Policy recommendations for Exchange Server 2010

Refer to the following recommendations when you create policies for an Exchange Server 2010 Database Availability Group (DAG):

Table: Example policy that backs up all databases in an Exchange DAG

Policy item

Configuration

Policy type

MS-Exchange-Server

Backup selections

Microsoft Exchange Database Availability Groups:\

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

Perform snapshot backups must be enabled.

You can include multiple clients on the Clients tab. The client names are the DAG names.

Table: Example policy that backs up a database for an Exchange DAG

Policy item

Configuration

Policy type

MS-Exchange-Server

Backup selections

Microsoft Exchange Database Availability Groups:\Mailbox Database

Microsoft Exchange Database Availability Groups:\forest or domain name\Microsoft Information Store\Mailbox 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

Perform snapshot backups must be enabled.

You can only include one client on the Clients tab. A DAG is the client for the policy.

Refer to the following recommendations when you create policies for an Exchange 2010 standalone server:

Table: Example policy that backs up all database in an Exchange 2010 standalone server

Policy item

Configuration

Policy type

MS-Exchange-Server

Backup selections

Microsoft Information Store:\

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

Perform snapshot backups must be enabled.

Table: Example policy that backs up a database in an Exchange 2010 standalone server

Policy item

Configuration

Policy type

MS-Exchange-Server

Backup selections

Microsoft Information Store:\Mailbox Database

Auto backup frequency

Weekly Full

Daily Incremental

Enable granular recovery

Yes

Other configuration

Perform snapshot backups must be enabled.