Policy
recommendations for Exchange Server 2007 and earlier database
backups
Refer to the following recommendations when you
create database backup policies for Exchange Server 2007 and
earlier:
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Create a policy that backs up the Information
Store, a storage group, or an individual database. This policy
supports full, incremental, and user-directed backups.
To perform the backup
with Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) select the option. Then you can
restore databases and individual mailbox and public folder items.
You cannot restore these individual items from any incremental
backups that use GRT.
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The example policies include the basic policy
settings for an Exchange backup. For more information on how to
create policies, see the following:
See About
configuring snapshot backups of Exchange Server.
See
Configuring a streaming NetBackup for Exchange policy (Exchange
2007 and earlier).
Table: Example Exchange 2007 and earlier streaming
backup or snapshot policy that backs up all the databases
Policy item
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Configuration
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Policy type
|
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Backup selections
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Microsoft Information Store:\
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Auto backup frequency
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Weekly Full
Daily Incremental
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Enable granular recovery
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Optional. Enable this option if you want to restore individual
mailbox and public folder objects from the database backup.
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Other configuration
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For snapshot backups, select .
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Table: Example snapshot policy that backs up a
storage group for an Exchange 2007 or earlier database
Policy item
|
Configuration
|
Policy type
|
|
Backup selections
|
Microsoft Information Store:\Storage
Group
|
Auto backup frequency
|
Weekly Full
Daily Incremental
|
Enable granular recovery
|
Optional. Enable this option if you want to restore individual
mailbox and public folder objects from the database backup.
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Other configuration
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Select .
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Table: Example Exchange 2007 or earlier streaming
backup policy that backs up a storage group or a storage group
database
Policy item
|
Configuration
|
Policy type
|
|
Backup selections
|
Microsoft Information Store:\Storage
Group
Microsoft Information Store:\Storage
Group\Database
|
Auto backup frequency
|
Weekly Full
Daily Incremental
|
Enable granular recovery
|
Optional. Enable this option if you want to restore individual
mailbox and public folder objects from the database backup.
|
Other configuration
|
Do not select .
To ensure that transaction logs are deleted regularly include
all databases for a storage group in a full backup policy. Or
specify the storage group (not individual databases) in the backup
policy.
See About Exchange
backups and transaction logs.
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