Hello dears,
We have DAG in two sites, each DB has one passive copy in same site and second passive copy in the other site. We are using Tivoli Storage Manager servers in both sites. It is configured to take backup from the second passive copy.
Assume we have DB activation preference is
(1) on site1-mbx1 Active and Mounted
(2) on site1-mbx2 1st Passive Copy - Backup runs here
(3) on site2-mbx3 2nd Passive Copy
If the status is like above everything works fine, Now if it is like this
(1) on site1-mbx1
(2) on site1-mbx2 1st Passive Copy - Backup runs here
(3) on site2-mbx3 2nd Passive Copy - Active and mounted here
Backup exec logs will show backup is finished successfully, but on DB LastFullBackup and LastIncrementalBackup will not show the latest time and logs will not truncate. And following event are logged onSite1-mbx2
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Log Name: Application
Source: TsmVssPlugin
Date: 12/10/2012 9:49:31 PM
Event ID: 4097
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: SYSTEM
Computer: Site1-mbx2.domain.name
Description:
Signaling VSS writers that the backup operation has completed.
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Log Name: Application
Source: MSExchangeIS
Date: 12/10/2012 9:49:32 PM
Event ID: 9859
Task Category: Exchange VSS Writer
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Site1-mbx2.domain.name
Description:
Exchange VSS Writer has been called for CVssIExchWriter::OnIdentify.
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Log Name: Application
Source: MSExchangeIS
Date: 12/10/2012 9:49:32 PM
Event ID: 9604
Task Category: Exchange VSS Writer
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Site1-mbx2.domain.name
Description:
Exchange VSS Writer has successfully collected the metadata document in preparation for backup or restore.
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Log Name: Application
Source: MSExchangeRepl
Date: 12/10/2012 9:49:33 PM
Event ID: 2021
Task Category: Exchange VSS Writer
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Site1-mbx2.domain.name
Description:
The Microsoft Exchange VSS Writer has successfully collected the metadata document in preparation for backup.
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Log Name: Application
Source: ESE BACKUP
Date: 12/10/2012 9:49:38 PM
Event ID: 964
Task Category: General
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Site1-mbx2.domain.name
Description:
msexchangerepl (33508) The surrogate backup to Site2-mbx3 has been stopped with error 0x6BF.
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Log Name: Application
Source: MSExchangeRepl
Date: 12/10/2012 9:49:38 PM
Event ID: 2046
Task Category: Exchange VSS Writer
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Site1-mbx2.domain.name
Description:
The Microsoft Exchange Replication service VSS Writer instance 06645147-1fec-4126-9848-661234ddb9a4 has successfully completed the backup of database 'Site1-DB-Name01'.
Database log truncation has been requested for this database. Log truncation will occur on the active copy after the next log generation is created. Log truncation will occur automatically on the passive copies after that log file is copied.
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Log Name: Application
Source: MSExchangeRepl
Date: 12/10/2012 9:49:38 PM
Event ID: 2033
Task Category: Exchange VSS Writer
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Site1-mbx2.domain.name
Description:
The Microsoft Exchange Replication service VSS Writer (Instance 06645147-1fec-4126-9848-661234ddb9a4) has successfully processed the backup completion event.
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Log Name: Application
Source: MSExchangeRepl
Date: 12/10/2012 9:50:01 PM
Event ID: 2037
Task Category: Exchange VSS Writer
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Site1-mbx2.domain.name
Description:
The Microsoft Exchange Replication service VSS Writer (Instance 06645147-1fec-4126-9848-661234ddb9a4) backup has been successfully shut down.
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Log Name: Application
Source: VSS
Date: 12/10/2012 9:53:00 PM
Event ID: 8224
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Site1-mbx2.domain.name
Description:
The VSS service is shutting down due to idle timeout.
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Log Name: Application
Source: AdsmClientService
Date: 12/10/2012 10:10:01 PM
Event ID: 4097
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: SYSTEM
Computer: Site1-mbx2.domain.name
Description:
TSM Remote Client Agent halted.
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Nothing related at same time on Site2-mbx3
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