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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator's Guide
  3. Configuring Exchange backup policies (non-VMware)
  4. About configuring a backup policy for Exchange Server
  5. Adding backup selections to an Exchange policy
Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator's Guide

Adding backup selections to an Exchange policy

The backup selections list defines the Exchange objects to back up and the grouping of Exchange objects for multiple data streams. Exchange objects are defined through directives. You can append an individual object name to a directive to specify a database. You can use wildcards to specify a group of such objects.

Note:

In a backup policy, include directives from only one directive set. For example, do not add Microsoft Exchange Database Availability Groups:\ (a DAG directive) and Microsoft Information Store:\ (a standalone database directive) to the same policy.

The following directives exist for database backups:

Table: NetBackup for Exchange Server directive sets and directives

Directive set

Directive(s)

Notes

MS_Exchange_Database

NEW_STREAM

Microsoft Information Store:\

This directive set applies to Exchange standalone servers.

See About excluding Exchange items from backups.

MS_Exchange_Database_Availability_Groups

NEW_STREAM

Microsoft Exchange Database Availability Groups:\

 

Refer to the following topics when you add backup selections:

  • See Adding entries to the backup selections list by browsing.

  • See Manually adding entries to the backup selections list.

  • See Performing Exchange backups with multiple data streams.

  • See About excluding Exchange items from backups.

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