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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator's Guide
  3. Protecting Exchange Server data with VMware backups
  4. About configuring a VMware backup that protects Exchange Server, using Replication Director to manage snapshot replication
  5. Configuring Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) with a VMware backup that protects Exchange, using Replication Director to manage snapshot replication
Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator's Guide

Configuring Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) with a VMware backup that protects Exchange, using Replication Director to manage snapshot replication

This topic includes the steps to configure your NetBackup environment so that you can restore individual Exchange mailbox and public folder objects from a VMware backup.

Table: Configuring Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) with a VMware backup that protects Exchange, using Replication Director to manage snapshot replication

Step

Action

Description

Step 1

Verify that you have a supported Exchange Server configuration and have a media server platform that supports GRT.

Application/Database Agent Compatibility List

Software Compatibility List (SCL)

Step 2

Ensure that requirements are met for the Exchange server software.

See Exchange server software requirements for NetBackup for Exchange.

Step 3

On all Exchange mailbox servers, create an Exchange mailbox for NetBackup (or account for NetBackup Exchange operations).

See About configuring the account for NetBackup Exchange operations.

Step 4

On all Exchange mailbox servers, configure the Exchange credentials.

Configure the Exchange credentials with the account you created in the previous step.

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

See About the Exchange credentials in the client host properties.

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