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  3. Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator's Guide
  5. Performing backups of Exchange Server, mailboxes, and public folders
  7. Performing user-directed snapshot backups of Exchange Server
Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator's Guide

Performing user-directed snapshot backups of Exchange Server

To perform a user-directed snapshot backup, a policy must exist on the server that is configured for snapshot backups. This policy must also have a User schedule. Exchange users can back up a Database Availability Group (DAG), the Information Store, or a database.

When Enable granular recovery is enabled in the backup policy, you can later restore individual mailbox and public folder items from the backup.

To perform a user-directed snapshot backup of Exchange Server objects

  1. Mount any databases that you want to back up.
  2. Open the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface.

    For a DAG, you must initiate the user backup operation from the node where the DAG virtual name is active (online).

  3. Click Actions > Specify Policy and Schedule.
  4. In the Backup Policy and Schedule box, type the name of the Snapshot Client policy.
  5. Click File > Select Files and Folders to Back Up.
  6. Select File > Specify NetBackup Machines and Policy Type.
  7. In the Specify NetBackup Machines and Policy Type dialog box, provide the following information:

    • The server you want to perform the backup.

    • If you are in a cluster environment, specify the name of the virtual Exchange Server or the DAG virtual name.

      See About selecting a source client for an Exchange Server backup operation.

  8. In the All Folders pane, select the objects you want to back up.

    See Table: Selecting Exchange database objects for user-directed backups.

    For a DAG, you cannot select a specific server in the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface from which to perform the backup. If you want to use a specific server, specify it in the Preferred server list.

    All databases in the DAG, regardless of what server they reside on, are displayed.

    The following figure shows a backup of an Exchange 2010 DAG.

    The following figure shows a backup of an Exchange 2010 standalone server.

  9. Click Actions > Backup.
  10. In the Backup Files dialog box, click Start Backup.
  11. To view the progress of the backup, click Yes.

    If you do not want to view the progress of the backup, click No.

Table: Selecting Exchange database objects for user-directed backups

Exchange version

Node

Objects to back up

Exchange DAG

Microsoft Exchange Database Availability Groups

DAG

All databases in the DAG

Exchange standalone server

Microsoft Information Store

Microsoft Information Store

All databases

More Information

Backup source for a Database Availability (DAG) backup

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