Requirements to perform backups and restores with Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)

Table: Requirements for Exchange Granular Recovery

Step

Action

Description

Step 1

You have a supported Exchange Server configuration.

See Configurations that are supported for Exchange Granular Recovery.

Step 2

You have a media server platform that supports GRT.

See the NetBackup Enterprise Server and Server x.x OS Software Compatibility List.

Step 3

On all Exchange granular clients, do the following:

  • Ensure that the computer has an available drive letter on which to mount the backup image.

  • Configure NetBackup and Exchange Server for mailbox backups and restores.

  • For Windows 2003 R2 SP2, install the hotfix for Client for NFS. The hotfix is available at the following location:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947186

See Requirements for mailbox backup and restore operations.

See About client and proxy server privileges for granular operations.

Step 4

Enable or configure NFS for your environment.

  • Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2 media server and clients

  • Windows 2003 R2 SP2 media server and clients

  • UNIX/Linux media server and Windows clients

See About configuring Services for Network File System (NFS) on the Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2 NetBackup media server and NetBackup clients.

See About configuring Services for Network File System (NFS) on the Windows 2003 R2 SP2 NetBackup media server and NetBackup clients.

See Configuring a UNIX or Linux media server and Windows clients for backups and restores that use Granular Recovery Technology.