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Status Delivered
Workspace Spectrum Protect Snapshot
Categories Product functionality
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 1, 2011

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FCM managing Exchange 2010 DAG backups as same objects for both active and passive nodes.

RFE: FCM must manage backups taken from Exchange 2010 active and passive nodes in DAG configuration as same objects and keep the versions accordingly. That means expiration is done independent of being active or passive. That will help to provide a solution without offering too much extra storage.


Problem:
- FCM manages backups taken from active and passive nodes separately and keep the versions as separate. That means expiration is done again separately.
- If there are multiple databases on the same volume, volume is not expired until all the databases are expired. First issue also applies for each database and expiration becomes complicated when there are multiple databases on the same volume.

Detailed Explanation:
Tivoli Flashcopy Manager 2.2.1.1 installation for Exchange 2010 at an important customer.

Customer has Exchange 2010 with DAG configuration. Exchange server is connected to SVC. Log and database are on different volume. There are about 20 databases and they are stored on the same volume. 20 database "data" are on E volume and 20 database "log" are on F volume. FCM is installed on passive node but due to customer's dynamic environment, it databases become active frequently based on the load.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 12, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Tivoli
    Product family - Storage
    Product - Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 3, 2014

    This functionality was delivered in FCM 3.2 with the limitation that the snapshots are done from the same type of DAG node (active or passive).

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Aug 2, 2011

    Thank you for submitting this enhancement request, we plan to provide similar functionality in a future release of Flashcopy Manager

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