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Backing up exchange 101 - was RE: [exchangelist]

From: "Jamie A. Byrnes" <jabyrnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 08:56:38 +0930
To save further speculation let me clarify how to backup exchange.
 
First remember that exchange is a database. You can get a full backup of
your server by taking exchange offline (stop the services) and running a
file level backup. Fortunately NTBackup is exchange aware (provided you
have the correct version for your version of exchange) and will backup
the database correctly while still online.
 
Then you have your third-party backup solutions like BackupExec. By
itself BE is not "exchange aware" and the exchange services would need
to be stopped to get a full backup. Note that the open file option will
NOT work on databases. Instead an "exchange agent" is needed, and this
will allow full online backups as well.
 
Also possible with an exchange agent is the "brick-level" backup, or
mailbox-by-mailbox. I guess this could be handy if you have a large
database and only need to restore one mailbox, however most people
prefer to extend the deleted mailbox retension time in exchange than
restore mailboxes. A good policy helps here, ie. keep mailboxes for one
month, then dump to .pst and delete FOREVER.
 
And as everyone will tell you, don't touch the M:. Don't move files,
don't virusscan, and don't backup. Ever.
 
 
Jamie.
 

        -----Original Message-----
        From: Venu V [mailto:vvenu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
        Sent: Thursday, 18 December 2003 7:14 PM
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        ok that also im taking through veritas back exec 9.0..but funny
thing is i never tried to restore it..will u tell the procedure to build
mail boxes through veritas if exchange server is completed collapesed.
         

        Thanks and Regards, 
        V.Venu 
        Transdyne IT Services Pvt Ltd., 
        23355666 x 333 
        vvenu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 


        
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                From: ??????? ????? ?????????? [mailto:denis@xxxxxxxxxx]
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                Of course this is the way to backup the whole store. And
this is not the 

                best backup strategy. I use Veritas Backupexec for these
needs.

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                        From: Simon Bound
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                        Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 12:10 PM
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                        I'm interested to know whether you have tested a
restore of either mailboxes or complete Exchange Post Office from just
backing up c:\program files ....mdbdata folder(S) ? It begs the question
of why backup vendors sell backup agents for Exchange
servers...............
                         
                        Simon

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