ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager Operator's Guide
13.0
-Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000-
-Microsoft(R) Windows Server(TM) 2003-
Contents
Before using this online manual
Preface
Chapter 1 Overview of AdvancedCopy Manager
1.1 What is AdvancedCopy Manager?
1.1.1 High-speed backup (24-hour basis)
1.1.2 Non-stopped operating backup database
1.1.3 High-speed replication
1.2 Product Configuration of AdvancedCopy Manager
1.2.1 Function system
1.2.2 System configuration
1.2.3 Combinations of products
1.3 Function Overview of AdvancedCopy Manager
1.3.1 What is the backup function?
1.3.2 What is the replication function?
1.3.3 Authentication feature function
1.3.4 Web client screen
1.4 Operating Environment of AdvancedCopy Manager
1.4.1 Hardware requirements
1.4.2 Software requirements
1.4.2.1 Manager of AdvancedCopy Manager
1.4.2.2 Agent of AdvancedCopy Manager
1.4.2.3 Web Browser
1.5 Managing a Device on AdvancedCopy Manager
1.6 Operations on Windows Server 2003
Chapter 2 Starting and Stopping a Service
2.1 Services of AdvancedCopy Manager
2.2 Starting a Service
2.3 Stopping a Service
Chapter 3 Security Operation Using Authentication Feature
3.1 Overview
3.2 Access Permission
3.3 Setup Procedure
3.3.1 Flow of setup
3.3.2 Setup work details
3.4 Security Operation in Cluster Configuration
Chapter 4 Backup Operation
4.1 Overview
4.1.1 Snapshot backup processing
4.1.2 Synchronized high-speed backup processing
4.1.3 Restoration processing
4.1.4 Device name
4.2 Operation Design
4.2.1 Deciding a server on which the backup operation should be performed
4.2.2 Deciding a backup target
4.2.3 Deciding a backup policy
4.2.4 Preparing a backup volume
4.2.5 Preparing the automatic backup operation
4.3 Flow of Operation
4.4 Preparations
4.4.1 Starting a service
4.4.2 Setting an access permission
4.4.3 Starting the initial window
4.4.4 Registering a storage server
4.4.5 Fetching device information on a storage server
4.4.6 Displaying the backup management window
4.4.7 Setting the environment for a backup operation server
4.4.8 Setting the operation type for a device
4.4.9 Setting options
4.4.10 Setting backup policies
4.4.11 Customizing preprocessing and postprocessing
4.4.12 Preparing a device map file
4.4.12.1 Describing a device map file
4.5 Operation
4.5.1 Performing the snapshot fast backup
4.5.2 Performing the synchronized high-speed backup
4.5.3 Performing restoration
4.5.3.1 Restoring an entire volume
4.5.3.2 Restoring an individual file
4.5.4 Managing a backup history
4.5.4.1 Displaying a backup history
4.5.4.2 Deleting a backup history
4.6 Changing the setting information
4.6.1 Adding a device
4.6.2 Deleting a device
4.6.2.1 Deleting a transaction volume
4.6.2.2 Deleting a backup volume
4.6.3 Adding a storage server
4.6.4 Deleting a storage server
4.7 Stopping the Operation
Chapter 5 Backup Operations (Symfoware)
Chapter 6 Backup Process That Uses the Suspend/Resume Function
6.1 Overview
6.2 Backup Operation Design
6.3 Flow of Operations
6.4 Preparations
6.4.1 Setting up the AdvancedCopy Manager environment
6.4.2 Setting storage server configuration information
6.4.3 Setting device information
6.4.4 Setting a backup policy
6.4.5 Preparing a device map file
6.5 Backup Operations
6.5.1 Starting synchronous processing
6.5.2 Backing up
6.5.3 Displaying the synchronous processing execution status
6.5.4 Cancelling synchronous processing
6.5.5 History management
6.5.6 Restoring
Chapter 7 Backup Operation by the QuickOPC Function
7.1 Overview
7.2 Designing Backup Operation
7.3 Operation Flow
7.4 Preparation
7.4.1 Configuring the AdvancedCopy Manager environment
7.4.2 Setting the environment for Storage server
7.4.3 Setting the operation type for a device
7.4.4 Setting a backup policy
7.4.5 Preparing a device map file
7.5 Operation
7.5.1 Executing backup
7.5.2 History management
7.5.3 Restoration
7.5.4 Canceling restoration
7.5.5 Displaying the execution status of tracking processing
7.5.6 Stopping tracking processing
Chapter 8 Replication
8.1 Overview
8.1.1 Snapshot replication processing
8.1.2 Synchronized replication processing
8.1.3 Device name
8.2 Operation Design
8.2.1 Determining the server that performs replication
8.2.2 Determining a replication target
8.2.3 Notes of the design in SnapOPC replication
8.2.3.1 Notes on session settings
8.2.3.2 Creating a Snap Data Disk
8.2.3.3 Cluster Operations
8.3 Flow of Operations
8.4 Preparations
8.4.1 Starting a service
8.4.2 Starting the initial window
8.4.3 Registering a storage server
8.4.4 Fetching device information from a storage server
8.4.5 Setting the original volume and replica volume
8.4.6 Customizing preprocessing and postprocessing
8.4.7 Creating groups
8.4.7.1 Conditions for the replication volume information that makes up the group
8.4.7.2 How to create groups
8.5 Operations
8.5.1 Executing snapshot replication
8.5.2 Executing synchronized replication
8.5.2.1 Intra-box synchronous replication
8.5.2.2 Inter-box synchronous replication
8.5.2.2.1 Initial copy skip function
8.5.2.3 Concurrent suspension function
8.5.3 Backup and restoration using the replication function
8.6 Changing the Setting Information
8.6.1 Changing an original volume or replica volume
8.6.2 Deleting an original volume or replica volume
8.6.3 Changing the device information of an original or replica volume
8.7 Stopping the Operation
Chapter 9 Backing Up and Restoring Exchange Server Databases
9.1 Overview
9.1.1 Backing up Exchange server databases
9.1.2 Restoring Exchange server databases
9.1.2.1 Point-in-time restoration
9.1.2.2 Roll-forward restoration
9.2 Operation Design
9.2.1 Designing server configurations
9.2.2 Designing storage groups
9.2.2.1 Partition configuration
9.2.2.2 Storage group file allocation
9.2.2.2.1 Database file allocation
9.2.2.2.2 Transaction log file allocation
9.2.2.2.3 Distributed allocation of an EDB/STM file
9.2.2.3 Log operation
9.2.3 Preparing the backup disks (LUN) and the backup volumes (partitions)
9.2.4 Designing copy set groups
9.3 Preparation
9.3.1 Registering the provider
9.3.2 Configuring the Exchange server environment
9.3.3 Creating an environment for Storage server transactions
9.3.4 Preparing a drive letter map file
9.3.5 Setting up the original and replica volumes
9.3.6 Registering the provider copy set
9.3.7 Saving the provider management file
9.3.8 Creating a device definition file
9.3.9 Saving the device definition file
9.3.10 Registering database information
9.4 Executing Backup
9.4.1 Backing up databases
9.4.2 Backup to tape
9.4.3 States of backup disk
9.5 Executing Restoration
9.5.1 Pre-restoration operations
9.5.1.1 Dismounting the storage group (only when performing a restoration using EC/REC)
9.5.1.2 Stopping resource monitoring for the physical disk
9.5.1.3 Stopping the EC/REC session (only for synchronous type backups)
9.5.1.4 Stopping the QuickOPC session (only for differential snapshot type backups)
9.5.1.5 Starting restoration synchronous processing and coordinating equivalence maintenance state (only when performing a restoration using EC/REC)
9.5.2 Executing the restoration
9.5.2.1 Point-in-time restoration (restoring to the point when the backup was taken)
9.5.2.2 Roll forward restoration (restoring to the latest point)
9.5.3 Post-restoration operations (only when restoring using EC/REC)
9.5.3.1 Stopping restoration synchronous processing
9.5.3.2 Restarting resource monitoring for physical disks
9.5.3.3 Mounting the storage group(for point-in-time restorations only)
9.5.4 Restoring data backed up to tape
9.6 Reconfiguration
9.6.1 Changing device information on original and replica volumes
9.6.2 Changing provider setting information
9.6.3 Changing storage group information
9.6.4 Changing the Storage server name
9.7 Stopping Operation
9.7.1 Deleting the shadow copy
9.7.2 Stopping synchronous processing (for synchronous type backups only)
9.7.3 Stopping tracking processing (only for differential snapshot type backups)
9.7.4 Stopping restoration copies
9.8 Uninstallation
9.8.1 Stopping backup copy processing
9.8.2 Deleting the copy set of the provider
9.8.3 Deleting original and replica volumes
9.8.4 Deleting database information
9.8.5 Deleting the Storage server
9.8.6 Canceling the cluster settings for the storage server
9.8.7 Canceling the provider registration
Chapter 10 Backup and Restore of SQL Server Database
10.1 Overview
10.1.1 Backup Function
10.1.2 Restore Function
10.2 Operation Design
10.2.1 Backup Operation Design of SQL Server Database
10.2.1.1 Database in raw partitions
10.2.1.2 Placement of files
10.2.1.3 Determining the servers to perform backup
10.2.1.4 Determining a backup target
10.2.1.5 Determining a backup method
10.2.1.6 Preparing a backup volume
10.3 Operation by backup management function
10.3.1 Preparations
10.3.1.1 Setting the environment for SQL Server
10.3.1.2 Carrying out a general preparation
10.3.1.3 Creating a transaction volume locking specification file for backups
10.3.1.4 Preparing a device map file (Only if the backup destination is specified)
10.3.1.5 Recording the output path of a metadata file
10.3.1.6 Preparing the automated operation of backup
10.3.2 Performing backup and restore
10.3.2.1 Performing backup
10.3.2.2 Performing restore
10.3.2.3 Confirming operation status
10.3.2.4 Stopping operation
10.3.2.5 Operation by MSCS
10.4 Operation by replication management function
10.4.1 Preparations
10.4.1.1 Setting the environment for SQL Server
10.4.1.2 Carrying out a general preparation
10.4.1.3 Preparing a device map file
10.4.1.4 Recording the output path of a metadata file
10.4.1.5 Preparing the automated operation of backup
10.4.2 Performing backup and restore
10.4.2.1 Performing backup
10.4.2.2 Performing restore
10.4.2.3 Confirming operation status
10.4.2.4 Stopping operation
10.4.2.5 Operation by MSCS
Chapter 11 Operation Maintenance
11.1 Maintenance of Database
11.1.1 Making individually backup of databases
11.1.1.1 Maintaining a backup a management list
11.1.1.1.1 Backing up a backup management list
11.1.1.1.2 Restoring a backup management list
11.1.1.1.3 Saving of device information used by backup management
11.1.1.1.4 Recovering of device information used by backup management
11.1.1.2 Maintaining a replication management list
11.1.1.2.1 Backing up a replication management list
11.1.1.2.2 Restoring a replication management list
11.1.1.2.3 Saving of device information used by replication management
11.1.1.2.4 Recovering of device information used by replication management
11.1.1.3 Maintaining a database
11.1.1.3.1 Saving a database
11.1.1.3.2 Finding an error in a database
11.1.1.3.3 Recovering a database
11.1.1.4 Maintaining authentication management list
11.1.1.4.1 Backing up an authentication management list
11.1.1.4.2 Restoring an authentication management list
11.1.1.5 Maintaining a registry
11.1.1.5.1 Backing up a registry
11.1.1.5.2 Restoring a registry
11.1.2 Making a package backup of databases
11.1.2.1 Preliminaries
11.1.2.2 Backup operations
11.1.2.3 Restore operations
11.2 Troubleshooting
11.2.1 Troubleshooting for insufficient free space in a repository
11.2.1.1 Database backup
11.2.1.2 Database restoration
11.2.1.3 Database setup
11.2.1.4 Database unsetup
11.2.2 Collecting maintenance information
11.2.2.1 Collecting information using a Web window
11.2.2.2 Collecting error survey information
11.2.3 Troubleshooting for a failure in access to a repository database
11.3 Troubleshooting for a hardware error, etc. occurring during backup
11.3.1 Overview
11.3.2 Troubleshooting
11.3.2.1 Troubleshooting for a hardware error, etc. on a transaction volume
11.3.2.2 Troubleshooting for a hardware error, etc. on a backup volume
11.3.2.3 Troubleshooting for an error (halt) on a remote copy processing
11.4 Troubleshooting for a Hardware Error or Other Error Occurring during Replication
11.4.1 Overview
11.4.2 Troubleshooting
11.4.2.1 Troubleshooting for a hardware error on a replication volume
11.4.2.2 Troubleshooting for an error (halt) on a remote copy processing
11.5 Changing the Operating Environment
11.5.1 Changing the IP address of a storage management server
11.5.2 Changing the IP address of a storage server
11.5.3 Changing the port number of a storage management server
11.5.4 Changing the port number of a storage server
11.5.5 Changing the server name of a storage management server
11.5.6 Changing the server name of a storage server
11.5.7 Changing the device configuration
11.5.7.1 Backup management
11.5.7.2 Replication management
11.5.8 Changing the IP address for GUI connection of a storage management server
11.5.9 Change of deletion/password of the user who specified it as the repository access user
11.5.10 About change of the employment environment in cluster employment
11.5.10.1 Changing the IP address of a storage management server transaction
11.5.10.2 Changing the IP address of a storage server transaction
11.5.10.3 Changing the port number of a storage management server transaction
11.5.10.4 Changing the port number of a storage server transaction
11.5.10.5 Changing the server name of a storage management server transaction
11.5.10.6 Changing the server name of a storage server transaction
11.5.10.7 Deleting a repository accessible user or changing a repository accessible user's password
11.5.10.8 Changing the logical node name
11.5.10.9 Changing the service name
11.5.10.10 Changing a shared disk for shared data
11.5.10.11 Changing the repository shared disk
11.5.11 Changing of the startup account
Chapter 12 Commands
12.1 Backup Management Commands
12.1.1 Environment definition commands
12.1.1.1 Storage server configuration information setting command (swstsvrset)
12.1.1.2 Storage server configuration information display command (swstsvrdisp)
12.1.1.3 Device information setting command (swstdevinfoset)
12.1.1.4 Device usage status display command (swstdevdisp)
12.1.1.5 Backup policy setting command (swstbkpolset)
12.1.1.6 Backup policy display command (swstbkpoldisp)
12.1.1.7 Backup policy deletion command (swstbkpoldel)
12.1.2 Operation commands
12.1.2.1 Backup execution command (swstbackup)
12.1.2.2 Backup execution status display command (swstbackstat)
12.1.2.3 Restore execution command (swstrestore)
12.1.2.4 Restore cancellation command (swstcancelrest)
12.1.2.5 Restore execution status display command (swstreststat)
12.1.2.6 History information display command (swsthistdisp)
12.1.2.7 History information deletion command (swsthistdel)
12.1.2.8 Backup synchronous processing start command (swststartsync)
12.1.2.9 Backup synchronous processing cancel command (swstcancelsync)
12.1.2.10 Backup synchronous processing progress display command (swstsyncstat)
12.1.2.11 Execution status display command (swstexecstat)
12.1.2.12 Drive letter allocation command (swstdrvset)
12.1.2.13 Drive letter deallocation command (swstdrvunset)
12.1.2.14 Dismount command (swstdismount)
12.1.2.15 Volume unlock command (swstvolunlock)
12.1.2.16 Locked-volume information display command (swstvollockstat)
12.1.2.17 Tracking cancel command (swstcanceltrk)
12.1.2.18 Tracking status display command (swsttrkstat)
12.1.3 Maintenance commands
12.1.3.1 Resource match command (swstsrsemtch)
12.1.3.2 Resource backup command (swstresback)
12.1.3.3 Resource restore command (swstresrst)
12.2 Configuration Management Commands
12.2.1 Management server information change command (stgcmmodnode)
12.2.2 Repository access user change command (stguserset)
12.2.3 GUI connection information setting command (stgguiipset)
12.2.4 Server information addition command (stgxfwcmaddsrv)
12.2.5 Server information change command (stgxfwcmmodsrv)
12.2.6 Server information deletion command (stgxfwcmdelsrv)
12.2.7 Device information collection/reflection command (stgxfwcmsetdev)
12.2.8 Device information deletion command (stgxfwcmdeldev)
12.2.9 Server information display command (stgxfwcmdispsrv)
12.2.10 Device information display command (stgxfwcmdispdev)
12.2.11 Partition information display command (stgxfwcmdisppat)
12.2.12 Environment information display command(stgenvdisp)
12.2.13 Management information package backup server registration/deletion command (stgmgrinfoset)
12.2.14 Management information package backup command (stgmgrinfobkup)
12.2.15 Management information package backup status display command (stgmgrinfodisp)
12.2.16 Backup data expansion command (stgarcext)
12.3 Replication Management Command
12.3.1 Environment definition commands
12.3.1.1 Replication volume information setting command (swsrpsetvol)
12.3.1.2 Replication volume information display command (swsrpvolinfo)
12.3.1.3 Replication volume information deletion command (swsrpdelvol)
12.3.1.4 REC transfer buffer information display command (swsrprecbuffstat)
12.3.1.5 REC transfer buffer settings change command (swsrprecbuffset)
12.3.2 Operation commands
12.3.2.1 Synchronous processing start command (swsrpstartsync)
12.3.2.2 Replication creation command (swsrpmake)
12.3.2.3 Operation status display command (swsrpstat)
12.3.2.4 Replication cancellation command (swsrpcancel)
12.3.2.5 Synchronization mode change command (swsrpchsync)
12.3.2.6 Synchronization reverse command (swsrprevsync)
12.3.3 Maintenance commands
12.3.3.1 Resource adjustment command (swsrprecoverres)
12.4 Setup Command
12.4.1 Web server setting and setting cancellation command (alias)
12.5 Exchange Server Commands
12.5.1 Exchange2003 database information registration command (swsrpdbinfo_ex2k3)
12.5.2 Exchange2003 device display command (swsrpdevdisp_ex2k3)
12.5.3 Exchange VSS synchronous processing command (swsrpvsssync_exchange)
12.5.4 Exchange VSS backup execution command(swsrpvssbackup_exchange)
12.5.5 Exchange VSS restore execution command(swsrpvssrestore_exchange)
12.5.6 Exchange VSS shadow copy management command(swsrpshadowadm_exchange)
12.5.7 Exchange operation status display command (swsrpstat_exchage)
12.5.8 Shadow copy management command(swsrpshadowadm)
12.5.9 Provider registration/deletion command(eternus_provider)
12.5.10 Copy set registration/deletion/reference command(eternus_copyset)
12.5.11 Copy place disk number display command(eternus_getolu)
12.5.12 Device instance ID display command(eternus_getins)
12.5.13 Status query command (eternus_query)
12.5.14 Copy stop command (eternus_stopcopy)
12.6 SQL Server Commands
12.6.1 Backup Management Commands
12.6.1.1 SQL Server backup execution command (swstbackup_sqlsvr)
12.6.1.2 SQL Server restore execution command (swstrestore_sqlsvr)
12.6.2 Replication Management Commands
12.6.2.1 SQL Server backup execution command (swsrpbackup_sql)
12.6.2.2 SQL Server restore execution command (swsrprestore_sql)
12.7 SnapOPC Support Commands
12.7.1 Update volume measurement command (swstestupdate)
Chapter 13 Notes on Operations
13.1 Notes on Backup Operation or Replication operation
13.1.1 General notes
13.1.2 Notes on the snapshot high-speed backup
13.1.3 Notes on restoration
13.1.4 Notes of synchronous high-speed backup
13.1.5 Notes on cluster operation
13.1.6 Notes on backup operation in cluster operation
13.1.6.1 Notes on an SQL Server 2000/2005 database
13.1.6.2 Making a backup and restoration during stoppage of a cluster group
13.1.7 Notes on replication operation in cluster operation
13.1.7.1 Notes on an Exchange 2003 database
13.1.7.2 Notes on an SQL Server 2000/2005 database
13.1.7.3 Making a replication during stoppage of a cluster group
13.2 Notes on the Web Window Environment
Appendix A Preprocessing and Postprocessing of Backup and Restoration
A.1 Overview
A.2 Preprocessing and Postprocessing of Backup
A.2.1 Preprocessing of backup
A.2.2 Postprocessing of backup
A.2.2.1 Transaction volume locking specification file for backups
A.2.2.1.1 Creating a transaction volume locking specification file for backups
A.2.2.2 Backup volume locking specification file for backups
A.2.2.2.1 Creating a backup volume locking specification file for backups
A.3 Preprocessing and Postprocessing of Restoration
A.3.1 Preprocessing of restoration
A.3.2 Postprocessing of restoration
A.3.2.1 Backup-restored volume locking specification file
A.3.2.1.1 Creating a backup-restored volume locking specification file
Appendix B Sample Scripts
B.1 Overview
B.2 Backup and Restoration of a Transaction volume
B.2.1 Backup procedure
B.2.2 Restoration procedure
B.3 Sample Scripts
B.3.1 Overview of sample scripts
B.3.1.1 Collecting DB information
B.3.1.2 Backup
B.3.2 Applying a sample script
B.3.2.1 Updating a sample script
B.3.2.2 Creating a volume locking specification file
B.3.3 Restoration methods
B.3.4 Notes on using sample scripts
B.3.4.1 Location of Oracle resources
B.3.4.2 Backup operation of Oracle resources
B.3.4.3 Recovery of Oracle databases
Appendix C Preprocessing and Postprocessing of Replication
C.1 Overview
C.2 Preprocessing and Postprocessing of Replication
C.2.1 Preprocessing and postprocessing for a file system
C.2.2 Preprocessing when replication is executed
C.2.3 Postprocessing when replication is executed
C.2.4 Copy source volume locking specification file
C.2.4.1 Creating a copy source volume locking specification file
C.2.5 Copy destination volume locking specification file
C.2.5.1 Creating a copy destination volume locking specification file
Appendix D System volume backup operation
Glossary