A Server Virtualization Environments
VMWare and Egenera
Support for VMWare and Egenera environments is provided under certain specific conditions. New volumes presented to VMWare and Egenera servers are not surfaced automatically, so the RMExch mount command is limited to being executed on the backup host. Figure 8 (page 95) shows the relationships between the HP 3PAR Storage System and VMWare and Egenera in a virtualization environment:
Figure 8 Server Virtualization Environment
The following requirements need to be met for VMWare and Egenera to be supported:
1.The disks presented to the Exchange Servers need to be raw devices.
2.The backup server needs to be connected directly to the HP 3PAR Storage System and not through VMWare or Egenera.
•The RMExch mount command cannot be run against a virtual machine from the VMWare or Egenera server with the
•You must manually perform the actions to expose the volumes to the server.
Due to these restrictions, restores performed in these virtualized environments require a different set of steps than shown in “Rapid Backup and Recovery for Exchange” (page 82). File copy and volume promote restores are not supported for virtualized environments.
To perform a restore:
1.Follow steps 1 through 4 in “Point-In-Time Recovery” (page 83).
2.Mount the virtual copy to the backup server or restore it from backup media to the production server.
3.On the production server, move the .edb, .log, and .chk files from the original locations to another location. The original locations can be determined from the Exchange Management Console.
4.Copy the .edb, .log, and .chk file(s) from the mounted or restored virtual copy location to the actual database location.