HP Data Protector A.06.00 additional writers and HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP support for Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service integration

Prerequisites ........................................................................................ 72
Writers specifics ................................................................................................ 25
Backing up writers data ..................................................................................... 28
Overview ................................................................................................... 28
Overview ............................................................................................ 29
Creating backup specifications using GUI ...................................................... 29
VSS specific backup options .................................................................. 32
Microsoft Exchange Server writer backup specifics .................................... 32
Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2006 writer specifics .......................... 36
Scheduling the backup ................................................................................ 38
Running an interactive backup ...................................................................... 39
Restoring writers data ........................................................................................ 40
Restore procedure ....................................................................................... 40
Restore options ..................................................................................... 45
MSDE writer restore specifics ........................................................................ 46
Microsoft Exchange Server writer restore specifics ........................................... 47
Rollforward recovery from the loss of one or more databases ..................... 47
Point-in-time restore after loss of a log file ................................................ 48
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 writer restore specifics ............................ 49
Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2006 writer restore specifics ....................... 53
Restore the DPM server first .................................................................... 53
Restore the DPM clients directly .............................................................. 55
Monitoring a VSS backup and restore .................................................................. 55
Monitoring current sessions .......................................................................... 55
Viewing previous sessions ............................................................................ 56
Troubleshooting ................................................................................................. 57
Before you begin ........................................................................................ 57
Checks and verifications .............................................................................. 58
Backup problems ........................................................................................ 58
Restore problems ........................................................................................ 60
3 Integrating the Data Protector ZDB integrations and Microsoft
Volume Shadow Copy Service ............................................. 61
Introduction ...................................................................................................... 61
VSS backup types ....................................................................................... 64
VSS restore ................................................................................................ 64
Integration concepts .......................................................................................... 65
Backup ...................................................................................................... 66
Data consistency .................................................................................. 68
Backup with the Enterprise Virtual Array VSS and VDS hardware
provider .............................................................................................. 68
Backup with the Disk Array XP VSS and VDS hardware provider ................. 69
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