Installation and User's Guide - Services and Support

IBM ConfidentialVSS Restore into the Recovery Storage GroupVSS Restore capabilities for the Recovery Storage Group allows data to berestored from a backup (or database copy) without disturbing user accessto the current data.VSS Restore into an alternate storage groupVSS Restore capabilities allow data to be restored to a storage groupdifferent from the storage group that was originally backed up. Thealternate storage group can also be the Recovery Storage Group.Veritas Cluster Server supportVeritas Cluster Server (VCS) provides high availability cluster management ofExchange data. Data Protection for Exchange supports backup and restoreoperations in a VCS environment. “Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) Support” on page22 provides details regarding this new feature.Data Protection for Exchange product featuresData Protection for Exchange provides the following key features 1 :Table 1. Data Protection for Exchange key featuresFeature Referred to as:Back up Exchange Server 2003 databases(running on Windows Server 2003) usingMicrosoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)technology.Perform a VSS Backup to the Tivoli StorageManager server using an alternate machineinstead of a production machine.Restore VSS Backups that reside on TivoliStorage Manager server storage to theiroriginal location.Restore VSS Backups that reside on localshadow volumes 2 using file-level copymechanisms.Restore VSS Backups that reside on localshadow volumes using hardware-assistedvolume-level copy mechanisms.For more informationsee:VSS Backup “VSS Backup” on page 7Off-loadedBackup“Off-loaded Backup” onpage 10VSS Restore “VSS Restore” on page12VSS Fast Restore “VSS Fast Restore” onpage 12VSS InstantRestoreRestore a VSS Backup to an alternate machine. Alternate serverrestoreTivoli Storage Manager policy-basedmanagement of VSS snapshot backups.Restore the .edb, .stm, and .log files from alegacy backup that resides on Tivoli StorageManager server storage to an alternate path foruse with third-party products (such asIndividual Mailbox Restore utilities).“VSS Instant Restore” onpage 12Appendix D, “Advancedrestore procedures,” onpage 137Server policy “How Tivoli StorageManager server policyaffects Data Protectionfor Exchange” on page18restorefilescommand“Restorefiles command”on page 962 Storage Manager for Mail 5.5: Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server Installation and User’s Guide