HP Serveur lame HP ProLiant BL465c Gen8 User Manual

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Preparing to use a file share for storage group backup and restore

To prepare to back up and restore storage groups by using a file share:

1.

Check the temporary directory for extended commands that was created automatically by the
check tool for operation definition files.

For more information about where the temporary directory for extended commands is created
automatically, see “

Checking the temporary directory for extended commands

” on page 201.

2.

Running Explorer or any other tool, share the temporary directory for extended commands that
is on the backup server.

3.

Running Explorer or any other tool on the database server, assign the shared temporary directory
for extended commands that is on the backup server as a network drive. For now, assign it to

X:

on the database server.

4.

Set access permissions for the automatically generated temporary directory for extended commands
that is on the backup server, to make it accessible to users who are executing extended commands
from the database server to read or write to and from it.

Example of using a file share for storage group backup

This section explains how to back up storage groups by using a file share. For more operational
details on steps 1 to 4 and step 6 and subsequent steps, see “

Backing up storage groups to

tape

” on page 414.

To back up storage groups by using a file share:

1.

When usual operation is in the split state, execute

EX_DRM_CACHE_PURGE

to clear the secondary

volume cache.

2.

When usual operation is in the split state, execute

EX_DRM_RESYNC

to resynchronize the copy

group.

3.

Execute

EX_DRM_EXG_BACKUP

to back up the storage group to the secondary volume.

4.

Execute

EX_DRM_DB_EXPORT

to export the backup information to temporary files.

5.

Copy the temporary files from the database server to the backup server.

To copy the temporary files from the temporary directory for extended commands that is on the
database server to the temporary directory for extended commands that is on the backup server,
execute a copy command on the database server.

DBServer > copy /y temporary-directory-for-extended-commands-on-the-database-server

\Operation_A\DB\Operation_A.drm X:\

6.

Execute

EX_DRM_DB_IMPORT

to import the temporary files transferred from the database server

to the backup catalog on the backup server.

7.

Execute

EX_DRM_TAPE_BACKUP

to back up the data on the secondary volume to tape.

8.

When usual operation is in the pair status, execute

EX_DRM_CACHE_PURGE

to clear the secondary

volume cache.

9.

When usual operation is in the pair status, execute

EX_DRM_RESYNC

to resynchronize the copy

group.

Operation for Exchange databases

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