4 application agent operations – HP XP Array Manager Software User Manual

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Determination of a mount target ................................................................................... 180

Preparations required before executing extended commands ........................................................ 180

Checking the prerequisite conditions ................................................................................... 181

Execution permissions for extended commands .............................................................. 182
Automatic execution of extended commands
................................................................. 182
Prerequisite VBScript version
........................................................................................ 182
Deletion of unnecessary files
....................................................................................... 182

Setting up an FTP service for backing up to tape .................................................................. 183
Specifying how to start the extended commands
................................................................... 183
Creating a host environment settings file .............................................................................. 184
Creating operation IDs ...................................................................................................... 185
Creating operation definition files for file system backup ........................................................ 186

Deployment of operation definition files ........................................................................ 186
Format of operation definition files ............................................................................... 187
Example of creating operation definition files (in a cluster configuration) ........................... 188

Creating operation definition files for SQL Server database backup ........................................ 190

Deployment of operation definition files ........................................................................ 191
Format of operation definition files
............................................................................... 191
Example of creating operation definition files ................................................................ 193

Creating operation definition files for Exchange database backup .......................................... 195

Deployment of operation definition files ........................................................................ 195
Format of operation definition files ............................................................................... 196
Example of creating operation definition files ................................................................ 198

Checking the temporary directory for extended commands .................................................... 200
Checking the copy-group list file
......................................................................................... 200
Checking the FTP service (if you are going to back up to tape) ............................................... 201

Creating a user script .............................................................................................................. 201

Overview of user scripts .................................................................................................... 201
Coding rules for user scripts ............................................................................................... 202

Coding rules for user scripts ........................................................................................ 202
Entries in user scripts .................................................................................................. 203
Script environment variables ........................................................................................ 209
Command execution permission
................................................................................... 209
Commands that can be specified in user pre-processing and user post-processing
.............. 209

Examples of user script usage ............................................................................................ 211

Specifying settings for sending mail .......................................................................................... 211
Backing up the Application Agent operating environment ............................................................. 213

Files that need to be backed up ......................................................................................... 213

Application Agent environment setting files and log files ................................................. 213
Definition files created after the installation of Application Agent ...................................... 214
Application Agent backup information
.......................................................................... 214

Recovering the operating environment ................................................................................. 216

Recovering operating environment (common among servers) ........................................... 216
Recovering backup information (file server) .................................................................... 217
Recovering backup information (database server)
........................................................... 217
Restoring backup information (backup server)
................................................................ 217

Creating the Exchange environment configuration file .................................................................. 218

4 Application Agent operations .......................................................... 221

Application Agent commands .................................................................................................. 221

Extended commands ........................................................................................................ 221
Basic commands .............................................................................................................. 222

Correspondence between extended commands and basic commands ........................................... 222
Precautions on operations ........................................................................................................ 225

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