Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution
For IBM Storage DS8000/DS6000
And Symantec Backup Exec 11d
Page 3 David West, David Hartman
©Copyright IBM Corp. 2007
Information for Microsoft Exchange Cluster Environments .................................................................. 60
Exchange Backup and Restore ............................................................ 60
Overview of the Backup Exec Agent for Exchange .............................................................................. 60
Granular Recovery Technology Benefits .................................................................... 61
Performing Exchange VSS Backups .......................................................................... 61
Set the Default VSS Options ................................................................................................................ 62
Configure the Backup Job .................................................................................................................... 64
Exchange Off-Host VSS Backups .............................................................................. 66
Media server: ........................................................................................................................................ 66
Exchange Server: ................................................................................................................................. 66
Media server and the Exchange Server: .............................................................................................. 66
Configuring an Offhost backup ............................................................................................................. 67
Best Practices for Using Offhost Backup ............................................................................................. 69
Restoring from an Exchange VSS Backup ................................................................. 69
Restrictions when Restoring from Snapshot Backups ......................................................................... 70
Recovering Mailbox Data with Granular Restore Technology ................................... 70
Consistency Checks on Exchange Database and Log Files ...................................... 72
Best Practices for Exchange Storage and VSS Backups .......................................... 72
Minimizing application impact ............................................................................................................... 73
Conclusion ............................................................................................. 73
Appendix ................................................................................................ 74
Solution Component Information .......................................................................................................... 74
Hardware Configuration ....................................................................................................................... 74
Host Configuration ................................................................................................................................ 74
HBA Configuration ...................................................................................................... 74
Storage Subsystem Configuration .............................................................................. 75
Logical Configurations .......................................................................................................................... 75
Software Configuration ......................................................................................................................... 76
Microsoft Hotfixes and Patches ............................................................................................................ 77