TRIM Integration with Data Protector

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Figure 6: installing MS SQL Server Integration
Preparing Data Protector for Backup
The backup preparation process is divided into three tasks:
• Setting up the target devices
• Finding the locations of TRIM data components
• Creating backup specifications for the different data components
The following is a detailed description of each of the tasks.
Setting up Devices
To prepare Data Protector for backup, first set up logical devices on the Media Agents to serve as
targets for backups. A logical device is one abstraction layer above the real backup device (such as a
tape library) and helps to define different ways to access one individual device.
To create devices, switch to the Devices & Media context, right-click on Devices and then click on Add
Device. The rest of the procedure largely depends on the backup hardware capabilities available in
the environment. Refer to the Data Protector Concept Guide, chapter 3 “Media management and
devices” for more information on logical devices.
Finding the Locations of Data Components
Before you can set up a backup specification that contains data source locations and target devices
you need to obtain the data source location from TRIM.
1. To retrieve types and locations of Metadata Databases using TRIM Enterprise Studio, select the
properties of the relevant Datasets as shown in Figure 7. In the Connection tab, the type and
location of the database are defined, as shown in
2. Figure 8. In this case it is an MS SQL Server located on the host “DEMO” and the database’s
name is “Corp”.