About configuring a backup policy for Exchange Server

A backup policy for a database defines the backup criteria for a specific group of one or more clients.

These criteria include the following:

To back up a database environment, define at least one MS-Exchange-Server policy with the appropriate schedules. A configuration can have a single policy that includes all clients, or there can be many policies, some of which include only one client.

Most requirements for database policies are the same as for file system backups. In addition to the policy attributes for this database agent, other attributes are available that you should consider.

See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.

Table: Configuring a backup policy for Exchange Server

Step

Action

Description

Step 1

Refer to the policy recommendations for your Exchange version.

See Policy recommendations for Exchange Server 2010.

See Policy recommendations for Exchange Server 2007 and earlier database backups.

See Policy recommendations for Exchange Server 2007 and earlier MAPI backups.

Step 2

Refer to the instructions for the type of backup you want to perform.

See Configuring an Exchange backup that uses Granular Recovery Technology (GRT).

See About configuring snapshot backups of Exchange Server.

See About configuring Instant Recovery backups of Exchange Server (Exchange 2007 and later).

See Configuring a streaming NetBackup for Exchange policy (Exchange 2007 and earlier).

See Configuring a policy for backups of individual Exchange mailboxes or public folders (Exchange 2007 and earlier).

Step 3

Configure the policy attributes.

See About policy attributes for NetBackup for Exchange.

Step 4

Configure the schedules for your policy.

See Adding schedules to a NetBackup for Exchange policy.

Step 4

Add clients to your policy.

See Adding clients to a NetBackup for Exchange policy.

Step 5

Add backup selections to your policy.

See Adding backup selections to an Exchange policy.

More Information

Configuring host properties for Exchange clients

Testing configuration settings