Stefan, I do not use the application level backup included with TSM for VE. If we can judge its use by the number of responses to this thread, it doesn't appear many others use it either. I would strongly recommend you install it into a test environment for a month and see how both backups and recoveries work over time. You can get trial keys for both Exchange and TSM for VE pretty readily to test with. My typical restore scenarios revolved around recovering specific mail items and sometimes an entire mailbox. I never had to recover an entire database in production (although, I practiced it just in case). I performed normal VM backups with some excludes for the Exchange database partitions and offloaded Exchange backups on another server. Your mileage may vary, but that configuration worked for me for several years.
Good luck, Stefan! Ray Storer NIBCO INC. 574.295.3457 -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Stefan Folkerts Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 8:43 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] disadvantages / limitations to using Exchange restores from VE backup? Nobody using this and willing to share some experiences? On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 6:18 PM, Stefan Folkerts <stefan.folke...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Lee but I would think those are more VE issues in general and > not really specifically related to using VE backups for Exchange restores > right? > > I'm wondering what experiences people have with using VE data for > Exchange restores via the "open .edb file" option in the Exchange TDP. > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 2:07 PM, Lee, Gary <g...@bsu.edu> wrote: > >> The major things I've run into are >> >> 1. if vmware is using nfs for its storage, after a vmotion, the next >> backup of that vm will be a full, including unused disk space. CBT >> doesn't work. >> >> 2. same as one, but occurs if disk volumes are added. Same cause. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf >> Of Stefan Folkerts >> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 4:28 AM >> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU >> Subject: [ADSM-L] disadvantages / limitations to using Exchange >> restores from VE backup? >> >> Hi all, >> >> I'm looking into using VE-based backups for Exchange restores via the TDP. >> I've never used this before but it seems pretty great since you don't >> have to do any full backups (VE incremental forever) or reserve the >> space for a recovery mailstore to be restored on disk. >> >> Anybody using this that can give some practical tips or limitations >> for implementing/using this? >> >> Or anybody that looked at this and decided not to go ahead with it >> willen to share the reasons to not use it? >> >> Regards, >> Stefan >> > > ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments are for the exclusive and confidential use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, distribute or take action in reliance upon this message. If you have received this in error, please notify us immediately by return email and promptly delete this message and its attachments from your computer system. We do not waive attorney-client or work product privilege by the transmission of this message.
