SnapManager® 3.2 for Microsoft® Exchange
Installation and Administration Guide

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Preface

Chapter 1: Understanding SnapManager
SnapManager overview
How SnapManager works with the other system components
How SnapManager works with other backup methods

Chapter 2: Preparing to Install or Upgrade SnapManager
Preinstall or preupgrade procedure
Backing up system resources and data
Understanding SnapManager license options
Understanding SnapManager COM server identity account requirements
Understanding storage system requirements
Understanding Windows host system requirements

Chapter 3: Installing or Upgrading SnapManager
Installing SnapManager on a stand-alone Windows host system
Installing SnapManager and creating a new Windows cluster
Installing SnapManager in an existing Windows cluster
Upgrading to SnapManager 3.2
Uninstalling SnapManager
Reinstalling SnapManager

Chapter 4: Starting SnapManager for the First Time
Starting SnapManager and connecting to the default server
What to do next

Chapter 5: Determining the Number of LUNs Required
Understanding Exchange configuration rules
Understanding SnapManager configuration rules for Exchange
Understanding NTFS volume mount points
Understanding SnapManager support for volume mount points
Understanding transaction log archiving using NTFS hard links
Example Exchange configurations supported with SnapManager

Chapter 6: Creating Storage System Volumes and LUNs
Developing your SnapManager data configuration plan
Calculating LUN size for Exchange databases
Calculating single-instance sharing ratio for a database LUN
Calculating deleted-item cache size for a database LUN
Calculating LUN size for transaction logs and SnapInfo directory
Calculating volume size
Effect of new features on volume sizing
Preparing storage system volumes and LUNs for SnapManager

Chapter 7: Configuring the Exchange Data for SnapManager
Understanding the SnapManager Configuration Wizard
Using the Configuration Wizard to configure your data store
Migrating an existing SnapManager for Exchange configuration from using drive letters to using mount points

Chapter 8: Understanding SnapManager Backup
How SnapManager Backup works
How SnapManager backup data is organized
How SnapManager checks database integrity in backup sets
Ways to manage the number of backup sets kept online
Ways to manage the backup and deletion of transaction logs
When to run a SnapManager backup
About Exchange options and Exchange System Manager

Chapter 9: Backing Up Databases with SnapManager
Backing up databases
What to do if your SnapManager backup fails
Verifying backup databases
Using backup management groups in backup and verification

Chapter 10: Restoring Databases with SnapManager
Understanding SnapManager Restore
Guidelines for restoring SnapManager backups
Restoring from a SnapManager backup

Chapter 11: Managing Backup and Restore Snapshots
Explicitly deleting storage group backups
Explicitly deleting an individual backup
Problem deleting backups due to busy Snapshot copy error

Chapter 12: Using SnapMirror with SnapManager
Other documentation
Understanding SnapMirror
How SnapManager uses SnapMirror
Scheduling SnapMirror replication for SnapManager backups

Chapter 13: Performing Disaster Recovery with SnapManager
Guides you should read and have at hand
Preparing for disaster recovery
Restoring your Exchange environment
Disaster recovery by relocating Exchange virtual servers to a different Windows cluster

Chapter 14: Archiving SnapManager Backups
Understanding SnapManager backup set archival
Choosing the best way to archive your SnapManager backups
Using NDMP or dump to archive SnapManager backups
Using a Windows backup utility to archive SnapManager backups
Using Exchange Backup Agent to archive Exchange backups
Using Run Command After Operation to archive automatically

Chapter 15: Managing SnapManager Reports
Understanding SnapManager reports
Deleting SnapManager reports
Printing SnapManager reports

Appendix A: SnapManager Command-Line Reference
Guidelines for using the commands
snapbackup

Appendix B: Configuring SnapManager Application Settings
Overview of SnapManager application settings
Connecting to a different Exchange server
Changing the Exchange user account
Enabling or disabling database migration back to local disks
Selecting the database verification server
Selecting the Snapshot copy access method for database verification
Configuring Eseutil throttling for database verification
Overriding database verification during restore
Managing the backup setting
Managing the Run Command After Operation default settings
Managing fractional space reservation
Managing the report directory options
Managing the event notification options

Index

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SnapManager® 3.2 for Microsoft® Exchange Installation and Administration Guide

SnapManager® 3.2 for Microsoft® Exchange
Installation and Administration Guide