Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution
For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000
And Symantec Backup Exec 11d
Page 42 David West, David Hartman
©Copyright IBM Corp. 2007
Perform the following steps using the IBM DS Storage Manager or DSCLI to
create the VSS_FREE and VSS_RESERVED pools:
Note: If you are using the DSCLI you must perform these steps in order.
1. Create a volume group with the name ″VSS_FREE″ or another name,
of the same type as your Windows Server 2003 host, for example:
SCSI Map 256.
2. Create a virtual hostconnect on the storage unit named ″VSS_FREE″
or another name, with the following parameters:
a. -profile ″Intel - Windows 2003″
b. -addrdiscovery LUNPolling
c. -volgrp Where volgrp is volume group created in step 1.
d. -wwname 50000000000000 00
3. Create a volume group with the name ″VSS_RESERVED″ or another
name, of the same type as your Windows Server 2003 host, e.g. SCSI
Map 256.
4. Create a virtual hostconnect on the storage unit named
″VSS_RESERVED″ or another name, with the following parameters:
a. -profile ″Intel - Windows 2003″
b. -addrdiscovery LUNPolling
c. -volgrp Where volgrp is volume group created in step 3.
d. -wwname 50000000000000 01
5. Create and assign free volumes to the VSS_FREE volume group.
Note: If you already have volumes that are created for the
VSS_FREE virtual host, you must assign those volumes to
VSS_FREE.
Verifying DS Open API Support for Microsoft VSS and VDS Windows Configuration This task verifies that Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy and Virtual Disk
Services are configured correctly on your Windows system.
After you have created the VSS_FREE and VSS_RESERVED pools for
Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service, perform the following steps to verify
your configuration: