Preparing for disaster recovery of Exchange
Server
A disaster preparation
plan is an absolute necessity for restoring Exchange efficiently
and effectively in the event of a catastrophic failure. Because
Exchange uses Windows security for authentication, disaster
recovery of Exchange cannot be separated from the disaster recovery
of Windows.
Planning ahead reduces
the time needed to recover.
It is critical to build a kit that includes the
following items:
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An operating system configuration sheet
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A hard drive partition configuration sheet
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Any RAID configuration
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A hardware configuration sheet
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EISA/MCA configuration disks
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An Exchange configuration sheet
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A Windows emergency repair diskette
To perform the actual recovery, you will need the
following items:
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An installed copy of Backup Exec for Windows
Servers
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The latest full, incremental, and differential
backups of the Exchange databases you want to recover. If CPS
backups are enabled, you can use recovery points to recover the
Exchange database.
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The Microsoft Exchange Server Installation CD
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Any service packs that were applied to the original
installation
