HP XP Array Manager Software User Manual
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- Application Agent CLI User Guide
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1 Overview of Application Agent
- 2 Application Agent system configurations
- Basic configurations for backing up and restoring data
- Configurations in which data is backed up and restored within a storage system
- Configurations in which data can be backed up and restored between two storage systems
- Continuous Access Software or Continuous Access Journal configuration
- Business Copy and Continuous Access Software multi-target configuration
- Business Copy and Continuous Access Journal multi-target configuration
- Continuous Access Software and Continuous Access Journal multi-target configuration
- Business Copy (multi-generation), Continuous Access Software, or Continuous Access Journal configuration
- Precautions on backing up and restoring data between storage systems
- Configurations using tape devices
- Configurations for operation in cluster environments
- Configurations when VSS is used
- Requirements and precautions for backing up file systems
- System configurations for backing up SQL Server databases
- Requirements and precautions for backing up SQL Server databases
- System configurations for backing up Exchange databases
- Cascade configurations
- CCR configurations
- SCR configurations
- DAG configurations
- Backing up and restoring active mailbox database copies
- Backing up and restoring passive mailbox database copies
- Backing up and restoring the active mailbox database copy and the passive mailbox database copy by using different backup servers
- Backing up and restoring the active mailbox database copy and the passive mailbox database copy by using the same backup server
- Comparison of DAG configurations
- Requirements and precautions for backing up Exchange databases
- Requirements when using RAID Manager to configure a pair volume
- Volume configurations usable by Application Agent
- Requirements and precautions for volume configurations
- Basic configurations for backing up and restoring data
- 3 Preparation for using Application Agent
- Setting up an environment for Application Agent
- Setting up RAID Manager
- Setting up operation of Application Agent
- Specifying the retry count and interval for cluster resource status retry check
- Specifying the retry count and interval for process status retry check
- Specifying the retry count and interval for command execution status retry check
- Setting up the backup option for SQL Server database backup
- Setting up the dictionary map synchronization option for SQL Server database backup
- Setting up the recovery option for SQL Server database backup
- Setting up restoration while cluster resources are online
- Setting up parallel execution of verification processes for Exchange database backup
- Setting communication timeout periods for the Protection Manager service
- Setting up Application Agent for linkage with RAID Manager
- Specifying instance numbers
- Specifying a retry count and interval for pair status retry checking
- Specifying a retry count and interval for RAID Manager command busy retry checking
- Specifying a retry count and interval appropriate to operation style
- Specifying track sizes used when copying data
- Specifying volume pair creation
- Settings for using secondary volume dynamic recognition
- Setting up operation mode when automatically selecting copy groups
- Notes on starting and stopping RAID Manager
- Specifying the installation path for RAID Manager
- Specifying modification of pair status if a backup error occurs
- Creating dictionary map files
- Specifying cluster configuration settings and creating a definition file
- Creating a database configuration definition file
- Specifying settings related to linkage with an SQL Server
- Specifying settings for using VSS
- Creating a cascade configuration definition file for Exchange database backup
- Setting up linkage with a tape backup management software
- Creating a list file
- Updating a dictionary map file
- Specifying how to mount a secondary volume
- Preparations required before executing extended commands
- Checking the prerequisite conditions
- Setting up an FTP service for backing up to tape
- Specifying how to start the extended commands
- Creating a host environment settings file
- Creating operation IDs
- Creating operation definition files for file system backup
- Creating operation definition files for SQL Server database backup
- Creating operation definition files for Exchange database backup
- Checking the temporary directory for extended commands
- Checking the copy-group list file
- Checking the FTP service (if you are going to back up to tape)
- Creating a user script
- Specifying settings for sending mail
- Backing up the Application Agent operating environment
- Creating the Exchange environment configuration file
- 4 Application Agent operations
- Application Agent commands
- Correspondence between extended commands and basic commands
- Precautions on operations
- Precautions on operations
- Precautions on backup and restoration
- Precautions on backup
- Precautions on restoration
- Precautions when executing commands simultaneously
- Precautions for executing commands in a cluster environment
- Precautions regarding backup servers
- Precautions when updating dictionary map files
- Unavailable tools when executing commands
- Disk group configuration that does not allow backup (dynamic disk configuration)
- Notes on pair volume resynchronization in a cascade configuration
- Precautions when executing commands
- Permissions required for users executing commands
- Possibility of concurrent execution with other commands
- Retry time when an error occurs
- Stopping retry operations caused by a command that cannot execute concurrently with other commands
- Executing multiple drmmediabackup or drmmediarestore commands concurrently
- Configurations that requires RAID Manager user authentication
- Starting and stopping the Protection Manager service
- 5 Operation for file systems
- Backing up and restoring a file system
- Backing up and restoring data between volumes
- Backing up and restoring by using a tape device
- Backing up a file system by using a user script
- Backing up and restoring between local sites and remote sites
- Backing up and restoring a file system by using a tape backup management software that cannot link with Application Agent
- Backing up and restoring a file system by using a file share
- Deleting backup data
- 6 Operation for SQL Server databases
- Backing up and restoring an SQL Server database
- Precautions when backing up and restoring a database
- Precautions when restoring a database
- Precautions when recovering a database
- Precautions when backing up and restoring multiple databases
- Database status when restoring and recovering
- Requirements for transaction log backup
- Precautions regarding backup of transaction logs
- Precautions regarding sequences of transaction logs
- Precautions regarding application of transaction logs
- SQL Server database requirements for executing commands
- Backing up and restoring data between volumes
- Backing up and restoring by using a tape device
- Backing up an SQL Server database by using a user script
- Operation using SQL Server transaction logs
- Backing up and restoring transaction log backup files
- Backing up and restoring multiple generations by locking a copy group
- Backing up and restoring between local sites and remote sites
- Backing up and restoring in a multi-target configuration
- Performing restoration and recovery on a host other than the backup host
- Using the SQL Server log-shipping function
- Backing up and restoring in a cascade configuration or multi-target configuration
- Preparations for performing backup or restoration in a cascade configuration or multi-target configuration
- Creating a user script to perform a backup in a cascade configuration
- Backing up an SQL Server database in a cascade configuration
- Backing up transaction logs in a cascade configuration without a backup catalog
- Restoring an SQL Server database in a cascade configuration
- Backing up and restoring using a tape backup management software that cannot link with Application Agent
- Backing up and restoring an SQL Server database by using a file share
- Restoring data to an SQL Server instance that is different from the backup source
- Deleting backup data
- Making an SQL Server database backed up to a secondary volume available for use
- Backing up and restoring when using an SQL Server replication configuration
- Backing up and restoring in an SQL Server AlwaysOn availability group configuration
- Backing up and restoring an SQL Server database
- 7 Operation for Exchange databases
- Backing up and restoring a storage group
- Backing up and restoring data between volumes by using VSS
- Backing up and restoring by using a tape device
- Backing up a storage group by using a user script
- Restoring by using transaction logs (Roll-forward)
- Backing up and restoring between local sites and remote sites
- Backing up and restoring in a cascade configuration
- Backing up and restoring in a CCR configuration
- Backing up and restoring in SCR configurations
- Backing up and restoring in DAG configurations
- Backing up and restoring storage groups using a tape backup management software that is unable to link with Application Agent
- Backing up and restoring storage groups by using a file share
- Deleting backup data
- 8 Troubleshooting
- 9 Support and other resources
- A Example of an Application Agent environment configuration
- System configuration
- Example settings for the RAID Manager configuration definition file
- Example settings for the Application Agent configuration definition file (init.conf)
- Example settings for the RAID Manager-linkage definition file (DEFAULT.dat)
- Example of creating dictionary map files
- Example of registering SQL Server information
- Example settings for linkage to tape backup management software
- Example settings for the host environment settings file
- Example settings for an operation definition file
- Example settings for a copy-group list file
- B List of files used in Application Agent
- C Replacing primary and secondary volume disks while Application Agent is running
- D Restoring from a tape directly to a primary volume in a Fast Snap or Snapshot configuration
- E Correspondence to Replication Manager GUI terms
- Glossary
- Index