Backing Up Microsoft Exchange Server Data

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Table of contents
1 Important notices ............................................................................................................5
2 Overview .........................................................................................................................6
3 General information ........................................................................................................7
3.1 Agent for Exchange .................................................................................................................... 7
3.2 Supported operating systems .................................................................................................... 7
3.3 Supported Microsoft Exchange Server versions ........................................................................ 7
3.4 Supported backup locations ...................................................................................................... 8
3.5 Permissions for Exchange backup and recovery ....................................................................... 8
3.6 Supported operations with database and mailbox backups ...................................................10
3.7 Supported operations with legacy archives and backups .......................................................10
4 Getting started with Agent for Exchange ........................................................................ 12
4.1 Simple scenario - a single Exchange server .............................................................................12
4.2 Advanced scenario - CDP of an Exchange cluster ....................................................................13
4.2.1 Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................................. 14
4.2.2 Installation ..................................................................................................................................................... 14
4.2.3 Connecting the console to the management server .................................................................................. 15
4.2.4 Creating a deduplicating vault ...................................................................................................................... 15
4.2.5 Backup ............................................................................................................................................................ 16
4.2.6 Recovery ........................................................................................................................................................ 16
5 Backup .......................................................................................................................... 18
5.1 How Exchange data is organized .............................................................................................18
5.2 What data items can be backed up and what backup types are used? ..................................21
5.3 Backup schemes .......................................................................................................................23
5.3.1 Simple scheme............................................................................................................................................... 23
5.3.2 Continuous Data Protection (CDP) scheme ................................................................................................ 24
5.3.3 Manual start scheme .................................................................................................................................... 25
5.3.4 Custom scheme ............................................................................................................................................. 25
5.4 Backup modes ..........................................................................................................................26
5.4.1 Express full backup method ......................................................................................................................... 26
5.4.2 Copy-only backup .......................................................................................................................................... 30
6 Recovery ....................................................................................................................... 31
6.1 What data items can be recovered? ........................................................................................31
6.2 Selecting data to recover .........................................................................................................31
6.2.1 Selecting the Exchange data by using the Data view or Data catalog ....................................................... 32
6.2.2 Selecting the Exchange data by using the Archive view ............................................................................. 33
6.2.3 Searching for specific items in mailboxes and public folders ..................................................................... 34
6.2.4 Point in time selection .................................................................................................................................. 34
6.3 Selecting target destinations for databases or storage groups ...............................................35
6.3.1 Recovering storage groups or databases to the original path ................................................................... 35
6.3.2 Recovering storage groups or databases to a custom path ....................................................................... 35
6.3.3 Recovering databases or storage groups to the specified folder .............................................................. 36
6.4 Selecting target destinations for mailboxes, public folders, or their contents .......................37