HP P9000 Replication Manager Software 7.3.1-00 Configuration Guide

NOTE:

Exchange 2010 does not use storage groups.

MS Exchange databases contain the following two types of information stores:

• Mailbox stores for saving received email messages, attachments, folders, documents, etc.

• Public folder stores for saving information shared among users (email messages, documents, MS

Outlook custom forms, etc.)

Data management across storage systems

Application Agent allows you to back up and restore secondary volumes to and from a local site (the

storage system where the primary volume resides) and a remote site (a storage system different from

that of the primary volume).

Replication Manager can perform the following operations on a remote site using Application Agent:

• Back up and restore data

• Re-synchronize a copy pair

• Display resource information

• Lock a copy pair

• Mount or unmount a secondary volume

Managing generations

Application Agent can associate multiple secondary volumes with a single primary volume. (These

secondary volumes are referred to as generations.) When selecting a secondary volume for a backup,

you can either select it manually or have Application Agent automatically rotate the volumes in the

same way that tape backups are re-used (local backups only). At the same time, Application Agent

allows you to lock the contents of certain secondary volumes and only use other (unlocked) secondary

volumes for backups. For more information, see the HP P9000 Replication Manager Software User

Guide.

NOTE:

The number of generations supported by Application Agent depends on the volume replication function

used, but the procedures are the same.

System requirements and supported environments

This section describes the requirements for hardware and software and the virtual environments

supported by Application Agent.

Application Agent system requirements

This section describes the hardware, host type, server, and storage system necessary to configure a

system for the use of Application Agent.

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