Backing Up Microsoft Exchange Server Data

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Table of contents
1 Important notices ..................................................................................................................5
2 Overview ...............................................................................................................................5
3 General information ..............................................................................................................6
3.1 Agent for Exchange .................................................................................................................... 6
3.2 Supported operating systems .................................................................................................... 6
3.3 Supported Microsoft Exchange Server versions ........................................................................ 7
3.4 Supported backup locations ...................................................................................................... 7
3.5 Permissions for Exchange backup and recovery ....................................................................... 8
3.6 Supported operations with database and mailbox backups ..................................................... 9
3.7 Supported operations with legacy archives and backups .......................................................10
4 Getting started with Agent for Exchange .............................................................................. 11
4.1 Simple scenario - a single Exchange server .............................................................................11
4.2 Advanced scenario - CDP of an Exchange cluster ....................................................................12
4.2.1 Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................................. 13
4.2.2 Installation ..................................................................................................................................................... 13
4.2.3 Connecting the console to the management server .................................................................................. 14
4.2.4 Creating a deduplicating vault ...................................................................................................................... 14
4.2.5 Backup ............................................................................................................................................................ 15
4.2.6 Recovery ........................................................................................................................................................ 15
5 Backup ................................................................................................................................ 17
5.1 How Exchange data is organized .............................................................................................17
5.2 What data items can be backed up and what backup types are used? ..................................20
5.3 Backup schemes.......................................................................................................................22
5.3.1 Simple scheme............................................................................................................................................... 22
5.3.2 Continuous Data Protection (CDP) scheme ................................................................................................ 23
5.3.3 Manual start scheme .................................................................................................................................... 24
5.3.4 Custom scheme ............................................................................................................................................. 24
5.4 Backup modes ..........................................................................................................................25
5.4.1 Express full backup method ......................................................................................................................... 25
5.4.2 Copy-only backup .......................................................................................................................................... 29
6 Recovery ............................................................................................................................. 30
6.1 What data items can be recovered? ........................................................................................30
6.2 Selecting data to recover .........................................................................................................30
6.2.1 Selecting the Exchange data by using the Data view or Data catalog ....................................................... 31
6.2.2 Selecting the Exchange data by using the Archive view ............................................................................. 32
6.2.3 Searching for specific items in mailboxes and public folders ..................................................................... 33
6.2.4 Point in time selection .................................................................................................................................. 33
6.3 Selecting target destinations for databases or storage groups ...............................................34
6.3.1 Recovering storage groups or databases to the original path ................................................................... 34
6.3.2 Recovering storage groups or databases to a custom path ....................................................................... 34
6.3.3 Recovering databases or storage groups to the specified folder .............................................................. 35
6.4 Selecting target destinations for mailboxes, public folders, or their contents .......................36