter S are collected under the S folder. NOTE: If some mailboxes have the same display name, Data Protector appends a user unique string at the end of each mailbox name.
  • Page 131: Exchange Single Mailbox Specific Backup Options

    Click Next. Select devices to use for the backup. To specify device options (for example, the device concurrency and the media pool to be used), right-click the device and click Properties. Click Next. Set backup options. For information on application specific backup options (Figure 43 on page 131), see Figure 42...
  • Page 132: Modifying Backup Specifications

    TIP: Preview backup session for your backup specification before using it. See “Previewing backup sessions” on page 82. Table 21 Exchange Single Mailbox specific backup options Option Description Pre-exec, Post-exec Specify a command to be run by mbx_bar.exe on the Exchange Server system before the backup (pre-exec) or after it (post-exec).
  • Page 133: Previewing Backup Sessions

    Repeat Step 1 on page 132 and Step 2 on page 132 to schedule backups at 18:00 and 20:00. Click Apply to save the changes. Figure 44 Scheduling a backup specification Previewing backup sessions Preview the backup session to test it. You can use the Data Protector GUI or CLI. Using the Data Protector GUI In the Context List, click Backup.
  • Page 134: Using The Data Protector Cli

    The message Session completed successfully is displayed at the end of a successful preview. Using the Data Protector CLI Run: omnib -mbx_list backup_specification_name -test_bar What happens during the preview? The following are tested: • Communication between the Exchange Server and Data Protector •...
  • Page 135: Using The Data Protector Cli

    Using the Data Protector CLI On the Exchange Server system, run: omnib -mbx_list backup_specification_name [-barmode mailbox_mode][list_options] where mailbox_mode is one of the following: {-full|-incr|-incr1} For list_options, see the omnib man page. Example To start an incremental backup using the backup specification FIRST and to set data protection to 5 days, run: omnib -mbx_list FIRST -barmode —incr -protect 5 Restore...
  • Page 136: Selecting Exchange Items For Restore

    In the Source page, browse for and select Exchange items to restore. To restore all mailboxes and Public Folders, select Mailboxes and Public Folders. Or you can browse for and select individual mailboxes and Public Folders or individual Exchange items from different mailboxes and Public Folders. To restore the data from the root mailbox folder, select Top of Information Store under the appropriate user mailbox.
  • Page 137: Version Properties

    Figure 46 Version properties To specify the restore destination and the chain of backup sessions to be used, click the Advanced tab. See Figure 47 on page 138. Integration guide for Microsoft applications...
  • Page 138: Advanced Properties

    Figure 47 Advanced properties For details on these options, see Table 22 on page 140. NOTE: Which Exchange items are displayed in the Results Area depends on the selected backup session and the Restore Chain options. For example, if Restore only this backup is selected, only the Exchange items backed up in the selected session are displayed, whereas if Full restore of mailbox is selected, all Exchange items backed up in the restore chain of backup sessions are displayed.
  • Page 139: Selecting The Destination Exchange Server System

    In the Options page, specify the destination Exchange Server system. By default, the original Exchange Server system is selected. Figure 48 Selecting the destination Exchange Server system In the Devices page, select devices to use for the restore. Click Restore. In the Start Restore Session dialog box, click Next.
  • Page 140: Restored Mailbox And Public Folders Content With The Restore To New Folder

    Figure 49 Restored mailbox and public folders content with the restore to new folder option selected. To transfer restored data to .pst files: On the client system, create a .pst file. Connect to the Exchange Server system. Move the restored data from the Data Protector backup date backup time folder or the Data Protector backup date backup time - public folder folder to the previously created .pst file.
  • Page 141 Option Description Full restore of Selected by default. Data is restored, not only from the selected mailbox backup session, but also from the latest full, the latest incremental1 (if it exists), and any incremental backups from the last incremental1 up to the selected backup version. Note that any Exchange item that was backed up in any of these sessions is displayed and can be selected for restore.
  • Page 142: Restoring Using The Data Protector Cli

    Option Description Restore to another By default, Exchange items are restored to the original Exchange host Server system. Select this option, to specify a different destination Exchange Server system. Restoring using the Data Protector CLI On the Exchange Server system, run: omnir -mbx -barhost ClientName [-destination DestClientName]...
  • Page 143 Destination Exchange Server system, to which the DestClientName Exchange items will be restored (needed only if you are not restoring to the original Exchange Server system). Backup version ID. For object copies, use the SessionID object’s backup ID (which equals the object’s backup session ID).
  • Page 144: Restore Examples

    All Public Folders, and the mailbox My Mailbox, backed up in the session 2005/06/10-19 from the Exchange Server system exchange.hp.com, to a new folder in Public Folders and to the original folders in the mailbox respectively, run: Integrating Microsoft Exchange Single Mailbox and Data Protector...
  • Page 145: Monitoring Sessions

    -mbx -barhost exchange.hp.com -public -session 2005/06/10-19 -folder "All Public Folders\Administration" -folder "All Public Folders\Addresses" -mailbox "My Mailbox" -originalfolder -keep_msg Monitoring sessions You can monitor currently running sessions in the Data Protector GUI. When you run an interactive backup or a restore session, a monitor window shows you the progress of the session.
  • Page 146: Example Of Backup With Concurrency 1

    Figure 50 Example of backup with concurrency 1 Tests have shown that best performance is achieved when backing up mailboxes and Public Folders using two concurrent data streams, either by specifying one device with concurrency 2 or two devices with concurrency 1. Figure 51 Example of backup with concurrency 2 NOTE: Data Protector cannot create more than one backup object out of Exchange items from...
  • Page 147: Troubleshooting

    Data Protector Exchange Single Mailbox integration. Start at “Problems” on page 148. If you cannot find a solution there, perform general checks and verifications. For general Data Protector troubleshooting information, see the HP Data Protector troubleshooting guide. Before you begin •...
  • Page 148: Problems

    • Preview the Data Protector Exchange Single Mailbox backup. If the Exchange Server part of the preview fails, ensure that the Exchange Server is online. If the Data Protector part of the preview fails: • Ensure that the Exchange Server is configured for use with Data Protector. See “Configuring Exchange servers”...
  • Page 149 On the Domain Controller system: a. Go to: Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Domain Security Policy > Local Policies > User Rights Assignment. b. Set Act as part of the operating system and Log on as a service user rights for the Exchange Server administrator.
  • Page 150: Specifying The Exchange Server Administrator's Mailbox

    Data_Protector_home\log\debug.log on the Exchange Server system contains the following message: An error has occurred while creating a profile administration object. Action Log in to the Exchange Server system. Delete the incorrect administrator’s profile: mbx_bar.exe delete Manually create a new profile: mbx_bar.exe create In the Choose Profile page, click New.
  • Page 151 Action Ensure that Exchange Server and Data Protector MS Exchange Single Mailbox integration component are installed and configured on the destination system to which you restore. Problem Restore to another mailbox fails Action Ensure that the destination mailbox exists on the destination Exchange Server. Integration guide for Microsoft applications...
  • Page 152 Integrating Microsoft Exchange Single Mailbox and Data Protector...
  • Page 153: Integrating Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service With Data Protector

    5 Integrating Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service with Data Protector Introduction A traditional backup process is based on the direct communication between the backup application and the application whose data is backed up. This backup method requires from the backup application an individual interface for each application it backs up.
  • Page 154 The Data Protector Volume Shadow Copy integration provides a unified communication interface that can coordinate backup and restore of an application regardless of their specific features. With this approach, a backup application does not need to handle each application to be backed up specifically. However, the production application as well as the backup application must conform to the VSS specification.
  • Page 155: Actors Of The Traditional Backup Model

    Figure 53 Actors of the traditional backup model Figure 54 Actors of the Data Protector VSS integration backup model Without using the Volume Shadow Copy Service, Data Protector has to communicate with each application to be backed up individually. The Data Protector VSS integration introduces a unified backup and restore interface and provides the coordination among the participants of the backup and restore process.
  • Page 156: Integration Concepts

    VSS writers. For a complete list of supported VSS writers and provider, see the latest support matrices at http://www.hp.com/support/manuals. Benefits of using the integration Advantages of using the Data Protector VSS integration are the following: •...
  • Page 157 coordinate the backup process. The consistency of data is a responsibility of the VSS writer and not dependent on Data Protector functionality. The backup process of the VSS writers consists of the following phases: When you select writers and components you want to back up and start a VSS integration backup, Data Protector communicates with the Volume Shadow Copy Service (backup coordinator) to notify that the backup is about to start.
  • Page 158: Data Consistency

    The related information about the completed backup session is recorded in the VSSDB. Figure 55 Local VSS backup Data consistency The filesystem backup does not guarantee application data consistency, only filesystem consistency. Application data consistency can be achieved only by using supported application writers, such as Microsoft Exchange Server writer.
  • Page 159: Restoring Files

    consists of the following phases: preparing for restore, restoring components, and notifying the application writers that a restore has been completed. The restore procedure of the VSS-aware writers consists of the following phases. Data Protector first restores the metadata, which was collected during the backup. Then it examines the metadata to identify the backup components and determine the restore method.
  • Page 160: Querying The Vssdb

    Removing the backup sessions You can query and manage the items of the VSSDB using the omnidbvss command. For information on the command syntax, description, and examples, see the HP Data Protector command line interface reference. The following tasks can be performed using the omnidbvss command: •...
  • Page 161: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Writer Concepts

    Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 writer concepts This section gives details of additional features that Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 supports. Backup Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 offers two models of replication for data protection that are supported by Data Protector. • local continuous replication (LCR) With LCR, you can create and maintain an exact copy (LCR copy) of databases in a storage group.
  • Page 162: Microsoft Hyper-V Vss Writer Concepts

    You can restore data to: • The original storage group • A different storage group • A non-Exchange location – With this restore method, after the restore is completed, the Recovery Storage Group (RSG) can be created automatically. • A recovery server – This restore method restores data to different client and different storage group.
  • Page 163: Prerequisites And Limitations

    Shadow Copy Service integration. Additional limitations and recommendations that are not directly connected to the integration (such as operating system and GUI limitations) and disk array limitations are listed in the HP Data Protector product announcements, software notes, and references.
  • Page 164: Prerequisites

    To enable successful shadow copy creation install the following Windows Server 2003 hotfixes: KB950903 and KB949002. Limitations For a list of general Data Protector limitations, see the HP Data Protector product announcements, software notes, and references. • Maximum 512 shadow copies per volume are allowed. The number of shadow copies per volume is limited by system resources.
  • Page 165: Microsoft Exchange Server Writer Specific Configuration

    VSS writers either come with the Windows operating system or with applications. For a complete list of supported VSS writers and providers, see the latest support matrices at http://www.hp.com/support/manuals. The Data Protector Microsoft VSS integration does not provide any restore method for writers requesting a custom restore.
  • Page 166: Writer Description

    NOTE: Writers requiring custom restore methods are by default not shown by Data Protector. The omnirc variable OB2VSS_SHOWALLWRITERS must be set to 1 for all writers to be displayed. Table 23 on page 166 provides a description of VSS writers. Table 23 Writer description Writer name Description...
  • Page 167 Writer name Description Restore method FRS Writer This VSS writer using a custom API, is used to Custom restore method back up and restore File Replication Service data. File Replication Service is a multithreaded replication engine that replicates system policies and logon scripts stored in System Volume (SYSVOL).
  • Page 168 Writer name Description Restore method Microsoft Virtual This is a writer used to back up and restore Standard VSS restore Server 2005 Microsoft Virtual Server 2005. Microsoft Virtual and instant recovery. Writer Server 2005 is a virtualization platform for Microsoft Windows servers. Data Protector supports live backup of individual virtual machines and the Virtual Server configuration, ensuring data consistency of the backup and...
  • Page 169 Writer name Description Restore method NTDS Writer This is a system writer used to back up and To restore Active restore Microsoft Active Directory on Windows Directory, boot into servers. Active Directory Service is a Windows Directory restore server directory service that enables you to mode.
  • Page 170: Backing Up Writers Data

    Writer name Description Restore method WINS Jet Writer This is a system writer, used to back up and Files are restored after restore Windows Internet Name Service a reboot. (WINS). WINS is a dynamic replicated database service that can register and resolve NetBIOS names to IP addresses used on a TCP/IP network.
  • Page 171 179. To create a new backup specification for the VSS integration, proceed as follows: In the HP Data Protector Manager, switch to the Backup context. In the Scoping Pane, expand Backup Specifications. Right-click MS Volume Shadow Copy Writers and click Add Backup.
  • Page 172: Selecting Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Ccr Copy Backup

    Select the backup objects you want to back up. only a whole source volume to be backed up, regardless of the number of virtual machines residing on the volume. You can specify a full client backup by selecting the top-level item (the name of the client), a single writer or a writer’s component backup by selecting a lower-level item.
  • Page 173: Selecting Microsoft Hyper-V Vss Writer Backup Objects

    Figure 57 Selecting Microsoft Hyper–V VSS writer backup objects If a writer requires all of its components to be backed up, lower-level items are automatically selected. If you select such a writer for backup, all its components will be backed up. If a writer has no components to be backed up, it is not displayed in the list of writers, and is not backed up when the full client is selected.
  • Page 174: Additional Options For Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 In A Ccr

    Figure 58 Additional options for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 in a CCR environment Select the devices you want to use for the backup. Click Properties to set the device concurrency, media pool, and preallocation policy. For more information on these options, click Help. If you do not select a device, only backup to disk will be available.
  • Page 175: Vss Specific Backup Options

    You can run backup using one of the following methods: • Schedule the backup of an existing Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Writers backup specification using the Data Protector Scheduler. • Start an interactive backup of an existing Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Writers backup specification.
  • Page 176 Limitations • A combination of VSS snapshot backups and non-VSS backups (for example, incremental stream backups) is not supported. • You can back up only the whole server or full storage groups. Single stores cannot be backed up. • Circular logging must be disabled. •...
  • Page 177: Selecting Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Storage Groups

    Figure 59 Selecting Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 storage groups Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 writer backup specifics In LCR and CCR environments, the replicated storage groups are represented as a new instance of Exchange Server writer, Exchange Replication Service. The replicated storage groups are backed up in the same way as original (production) storage groups.
  • Page 178: Selecting A Replicated Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Storage

    Figure 60 Selecting a replicated Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 storage group In a CCR environment, a cluster node from which you want a backup to be performed can be selected, regardless of which instance (Information Store or Replication Service) resides on this node. If you select the cluster node, Data Protector backs up any available instance on this node ignoring the selection of the instance in the GUI even if, for example, you select the replicated storage group (Exchange Replication Service) as backup object.
  • Page 179: Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2006 Writer Specifics

    • Data Protector is not running on the selected node. • Vssbar.exe cannot not be started on the selected node. To avoid the session failing, select the option Revert to active node on failure in the same dialog box. The backup will be restarted on the original server (active cluster node) and the original storage group will be backed up.
  • Page 180 IMPORTANT: To ensure data consistency, schedule a DPM replica synchronization before starting a backup. The DPM uses DPM snapshots for restore. These snapshots are not backed up. To be able to recreate DPM snapshots you must manually schedule a backup of the replica each time after the DPM creates a new replica.
  • Page 181: Microsoft Hyper-V Vss Writer Backup Specifics

    Figure 61 Selecting Microsoft Data Protection Manager database and replicas Microsoft Hyper-V VSS writer backup specifics With the Hyper-V VSS writer, it is possible to back up: • The Hyper-V configuration • Virtual machines The following two types of backups are supported by the Data Protector VSS integration: •...
  • Page 182 • The guest operating system – any other non-Microsoft guest operating system that is supported by Hyper-V – is not VSS enabled. • The guest operating system does not have Hyper-V VSS integration services installed. • The virtual machine to be backed up is turned off. Before offline backup, the virtual machine is automatically suspended (if not already) and resumed after the backup.
  • Page 183: Microsoft Sharepoint Services Vss Writer Backup Specifics

    • Run only online backups. • Before running an offline backup, manually put the virtual machine into the “Saved” state using Failover Cluster Administrator. • Whenever a failover happens, you need to use another backup specification. After a failover, the hostname where the virtual machine is running changes. Since this change is not reflected in the original backup specification, you need to create a new backup specification to specify the new hostname as the application system name.
  • Page 184: Scheduling The Backup

    “scheduled backups”. To schedule a Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Writers backup specification, perform the following steps in the Data Protector GUI: In the HP Data Protector Manager, switch to the Backup context. Integrating Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service with Data Protector...
  • Page 185: Running An Interactive Backup

    Click Apply to save the changes. Running an interactive backup An interactive backup can be started using the Data Protector GUI by following these steps: In the HP Data Protector Manager, switch to the Backup context. Integration guide for Microsoft applications...
  • Page 186: Restoring Writers Data

    In the Scoping Pane, expand Backup; then expand the Backup Specifications and the MS Volume Shadow Copy Writers items. Right-click the backup specification you want to run, and then select Start Backup from the pop-up menu. The Start Backup dialog box appears. Select the backup type and the network load (High, Medium, or Low).
  • Page 187 198. To restore Microsoft VSS objects using the Data Protector GUI, proceed as follows: In the HP Data Protector, switch to the Restore context. Expand Restore Objects, expand MS Volume Shadow Copy Writers, expand the client from which you want to restore the data, and then click MS Volume Shadow Copy Writers.
  • Page 188: Restore Objects

    In the Results Area, select the writers or writers’ components (for component restore) or files or a group of files (for file restore mode). Figure 64 Restore objects You can select the top-level item (full writer restore) or only specific components. If you select a full writer restore, but some components of this writer were not backed up in the same session, the unavailable components are shaded and you cannot select them.
  • Page 189 a. Right-click a storage group, a store, or logs and click Restore as. b. In the MS Exchange additional options dialog box, select the target location for the components you want to restore: target server, target storage group, and target stores. The following options are available: •...
  • Page 190: Restore To Different Location Options (Exchange Server 2007 Writer)

    Figure 65 Restore to different location options (Exchange Server 2007 Writer) In the Options property page, select the MS Volume Shadow Copy specific restore options. Refer to “Restore options” on page 191. In the Devices and Media property pages, the devices and media for restore are automatically selected.
  • Page 191: Restore Options

    Restore options The following restore options are specific to the Data Protector MS Volume Shadow Copy integration. NOTE: Do not use these options for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 writer since there are other Exchange Server 2007 specific options provided for restore to another location. Restore to another client By default, the components or files are restored to the client from which the application data was backed up.
  • Page 192: Msde Writer

    Figure 66 MSDE writer When you expand the MSDE Writer item in the Results Area, all Microsoft SQL Server instances are displayed. Each instance contains all databases it includes. System databases (master, model, msdb and pub) are always listed there. IMPORTANT: If system databases are restored, the whole internal database structure will be changed.
  • Page 193: Microsoft Exchange Server Writer Restore Specifics

    Microsoft Exchange Server writer restore specifics Microsoft Exchange Server Writer is used to restore Microsoft Exchange Server database files. When restoring from a Microsoft Exchange backup, the following two scenarios are possible: • One or more databases are corrupted, but the log files are not damaged. In this case the database is restored and transaction logs are applied.
  • Page 194: Point-In-Time Restore After Loss Of A Log File

    In the Data Protector GUI, switch to the Restore context. Expand Restore Objects and MS Volume Shadow Copy Writers and select the client from which you want to restore the data. In the Results Area, expand Microsoft Exchange Writer and select the stores you want to recover.
  • Page 195: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Writer Restore Specifics

    Switch to the Restore context. Expand Restore Objects and Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Writers and select the client from which you want to restore the data. In the Results Area, expand Microsoft Exchange Writer and select the whole storage group. Do not select individual stores. Figure 68 Selecting Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 stores for point-in-time restore Proceed as with general VSS writer restore.
  • Page 196 The following restore scenarios are supported: • Restore of a storage group or individual stores to the original location. • Restore of LCR and CCR copies (storage groups or individual stores) to the location where the original database resides. • Restore of a storage group or individual stores and LCR and CCR copies (storage groups or individual stores) to a different location: •...
  • Page 197 You can restore different storage groups to original and different location in the same restore session if the target restore client system is the same for all storage groups involved. During restore to original location, all stores in the storage group are dismounted, even if only one store from the storage group will be restored.
  • Page 198: Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2006 Writer Restore Specifics

    • If an RSG for the storage group you are restoring already exists on some system other than the target system, the RSG is not automatically deleted and so the creation of an RSG on the target system fails. In this case, you should manually delete the RSG on the other system.
  • Page 199 In the Results Area, expand the DPM writer and select only the Data Protection Manager databases. Proceed as with general VSS writer restore. See “Restore procedure” on page 186 for the general VSS writer restore procedure. Run the DPM command DpmSync -Sync to reallocate replicas. Integration guide for Microsoft applications...
  • Page 200: Restoring The Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2006 Client

    Switch back to the Data Protector Restore context, and select and restore the necessary replicas. Figure 69 Restoring the Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2006 client Use the DPM to restore individual clients. IMPORTANT: The DPM console does not automatically check for new or restored snapshots.
  • Page 201: Restore The Dpm Clients Directly

    Restore the DPM clients directly Switch to the Restore context. Expand Restore and Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Writers and select the client from which you want to restore the data. Select the restore modes: • Restore Components Use this mode only if the client to which you want to restore supports VSS, for example if you restore to Windows Server 2003 clients.
  • Page 202: Microsoft Sharepoint Services Vss Writer Restore Specifics

    Perform standard restore of the virtual machine on the cluster node where the virtual machine disk is active. For the standard restore procedure, see “Restore procedure” on page 186. Re-create the virtual machine cluster group using Failover Cluster Management. Microsoft SharePoint Services VSS writer restore specifics To ensure that data is synchronized the following items must be restored in the same session: •...
  • Page 203: Monitoring A Vss Backup And Restore

    Figure 70 Selecting Microsoft SharePoint Services writer and the corresponding search writers for restore Monitoring a VSS backup and restore The Data Protector GUI enables you to monitor current or view previous backup and restore sessions. Monitoring is automatically activated when you start a restore or a backup interactively.
  • Page 204: Viewing Previous Sessions

    In the Context List, click Monitor. In the Results Area, all currently running sessions are listed. See Figure on page 204. Double-click the session you want to monitor. Figure 71 Monitoring a current session Clearing sessions To remove all completed or aborted sessions from the Results Area of the Monitor context, proceed as follows: In the Scoping Pane, click Current Sessions.
  • Page 205: Troubleshooting

    Figure 72 Viewing a previous session Troubleshooting This section lists problems you might encounter when using the Data Protector Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy integration. For general Data Protector troubleshooting information, see the HP Data Protector troubleshooting guide. Integration guide for Microsoft applications...
  • Page 206: Before You Begin

    Ensure that the latest official Data Protector patches are installed. See the online Help index: “patches” on how to verify this. • See the HP Data Protector product announcements, software notes, and references for general Data Protector limitations, as well as recognized issues and workarounds.
  • Page 207 If an Exchange Server 2003 Writer is being backed up, the session can fail with VSSBAR reporting: Snapshot could not be created. In the application event log on the application system, the following event is recorded: Event Type: Error Event Source: ESE Event Category: (16) Event ID: 2004 Information Store (4916) Shadow copy 3 time-out (20000 ms).
  • Page 208: Restore Problems

    Seed the database copy or re-synchronize the original database and its copy by using the Update-StorageGroupCopy cmdlet. Resume the database copy by using the Resume-StorageGroupCopy cmdlet. On the passive node, check the status of the Exchange Replication Service by using vssadmin list writers command. If the status is not stable, restart Microsoft Exchange Replication Service.
  • Page 209 Problem Creation of an RSG fails when an RSG for the same storage group already exists When you start a restore of the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 writer with the option Restore to a non-Exchange location and create RSG, the following error is displayed: [Major] Application specific function 'PostRestoreEndExt' failed with error:...
  • Page 210 Integrating Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service with Data Protector...
  • Page 211: Glossary

    Glossary access rights user rights. ACSLS (StorageTek specific term) The Automated Cartridge System Library Server (ACSLS) software that manages the Automated Cartridge System (ACS). Active Directory (Windows specific term) The directory service in a Windows network. It contains information about resources on the network and makes them accessible to users and applications.
  • Page 212 an archived redo log is determined by the mode the database is using: • ARCHIVELOG - The filled online redo log files are archived before they are reused. The database can be recovered if an instance or a disk fails. A “hot” backup can be performed only when the database is running in this mode.
  • Page 213 associated with managing data and disk and provides striping and mirroring capabilities to optimize performance. automigration (VLS specific term) The functionality that allows data backups to be first made to the VLS' virtual tapes and then migrated to physical tapes (one virtual tape emulating one physical tape) without using an intermediate backup application.
  • Page 214 located (drive on Windows and mount point on UNIX). For integration objects — backup stream identification, indicating the backed up database/application items. • Description: For filesystem objects — uniquely defines objects with identical client name and mount point. For integration objects —...
  • Page 215 See also BCV. (HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP specific term) The Business Copy XP allows to maintain internal copies of HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP LDEVs for purposes such as data backup or data duplication. The copies (secondary volumes or S-VOLs) can be...
  • Page 216 BC VA (HP StorageWorks Virtual Array specific term) Business Copy VA allows you to maintain internal copies of HP StorageWorks Virtual Array LUNs for data backup or data duplication within the same virtual array. The copies (child or Business Copy LUNs) can be used for various purposes, such as backup, data analysis or development.
  • Page 217 (HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP specific term) Continuous Access XP allows you to create and maintain remote copies of HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP LDEVs for purposes such as data duplication, backup, and disaster recovery. CA operations involve the main (primary) disk arrays and the remote (secondary) disk arrays.
  • Page 218 The Catalog Database is a part of the IDB that contains information about backup, restore, object copy, object consolidation, object verification, and media management sessions. Depending on the selected logging level, it also contains file names and file versions. This part of the database is always local to the cell.
  • Page 219 Change Log (Windows specific term) A module that can be queried to Provider determine which objects on a filesystem have been created, modified, or deleted. channel (Oracle specific term) An Oracle Recovery Manager resource allocation. Every allocated channel starts a new Oracle process, which performs backup, restore, and recovery actions.
  • Page 220 cluster-aware It is an application that supports the cluster Application application Programming Interface. Each cluster-aware application declares its own critical resources (disk volumes (on Microsoft Cluster Server), volume groups (on MC/ServiceGuard), application services, IP names and addresses, and so on). cluster continuous (Microsoft Exchange Server specific term) Cluster continuous replication...
  • Page 221 It provides database consistency information used for recovery. copy set (HP StorageWorks EVA specific term) A pair that consists of the source volumes on a local EVA and their replica on a remote EVA.
  • Page 222 Data Replication (HP StorageWorks EVA specific term) A logical grouping of (DR) group EVA virtual disks. It can contain up to eight copy sets provided they have common characteristics and share a common CA EVA log.
  • Page 223 Dbobject (Informix Server specific term) An Informix Server physical database object. It can be a blobspace, dbspace, or logical log file. DC directory The Detail Catalog (DC) directory contains DC binary files, which store information about file versions. It represents the DCBF part of the IDB, which occupies approximately 80% of the IDB.
  • Page 224 tape a little and resumes to write to the tape, and so on. In other words, if the data rate written to the tape is less or equal the data rate which can be delivered to the device by the computer system, then the device is streaming.
  • Page 225 Disk Agent A component needed on a client to back it up and restore it. The Disk Agent controls reading from and writing to a disk. During a backup session, the Disk Agent reads data from a disk and sends it to the Media Agent, which then moves it to the device.
  • Page 226 The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is a network inserted as a "neutral zone" between a company's private network (intranet) and the outside public network (Internet). It prevents outside users from getting direct access to company servers in the intranet. DNS server In the DNS client-server model, this is the server containing information about a portion of the DNS database that makes computer names available to client resolvers querying for name...
  • Page 227: Environment

    dynamic client client backup with disk discovery. EMC Symmetrix Symmetrix Agent (SYMA). Agent (SYMA) (EMC Symmetrix specific term) emergency boot (Informix Server specific term) The Informix Server configuration file file ixbar.server_id that resides in the directory INFORMIXDIR/etc (on Windows) or INFORMIXDIR\etc (on UNIX).
  • Page 228 A failover can occur mostly because of software or hardware failures or maintenance on the primary node. failover (HP StorageWorks EVA specific term) An operation that reverses the roles of source and destination in CA+BC EVA configurations. See also CA+BC EVA.
  • Page 229 (HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP specific term) HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP allows up to three mirror copies of a primary Integration guide for Microsoft applications...
  • Page 230 volume and each of these copies can have additional two copies. The three mirror copies are called first-level mirrors. See also primary volume number. flash recovery (Oracle specific term) Flash recovery area is an Oracle 10g/1 1g area managed directory, filesystem, or Automatic Storage Management disk group that serves as a centralized storage area for files related to backup and recovery (recovery files).
  • Page 231: Group

    Data_Protector_program_data\Config\Server\Options (Windows Server 2008), Data_Protector_home\Config\Server\Options (other Windows systems), or /etc/opt/omni/server/options (HP-UX or Solaris systems). group (Microsoft Cluster Server specific term) A collection of resources (for example disk volumes, application services, IP names, and addresses) that are needed to run a specific cluster-aware applications.
  • Page 232 HP Operations Manager, extending the managed domain. Plug-In (SPI) Through the Data Protector integration, which is implemented as an HP Operations Manager SMART Plug-In, a user can have an arbitrary number of Data Protector Cell Managers monitored as an extension to HP Operations Manager.
  • Page 233 HP StorageWorks A logical partition of a physical disk within an HP StorageWorks Virtual Array LUN Virtual Array. LUNs are entities that can be replicated in the HP StorageWorks Business Copy VA configuration, or can be used as standalone entities.
  • Page 234 See also backup types. incremental An incremental mailbox backup backs up all the changes made mailbox backup to the mailbox after the last backup of any type. incremental1 An incremental1 mailbox backup backs up all the changes made mailbox backup to the mailbox after the last full backup.
  • Page 235 Information Store (Microsoft Exchange Server specific term) The Microsoft Exchange Server service that is responsible for storage management. Information Store in Microsoft Exchange Server manages two kinds of stores: mailbox stores and public folder stores. A mailbox store consists of mailboxes that belong to individual users.
  • Page 236 ISQL (Sybase specific term) A Sybase utility used to perform system administration tasks on Sybase SQL Server. Java GUI Client The Java GUI Client is a component of the Java GUI that contains only user interface related functionalities and requires connection to the Java GUI Server to function.
  • Page 237: Recovery

    library Also called autochanger, jukebox, autoloader, or exchanger. A library contains media in repository slots. Each slot holds one medium (for example, DDS/DAT). Media are moved between slots and drives by a robotic mechanism, allowing random access to media. The library can contain multiple drives. lights-out A backup or restore operation that takes place outside of normal operation or...
  • Page 238 An LCR copy is used for disaster recovery because you can switch to the LCR copy in a few seconds. If an LCR copy is used for backup and if it is located on a different disk than the original data, then the I/O load on a production database is minimal.
  • Page 239 login ID (Microsoft SQL Server specific term) The name a user uses to log on to Microsoft SQL Server. A login ID is valid if Microsoft SQL Server has an entry for that user in the system table syslogin. login information (Oracle and SAP R/3 specific term) The format of the login to the Oracle information is user_name/password@service, where:...
  • Page 240 A mailbox store consists of a binary rich-text .edb file and a streaming native internet content .stm file. Main Control Unit (HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP specific term) An HP (MCU) StorageWorks XP disk array that contains the primary volumes for the CA and BC configurations and acts as a master device.
  • Page 241 During a restore or object verification session, a Media Agent locates data on the backup medium and sends it to the Disk Agent for processing. For a restore sssion, the Disk Agent then writes the data to the disk. A Media Agent also manages the robotics control of a library.
  • Page 242 See also shadow copy, shadow copy provider, replica, and writer. mirror (EMC target volume. Symmetrix and HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP specific term) mirror rotation (HP replica set rotation. StorageWorks Disk Array XP specific term)
  • Page 243 The Data Protector Media Session Manager, which runs on the Cell Manager and controls media sessions, such as copying media. MU number (HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP specific term) Mirror Unit number. An integer number (0, 1 or 2), used to indicate a first-level mirror. See also first-level mirror.
  • Page 244 OBDR capable A device that can emulate a CD-ROM drive loaded with a device bootable disk and can thus be used as a backup or boot device for disaster recovery purposes. object backup object. object The process of merging a restore chain of a backup object, consolidation consisting of a full backup and at least one incremental backup, into a new, consolidated version of this object.
  • Page 245 object verification A process that verifies the data integrity of specified backup session objects or object versions and the ability of selected Data Protector network components to deliver them to a specified host. Object verification sessions can be run interactively, or as specified in automated post-backup, or scheduled specifications.
  • Page 246 online backup A backup performed while a database application remains available for use. The database is placed into a special backup mode of operation for the time period that the backup application requires access to the original data objects. During this period, the database is fully operational, but there may be a small performance impact and log files may grow very quickly.
  • Page 247 Oracle instance (Oracle specific term) Each installation of an Oracle database on one or more systems. One computer system can have several instances of a database running. ORACLE_SID (Oracle specific term) A unique name for an Oracle Server instance. To switch among Oracle Servers, specify the desired ORACLE_SID.
  • Page 248 IP names and addresses) that are needed to run a specific cluster-aware application. pair status (HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP specific term) A mirrored pair of disks can have various status values depending on the action performed on it. The three most important status values are: •...
  • Page 249 Windows and as shell scripts on UNIX. See also post-exec. primary volume (HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP specific term) Standard HP (P-VOL) StorageWorks Disk Array XP LDEVs that act as a primary volume for the CA and BC configurations. The P-VOL is located in the MCU.
  • Page 250 CA and BC applications. The commands communicate through a RAID Manager instance with the HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP Disk Control Unit. This instance translates the commands into a sequence of low level SCSI commands.
  • Page 251 Recovery Catalog (Oracle specific term) A set of Oracle tables and views that are used by Recovery Manager to store information about Oracle databases. This information is used by Recovery Manager to manage the backup, restore, and recovery of Oracle databases. The recovery catalog contains information about: •...
  • Page 252 Remote Control (HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP specific term) The Remote Unit (RCU) Control Unit (RCU) acts as a slave of an MCU in a CA configuration. In bidirectional configurations, the RCU can act as an MCU. Removable (Windows specific term) A Windows service used for managing...
  • Page 253 A process that copies data from backup media to a client. resync mode (HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP VSS provider specific term) One of two XP VSS hardware provider operation modes. When the XP provider is in the resync mode, the source volume (P-VOL) and its replica (S-VOL) are in the suspended mirror relationship after a backup.
  • Page 254 By setting up a schedule, you automate the start of backups. secondary volume (HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP specific term) secondary (S-VOL) volumes, or S-VOLs, are XP LDEVs that act as a secondary CA or BC mirror of another LDEV (a P-VOL). In the case of CA, S-VOLs can be used as failover devices in a MetroCluster configuration.
  • Page 255 One binary file is created per session. The files are grouped by year and month. snapshot (HP StorageWorks VA and HP StorageWorks EVA specific term) A form of replica produced using snapshot creation techniques. Integration guide for Microsoft applications...
  • Page 256 StorageWorks EVA specific term) snapshot creation (HP StorageWorks VA and HP StorageWorks EVA specific term) A replica creation technique, in which copies of source volumes are created using storage virtualization techniques. The replicas are considered to be created at one particular point in time, without pre-configuration, and are immediately available for use.
  • Page 257 (HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP specific term) split mirror (EMC Symmetrix and HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP specific creation term) A replica creation technique, in which a pre-configured set of target volumes (a mirror) is kept synchronized with a set of source volumes until the time at which a replica of the contents of the source volumes is required.
  • Page 258 SSE Agent (HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP specific term) A Data Protector software module that executes all tasks required for a split mirror backup integration. It communicates with the HP StorageWorks...
  • Page 259 management systems, file systems, or other objects may exist. The volume management systems, file systems are built on this storage. Typically, these can be created or exist within a storage system such as a disk array. switchover See failover. Sybase Backup (Sybase specific term) An industry-standard interface developed Server API for the exchange of backup and recovery information between...
  • Page 260 System Recovery file. Data file System State (Windows specific term) The System State data comprises the Registry, COM+ Class Registration database, system startup files, and the Certificate Services database (if the server is a certificate server). If the server is a domain controller, Active Directory services and the SYSVOL directory are also contained in the System State data.
  • Page 261 this system to the original system configuration. The difference between a faulty system and a target system is that a target system has all faulty hardware replaced. target volume (ZDB specific term) A storage volume to which data is replicated. Terminal Services (Windows specific term) Windows Terminal Services provide a multi-session environment that allows clients to access a virtual...
  • Page 262 database backups. By applying transaction log backups, you can recover the database to a specific point in time. transaction log Files that record transactions of the database modifications, and files provide fault tolerance in case of a database disaster. transaction logs (Data Protector specific term) Keep track of IDB changes.
  • Page 263 (CRC) option ON. Virtual Controller (HP StorageWorks EVA specific term) The firmware that manages Software (VCS) all aspects of storage system operation, including communication with Command View EVA through the HSV controllers.
  • Page 264 (HP StorageWorks EVA specific term) A unit of storage allocated from an HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array storage pool. Virtual disks are the entities that are replicated using the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array snapshot functionality. See also...
  • Page 265 Copy Service Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service. VSS compliant (HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP VSS provider specific term) mode One of two XP VSS hardware provider operation modes. When the XP provider is in the VSS compliant mode, the source volume (P-VOL) and its replica (S-VOL) are in simplex, unpaired state after a backup.
  • Page 266 one or more characters, and the question mark (?) typically represents a single character. Wildcard characters are often used in operating systems as a means of specifying more than one file by name. Windows Data Protector allows you to back up Windows CONFIGURATION CONFIGURATION, including Windows Registry, user profiles, backup...
  • Page 267 information. The ZDB database is used for ZDB, instant recovery, and split mirror restore. See also zero downtime backup (ZDB). ZDB to disk (ZDB specific term) A form of zero downtime backup where the replica produced is kept on the disk array as a backup of the source volumes at a specific point in time.
  • Page 268 Glossary...
  • Page 269: Index

    Index backing up MS Exchange Single Mailbox, 128 advantages backup options, 132 integration, 156 backup types, 123 architecture backup specifications, creating, 128 MS Exchange Server integration, 99 backup specifications, modifying, 132 MS Exchange Single Mailbox full backups, 123 integration, 124 incremental backups, 123 MS SPS...
  • Page 270 backup problems, 206 checking configuration scheduling, 184 MS Exchange Single Mailbox troubleshooting, 206 integration, 127 backup options MS SPS integration, 77 MS SPS integration, 81 MS SQL Server integration, 37 backup specifications, scheduling checks and verifications, 206 MS SPS integration, 81 cluster continuous replication, 161 integration, 184...
  • Page 271 creating backup specifications MS Exchange Server integration, 102 full backups MS Exchange Single Mailbox Informix integration, 27, 97 integration, 128 MS Exchange Single Mailbox MS SPS integration, 78 integration, 123 MS SQL Server integration, 39 MS SPS integration, 78 integration, 170 help differential backups obtaining, 25...
  • Page 272 MS Exchange Server backup backup options, 107 limitations MS Exchange Server configuration, 99 integration, 164 - 101 local continuous replication, 161 MS Exchange Server integration architecture, 99 concepts, 98 configuration, 99 - 101 Microsoft Exchange Server introduction, 97 configuring writer, 165 troubleshooting, 117 - 121 storage groups, 177...
  • Page 273 MS Exchange Single Mailbox restore, MS SQL Server integration 135 - 145 architecture, 29 examples, 144 backup, 39, 46 restore options, 142 concepts, 28, 30 using CLI, 142 configuration, 30, 39 using GUI, 135 disaster recovery, 55 MS Exchange Single Mailbox introduction, 27 troubleshooting, 147 monitoring...
  • Page 274 MS Exchange Single Mailbox using CLI, 54 integration, 134 restoring Informix storage groups, 177 restore options, 53 Subscriber's Choice, HP, 26 restoring MS Exchange Server restore options, 114 using CLI, 116 using GUI, 110 technical support restoring MS Exchange Single...
  • Page 275 Exchange Server 2007 writer using GUI, 186 concepts, 161 Microsoft Hyper–V writer concepts, Microsoft SharePoint services writer websites concepts, 162 HP Subscriber's Choice for Business, VSS backup backup specifications, creating, 170 , 26 flow, 156 product manuals, 15 VSS integration...

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