Installation and User's Guide - Services and Support

IBM ConfidentialNote the following characteristics of Data Protection for Exchange configurationparameters:v The value of a configuration parameter specified on a command line invocationoverrides (but does not change) the value of the configuration parameterspecified in the Data Protection for Exchange configuration file.v During a command line invocation that does not specify an overriding value fora configuration file parameter, the values in the default Data Protection forExchange configuration file (tdpexc.cfg) are used.See “Set command” on page 106 for descriptions of available configurationparameters.Set policy for VSS backups by specifying the VSSPOLICY statement in your DataProtection for Exchange configuration file. Note that you must specify thisstatement manually. You cannot specify it using the tdpexcc set command or theConfiguration task in the Edit Menu of the Data Protection for Exchange GUI.VSSPOLICY statements are processed from the bottom up and processing stops atthe first match. To ensure that more specific specifications are processed at all, themore general specification should be listed before the more specific ones, so as tobe processed after the more specific specifications. Otherwise, the more generalspecification will match the target before the more specific specifications are seen.Specify the following information in the VSSPOLICY statement:VSSPOLICY "" The statement contains the following values:v Name of the Exchange Server or wildcard character: *v "" Name of storage group or wildcard character: *v Backup type: FULL or COPY or wildcard character: *v Backup destination: TSM or LOCAL or wildcard character: *v Management Class name. This sets the management class for thespecified class of backup.Here are examples of the VSSPOLICY statement:VSSPOLICY * * FULL TSM MC1VSSPOLICY * * FULL LOCAL MC2VSSPOLICY * * COPY TSM MC3VSSPOLICY * * COPY LOCAL MC4VSSPOLICY * "Payroll" * TSM MC5VSSPOLICY * "First Storage Group" * LOCAL MC6VSSPOLICY SERVER1 * * TSM MC7VSSPOLICY SERVER1 * * LOCAL MC8Part II: Configuration procedureThis section provides step-by-step instructions on how to configure the requiredapplications to perform Data Protection for Exchange backup and restoreoperations. Configuration tasks are presented in sequential order based on thelocation of where the tasks must be performed:1. On the Tivoli Storage Manager server2. On the machine running the Exchange Server3. On the machine running the off-loaded backups (VSS only)44 Storage Manager for Mail 5.5: Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server Installation and User’s Guide