Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator's Guide
- Introducing NetBackup for Exchange
- Installing NetBackup for Exchange
- Planning the installation of NetBackup for Exchange
- Verifying the operating system and platform compatibility
- NetBackup server requirements for NetBackup for Exchange
- NetBackup client requirements for NetBackup for Exchange
- Exchange server software requirements for NetBackup for Exchange
- Snapshot Client configuration and licensing requirements for Exchange snapshot backups
- Installing the Veritas VSS provider for vSphere
- About the license for NetBackup for Exchange
- Configuring Exchange client host properties
- Configuring Exchange client host properties
- Exchange properties
- About backing up all or only uncommitted Exchange transaction log files with snapshot backups
- Configuring the Exchange granular proxy host
- About truncating Exchange transaction logs with Instant Recovery backups
- Truncating Exchange transaction logs by performing a backup to a storage unit
- About consistency checks options for an Exchange backup
- About the Exchange credentials in the client host properties
- Configuring the account for NetBackup for Exchange operations
- About configuring the account for NetBackup Exchange operations
- About NetBackup and Microsoft Exchange Web Services
- Creating a privileged NetBackup user account for EWS access
- Creating a minimal NetBackup account for Exchange operations
- About configuring the account for NetBackup Exchange operations with the right to Replace a process level token
- Configuring the Exchange hosts
- Configuring Exchange Granular Recovery
- About Exchange backups and Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)
- Configuring an Exchange backup that uses Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) (non-VMware backups)
- About installing and configuring Network File System (NFS) for Exchange Granular Recovery
- About configuring Services for Network File System (NFS)
- Disabling the Server for NFS
- Disabling the Client for NFS on the media server
- Configuring a UNIX media server and Windows clients for backups and restores that use Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)
- Configuring a different network port for NBFSD
- Disk storage units supported with Exchange Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)
- Disabling the cataloging for duplications of Exchange backups that use Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)
- Cataloging an Exchange backup or VMware backup that uses Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)
- Configuring the logon account for the NetBackup Client Service
- Configuring Exchange backup policies (non-VMware)
- About Exchange automatic, user-directed, and manual backups
- About configuring a backup policy for Exchange Server
- Policy recommendations for Exchange Server
- About policy attributes
- Adding schedules to a NetBackup for Exchange policy
- Adding clients to a NetBackup for Exchange policy
- Using physical node names in the clients list
- Adding backup selections to an Exchange policy
- Adding entries to the backup selections list by browsing
- Manually adding entries to the backup selections list
- Performing Exchange backups with multiple data streams
- Using multiple datastreams with Exchange Database Availability Groups (DAG)s
- Using wildcards in an Exchange backup selections list
- About excluding Exchange items from backups
- Configuring exclude lists for Exchange clients
- About Exchange backups and transaction logs
- About configuring snapshot backups of Exchange Server
- About configuring Instant Recovery backups of Exchange Server
- About Exchange Instant Recovery methods
- Policy recommendations for Exchange Instant Recovery
- About Storage Foundations for Windows (SFW) and Exchange Instant Recovery
- About configuration requirements for the Exchange Server when you use Instant Recovery
- About Exchange Instant Recovery with the Microsoft VSS Provider
- Configuring an Exchange snapshot policy with Instant Recovery
- Performing a manual backup
- Performing backups of Exchange Server, mailboxes, and public folders
- Performing restores of Exchange Server, mailboxes, and public folders
- About Exchange server-directed and redirected restores
- About selecting a destination client for an Exchange restore operation
- About restoring Exchange database data
- About existing Exchange Server transaction logs
- About restoring Exchange snapshot backups
- Options for Exchange snapshot restores
- Performing a snapshot restore of a Database Availability Group (DAG)
- Performing a snapshot restore of an Exchange standalone server
- Redirecting a Database Availability Group (DAG) snapshot backup to another database or to the recovery database (RDB)
- Redirecting an Exchange standalone server snapshot backup to another database or to the recovery database (RDB)
- Manually mounting an Exchange database after a restore
- About restoring individual Exchange mailbox and public folder items
- About special characters in mailbox folders and message subjects
- Prerequisites and operational notes for restoring Exchange individual mailboxes, mailbox folders, public folders, or messages
- Options for restores of Exchange Server mailbox objects or public folder objects
- Restoring Exchange mailbox or public folder objects
- About redirecting a restore of Exchange mailbox or public folder objects to a different path
- About using the command line to browse or restore Exchange granular backup images
- Protecting Exchange Server data with VMware backups
- About protecting an application database with VMware backups
- About configuring a VMware backup that protects Exchange Server
- About configuring a VMware backup that protects Exchange Server, using Replication Director
- About restoring Exchange data from a VMware backup
- Enabling protection of passive copies of the Exchange database with VMware backups
- 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
- Exchange Server transaction log truncation errors
- Dynamic enforcement of path length limit for Exchange backups and restores
- Troubleshooting Exchange snapshot operations
- Troubleshooting Exchange jobs that use Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)
- Increased memory usage
- Troubleshooting DAG backups and restores
- Troubleshooting VMware backups and restores of Exchange Server
About restoring Exchange data from a VMware backup
Exchange data is restored from a VMware backup like it is restored from a backup that was performed with the Exchange Agent. Though you use a VMware policy type to back up the data, you use the policy type for the restore. NetBackup displays the Exchange data in the VMware backup image that is available for restore. See the following topics for information on how to restore Exchange data from a VMware backup:
See About restoring Exchange snapshot backups.
See About restoring individual Exchange mailbox and public folder items.
See About redirecting a restore of Exchange mailbox or public folder objects to a different path.
Note the following for VMware backups that protect Exchange.
The backup history is not saved for a VMware application backup of Exchange. It does not apply with VMware backups because NetBackup protects only the databases whose active copy is on the virtual machine.
When you restore Exchange from a VMware backup, you can recover to a recovery database, another database, or an alternate server (the target server can be a virtual computer or physical computer.). You cannot perform a point-in-time restore.
When you perform a restore, it is important that you select the appropriate source or destination clients. Note the following:
In some cases the Primary VM identifier in the VMware policy does not match the NetBackup client name that is configured for the VMware host. In this case, you must configure the client to perform a redirected restore.
For a restore of a cluster (including DAG), select the virtual Exchange server name for the source client. If the client name for the VMware backup used a fully qualified domain name (FQDN), the DAG name is also in FQDN format.
For a restore of an Exchange standalone server, you must select the source client name that NetBackup used for the VMware backup. For example, a particular Exchange Server has the real host name of
Exchangesv1. You configure a VMware backup policy using theExchange_server1and perform a backup. When you want to perform a restore, you browse for the backup using the source client nameExchange_server1.Select a destination client name that NetBackup recognizes. The destination client name must be a network name or computer name. This name must allow NetBackup to connect to the NetBackup client.
No additional requirements apply if you want to restore an Exchange database from a VMware backup. However, if you want to perform a granular browse and restore the following requirements apply:
You must configure NFS on the client that you use to browse or restore.
The client must have an unassigned drive letter on which to mount the backup image.
For restore operations, for the destination client you must configure the in the Exchange client host properties.
No additional requirements apply if you want to restore an Exchange database from a snapshot copy that was created with Replication Director. However, if you want to perform a granular browse or restore from a snapshot copy, note the following:
You must configure the logon account for the NetBackup Client Service. This account must have access to the CIFS shares that are created on the NetApp disk array.
For a restore, you must configure the in the Exchange client host properties.
Note that when you browse or restore a snapshot copy, NetBackup does not require NFS. Nor does it require an unassigned drive letter on which to mount the backup image
If you use Replication Director to create a disk image and want to perform a granular browse or restore from that image, the following requirements apply
You must configure NFS on the client that you use to browse or restore.
The client must have an unassigned drive letter on which to mount the backup image.
To restore from a disk image, you do not need to configure the logon account for the NetBackup Client Service with an account that can access the NetApp disk array. For granular restore, for the destination you must configure the Exchange credentials in the Exchange client host properties.