Pete, did you see the IBM provided (and not supported!) PowerShell script for this?
See this link https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21433016 I have not personally used it as I'm not ( yet ) running 2010. I did give it the "once over", and it looked pretty good. You'd run it once from each of your four servers mentioned below and it would backup the passive database on each of them. If it found a problem with the passive it would backup the active instead. You could, of course, modify to suit your needs for reporting etc. Ray -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Sheridan, Peter T. Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 3:31 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM and Exchange 2010 I know that there has been much discussion about this topic but was wondering if anybody has a step-by-step guide or an IBM Redbook to reference for using TSM to backup/restore Exchange 2010. I have read the users guide and am still quite confused. My main confusion deals with how NOT to get multiple backups of the same database that can reside on difficult physical machines in a DAG configuration. Do you have to define a separate schedule and node name for each DB in a DAG and only backup the passive (or active copy) ? So, if I have a four node DAG with four databases in the following configuration: S1 S2 S3 S4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DB1 (A) DB1 (P) DB2 (A) DB2 (P) DB3 (P) DB3 (A) DB4 (P) DB4 (A) Do you create eight node names: S1, S2, S3, S4, DB1, DB2, DB3, and DB4. To get only one copy of DB1 backed up, run one schedule on S1 to backup Passive copy of DB1 and similar schedule on S2 to backup passive copy of DB2. Each night you will run two attempts but only get the passive copy even though you do not know what physical server it resides. Was also wondering if you need to run the schedules at different times since you will be trying to backup the same TSM nodename from 2 different physical servers ? Difficult to explain but hope it makes sense. My goal is to only backup the passive copy of a DB even though that DB can reside on either physical server S1 or S2. Plus, any instructions to setup TDP for exchange 2010. Thanks Pete. Thanks Pete. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments are for the exclusive and confidential use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, distribute or take action in reliance upon this message. If you have received this in error, please notify us immediately by return email and promptly delete this message and its attachments from your computer system. We do not waive attorney-client or work product privilege by the transmission of this message.