Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator's Guide
- Introducing NetBackup for Exchange
- Installing NetBackup for Exchange
- Snapshot Client configuration and licensing requirements for Exchange snapshot backups
- Configuring Exchange client host properties
- Configuring the account for NetBackup Exchange operations
- Configuring the Exchange hosts
- Configuring Exchange Granular Recovery
- About Exchange backups and Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)
- About installing and configuring Network File System (NFS) for Exchange Granular Recovery
- About configuring Services for Network File System (NFS) on Windows 2012 and Windows 2012 R2 (NetBackup for Exchange)
- About configuring Services for Network File System (NFS) on Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2 (NetBackup for Exchange)
- Configuring Exchange backup policies (non-VMware)
- About configuring a backup policy for Exchange Server
- Adding schedules to a NetBackup for Exchange policy
- Adding backup selections to an Exchange policy
- About configuring snapshot backups of Exchange Server
- Configuring a snapshot policy for Exchange Server
- About configuring Instant Recovery backups of Exchange Server
- Configuring an Exchange snapshot policy with Instant Recovery
- Configuring streaming backups of Exchange Server (Exchange 2007)
- Performing backups of Exchange Server, mailboxes, and public folders
- Performing restores of Exchange Server, mailboxes, and public folders
- About restoring Exchange snapshot backups
- About restoring streaming backups of Exchange Server (Exchange 2007)
- About restoring individual Exchange mailbox and public folder items
- About redirecting a restore of Exchange mailbox or public folder objects to a different path
- Protecting Exchange Server data with VMware backups
- About protecting Exchange Server data with VMware backups
- About configuring a VMware backup that protects Exchange Server
- About configuring a VMware backup that protects Exchange Server, using Replication Director to manage snapshot replication
- Recovering an Exchange database to a repaired or an alternate Exchange server
- Troubleshooting backups and restores of Exchange Server
- About NetBackup for Exchange debug logging
- Viewing Event Viewer logs on an off-host Exchange server
- About NetBackup status reports
- Troubleshooting Exchange restore operations
- Troubleshooting DAG backups and restores
- Appendix A. Configuring MAPI mailbox and public folder operations (Exchange 2007)
- Appendix B. NetBackup Legacy Network Service (Exchange 2010)
Configuring an Exchange backup that uses Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) (non-VMware backups)
Note:
These steps are applicable for a backup in a non-virtual environment. To use GRT with a VMware backup, refer to the following topics:
See Configuring Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) with a VMware backup that protects Exchange.
Table: Configuring an Exchange backup that uses Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) with a backup in a non-virtual environment
Step |
Action |
Description |
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Step 1 |
Verify that you have a supported Exchange Server configuration and have a media server platform that supports GRT. |
See the Application/Database Agent Compatibility List. See the Software Compatibility List (SCL). |
Step 2 |
Ensure that requirements are met for the NetBackup server and the Exchange Server software. | See NetBackup server requirements for NetBackup for Exchange. See Exchange server software requirements for NetBackup for Exchange. |
Step 3 |
Determine which clients require configuration and ensure that requirements are met for the NetBackup clients. |
See Exchange granular clients and non-VMware backups . See NetBackup client requirements for NetBackup for Exchange. In a cluster or replicated environment, perform the steps on each database node in the cluster. For an Exchange Database Availability Group (DAG), perform the steps on each database node in the DAG. |
Step 4 |
On all granular clients, ensure that each node has an unassigned drive letter on which to mount the backup image. | |
Step 5 |
Enable or configure NFS for your environment on the following:
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Step 6 |
On all Exchange mailbox servers, create an account for Exchange operations (a unique mailbox) for NetBackup. |
See About configuring the account for NetBackup Exchange operations. |
Step 7 |
On all Exchange mailbox servers, configure the Exchange credentials. |
Use the credentials for the account for NetBackup Exchange operations. See About the Exchange credentials in the client host properties. Alternatively for Exchange 2013 and 2016, you can add "Exchange Servers" to the "View-Only Organization Management" role group. Perform this configuration in the Exchange Administration Center (EAC) or in Active Directory. See the following Microsoft article for more information: |
Step 8 | Create a MS-Exchange-Server policy as follows:
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See Disk Storage Types supported for Granular Recovery Technology (GRT). For more information on how to create a policy with GRT, see the following: See About configuring snapshot backups of Exchange Server. See Configuring streaming backups of Exchange Server (Exchange 2007). |
Step 9 | On the NetBackup master server, configure the list of Exchange hosts. |
For backups in a DAG, cluster, private network, or if you use a proxy host or off-host client, you must create a mapping of host names. For example, each DAG node must be able to access a backup image using the DAG name. Configure this mapping in the Distributed Application Restore Mapping host property on the master server. |