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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator's Guide
  3. Configuring the account for NetBackup Exchange operations
  4. About configuring the account for NetBackup Exchange operations
Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator's Guide

About configuring the account for NetBackup Exchange operations

NetBackup must have access to Exchange mailboxes and public folders so it can do the following:

  • Enumerate mailboxes when defining a policy.

  • Restore mailbox and public folder objects from full database backups with Enable granular recovery selected.

NetBackup gains access to Exchange through the account for NetBackup Exchange operations, an Active Directory user account that is associated with a unique Exchange mailbox. This mailbox has sufficient roles or group memberships to perform backups and restores. Use the account for NetBackup Exchange operations for the Exchange credentials in the Exchange client host properties.

Table: Steps to configure the account for NetBackup Exchange operations

Step

Action

Description

Step 1

Perform the following steps on the applicable Exchange granular clients.

In a cluster or replicated environment, perform the steps on each database node in the cluster.

To determine which clients to configure for GRT operations, refer to the following topics:

See Exchange granular clients and non-VMware backups .

See Exchange granular clients and VMware backups.

Step 2

On the applicable Exchange granular clients, create an Exchange mailbox for NetBackup (or account for NetBackup Exchange operations).

Configure the account as follows:

  • Veritas recommends that you create a uniquely named mailbox. Verify that this mailbox is not hidden.

  • See the specific procedure for the Exchange version you have.

    See Creating a privileged NetBackup user account for EWS access.

    See Creating a minimal NetBackup account for Exchange operations.

Step 3

Configure the account with the right to "Replace a process level token."

See About configuring the account for NetBackup Exchange operations with the right to Replace a process level token.

Step 4

On the applicable Exchange granular clients, configure the Exchange credentials with the account you created previously.

See About the Exchange credentials in the client host properties.

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