[BackupPC-users] Backup up an Exchange server

[Mark B. <mar...@co...>]

Tony's idea of using Exmerge is just brilliant, But it got me
thinking... Has anyone ever thought of being able to recover _individual
emails_ directly to/and from an Exchange server? I'm just brain storming
here but scripts like
http://cwashington.netreach.net/depo/view.asp?Index=3D1140&ScriptType=3Dv=
bsc
ript can list individual emails, couldn't one also script into Exchange
(or a client .pst) and Backup/Restore emails this way?

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Thoughts/Experiences?

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-Mark

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> Well, you can't back up the exchange content databases with the

> databases online (i.e. with the Information Store service running)

> You can do it 3 (and probably more) ways with BackupPC:

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> 1. Stop the Information Store service, then have BackupPC backup the

> databases, which is basically all the files in the C:\Program

> Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA directory. Note, this is the default

> directory..but most people put it on a different drive. Then restart
the

> Information Store service. This method is not recommended.

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> 2. Use ntbackup on your Exchange server to do a backup of the Exchange

> storage groups. Ntbackup will use VSS to backup the databases to a
.bak

> file you specify with the information store able to remain online. Use

> BackupPC to backup the .bak file

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> 3. Use Exmerge to export all your mailboxes to PST files. Have
BackupPC

> backup the .pst files.

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> Personally, I do a combination of #2 and #3. I use ntbackup to do a
full

> database backup every Saturday. I use Exmerge to do incremental
backups

> of all mailboxes every night (except Saturday). With Exmerge you can

> even just take changed data from the mailboxes, so you're not backing
up

> every single byte of every single mailbox, but you are keeping a
running

> up-to-date mailbox with the PST file (unless you delete the PST files

> every night). And then if someone needs something recovered from the

> week, you can just open their exmerge-backed up PST file in Outlook
and

> pull it out rather than go through restoring the database files,

> creating a storage recovery group, copying the data over, blah blah.

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> -Tony

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