How To
Summary
IBM Spectrum Protect for Mail: Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server provides support for multiple domain controller environments.
Objective
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When IBM Spectrum Protect for Mail: Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server is used in a multiple domain controller environment, the underlying Microsoft Exchange Server Cmdlets may encounter errors if a Domain Controller, identified by its fully qualified domain name, is not specified.
When IBM Spectrum Protect for Mail: Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server is used in a multiple domain controller environment, the underlying Microsoft Exchange Server Cmdlets may encounter errors if a Domain Controller, identified by its fully qualified domain name, is not specified.
You can configure Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server to specify a Domain Controller to the underlying Microsoft Exchange Server Cmdlets, by setting the Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange configuration parameter "DOMAINController" in the configuration file.
If you do not configure the "DOMAINController" parameter, and are in a multiple domain controller environment, the underlying Microsoft Exchange Server Cmdlets can return Active Directory errors, such as "(INVALID_ATT_SYNTAX)".
To set the Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server configuration parameters in the configuration file, use the Set command.
The value of the "DOMAINController" parameter is saved in a Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server configuration file. The default configuration file is tdpexc.cfg.
Procedure
1. Retrieve the fully qualified name of the Domain Controller for the Microsoft Exchange Server you are protecting with IBM Spectrum Protect for Mail: Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server. Note: You can use the Get-ADForest and Get-ADDomainController Microsoft cmdlets to retrieve a list of available domain controllers.
For example:
(Get-ADForest).Domains | %{ Get-ADDomainController -Filter * -Server $_ } | Select-Object HostName
(Get-ADForest).Domains | %{ Get-ADDomainController -Filter * -Server $_ } | Select-Object HostName
2. Use the "tpcexcc set" CLI command or the "Set-DpExcConfig" cmdlet to set the "DOMAINController" configuration parameter in the configuration file.
For example:
Using the CLI: tdpexcc set DOMAINController=mydc.fully.qualified.domainname.com
Using the cmdlet: Set-DpExcConfig -DOMAINController mydc.fully.qualified.domainname.com
Using the CLI: tdpexcc set DOMAINController=mydc.fully.qualified.domainname.com
Using the cmdlet: Set-DpExcConfig -DOMAINController mydc.fully.qualified.domainname.com
Additional Information
For more information, see
- Cmdlets for protecting Microsoft Exchange Server data for the cmdlets to configure in the configuration file, and
- Set command for configuration parameters to set in the configuration file.
Document Location
Worldwide
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Modified date:
04 March 2020
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ibm11289260