HP XP P9000 Replication Manager Software 7.6.1-00 Application Agent CLI User Guide

Preparing to use a file share for storage group backup and restore
To prepare to back up and restore storage groups by using a file share:
1. Check the temporary directory for extended commands that was created automatically by the
check tool for operation definition files.
For more information about where the temporary directory for extended commands is created
automatically, see “Checking the temporary directory for extended commands” on page 202.
2. Running Explorer or any other tool, share the temporary directory for extended commands that
is on the backup server.
3. Running Explorer or any other tool on the database server, assign the shared temporary directory
for extended commands that is on the backup server as a network drive. For now, assign it to
X: on the database server.
4. Set access permissions for the automatically generated temporary directory for extended commands
that is on the backup server, to make it accessible to users who are executing extended commands
from the database server to read or write to and from it.
Example of using a file share for storage group backup
This section explains how to back up storage groups by using a file share. For more operational
details on steps 1 to 4 and step 6 and subsequent steps, see “Backing up storage groups to
tape” on page 416.
To back up storage groups by using a file share:
1. When usual operation is in the split state, execute EX_DRM_CACHE_PURGE to clear the secondary
volume cache.
2. When usual operation is in the split state, execute EX_DRM_RESYNC to resynchronize the copy
group.
3. Execute EX_DRM_EXG_BACKUP to back up the storage group to the secondary volume.
4. Execute EX_DRM_DB_EXPORT to export the backup information to temporary files.
5. Copy the temporary files from the database server to the backup server.
To copy the temporary files from the temporary directory for extended commands that is on the
database server to the temporary directory for extended commands that is on the backup server,
execute a copy command on the database server.
DBServer > copy /y temporary-directory-for-extended-commands-on-the-database-server
\Operation_A\DB\Operation_A.drm X:\
6. Execute EX_DRM_DB_IMPORT to import the temporary files transferred from the database server
to the backup catalog on the backup server.
7. Execute EX_DRM_TAPE_BACKUP to back up the data on the secondary volume to tape.
8. When usual operation is in the pair status, execute EX_DRM_CACHE_PURGE to clear the secondary
volume cache.
9. When usual operation is in the pair status, execute EX_DRM_RESYNC to resynchronize the copy
group.
Operation for Exchange databases510