Backing Up Server Applications
User Mailbox Backup and Restore backs up and restores messages in the user’s Outlook Mailbox, including the Inbox, Drafts, Deleted Items, and Sent Items, as well as messages within all other folders with custom names.
It does not back up the Outlook Calendar, Notes, Contacts, Tasks, Meeting Requests, and Public Folders. It also does not back up locally archived folders.
See the following sections:
•“How Does User Mailbox Backup and Restore Work?” section on page 63
•“Adding User Mailboxes to an Application Object” section on page 63
•“Scheduling Backups for User Mailboxes” section on page 65
•“Configuring a Backup Task for User Mailbox Backups” section on page 65
•“Configuring Authentication on the Exchange Server” section on page 66
•“Removing User Mailboxes from the Backup Task” section on page 68
•“Verifying User Mailbox Backup Activity” section on page 69
How Does User Mailbox Backup and Restore Work?
The SonicWALL CDP Microsoft Exchange User Mailbox Backup and Restore feature is implemented as a server application that is automatically discovered by the SonicWALL CDP Agent User Interface. To get started using the feature, select the Policies tab and then select Applications in the left pane of the Agent User Interface. To backup user mailboxes, you must configure an application object, a schedule, and a backup task that includes both the application object and the schedule.
The User Mailbox application allows you to add or delete individual user mailboxes for backup, set backup schedules, restore specific backups of individual mailboxes, enter credentials for accessing the Exchange server, and configure offsite backup. You can view log entries in the SonicWALL CDP Agent User Interface on the Status tab to verify that backups are successful.
Note The SonicWALL CDP appliance must be licensed for server applications. On models that do not support server application licenses, such as the generation 3 SonicWALL CDP 110 and 210, you can still use the User Mailbox Backup and Restore feature.
Adding User Mailboxes to an Application Object
To backup user mailboxes, you must configure an application object, a schedule, and a backup task that includes both the application object and the schedule. This section describes how to create the application object.
You can test the connection to the Exchange Server by clicking the Authentication button while adding or editing an application object. It is not necessary to enter any authentication credentials to test the connection.
To create an application object with individual user mailboxes for backup, perform the following steps:
Step 1 In the SonicWALL CDP Agent User Interface, click the Policies tab.
Step 2 In the left pane, click Applications.
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