Add settings for centralized backups of
Microsoft Exchange Server DAG
For centralized backups of databases in a
Microsoft Exchange Server DAG, you can optionally add parameter settings for the type of backup and the server order list in the
Userlockbox.cfg configuration file.
About this task
With the
backuptype parameter setting in the
Userlockbox.cfg configuration file, you can specify one of three types of DAG backups:
Active node backup
In a DAG, the active node is the server where the primary mailbox databases are mounted. When you set
backuptype=active in the configuration file, the backup is triggered from the active node only. If the active node is inaccessible, the backup fails. The backup does not fall back to use the passive node.
Passive node backup
In a DAG, the passive node is the server where the passive mailbox database copies are mounted and continuously replicated from the active node. When you set
backuptype=passive in the configuration file, the backup is triggered from the DAG database passive node only. If the passive node is inaccessible, the backup fails. The backup does not fall back to use the active node.
Preferred node backup
In a DAG, the default backup type is the preferred node backup. When you set
backuptype=preferred in the configuration file, the backup first tries to use the passive node. If the passive node is inaccessible, the backup falls back to use the active node.
With the
serverorderlist parameter setting, you can specify the server order list for the order in which the DAG servers are backed up.
Perform the following steps to specify the preferred parameter settings for centralized
Microsoft Exchange Server DAG backups.
Steps
Create a file named
Userlockbox.cfg in the required directory:
NOTE:If you create the configuration file for a
Microsoft Exchange Server DAG, ensure that you create the file on each DAG node, with the same parameter settings in each file.
When the Microsoft application agent is installed in the default directory, create the
Userlockbox.cfg file in the
C:\Program Files\DPSAPPS\common\lockbox directory.
When the Microsoft application agent is installed in a non-default directory, add the
common\lockbox subdirectory in the installation directory and create the
Userlockbox.cfg file in the
<installation_directory>\common\lockbox directory.
In the
Userlockbox.cfg file, add the parameter settings as needed:
Specify the type of DAG backup in the
backuptype parameter setting. The valid parameter setting is
active,
passive, or
preferred. For example:
backuptype=passive
NOTE:If you do not set this parameter, the default DAG backup type is the preferred node backup:
backuptype=preferred
Specify the DAG server order list in the
serverorderlist parameter setting. The valid parameter setting is a comma-separated list of node names. Use only the short name, not the fully qualified domain name (FQDN), for each node name. For example:
serverorderlist=node1,node2
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