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Hi to all.

We’re a brand new NetBackup site.. converting from another backup solution entirely.

Basic stuff going well, got windows, solaris, HP-UX, linux clients all happily backing up.

Now on to the “harder” stuff! We are currently running Exchange 2007, so I started reading the “NetBackup for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator’s Guide” and my eyes kind of glazed over.

It seems to me there are like 4 different kinds of backups for Exchange.. that GRT (Granular Recovery) that seems to need NFS for windows (UGH), snapshot backups, Instant Recovery backups, and MAPI backups. Is there a document that succinctly explains these and the differences? What method of backup for Exchange do most NetBackup installations employ?

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.


Lynne
Lynne Seamans
Systems Support Manager
Millersville University
717-871-5857

The GRT restores (at least in Exchange 2010) don’t require NFS on the Windows server but do require a storage device to send the backups to which can NOT be a deduplication appliance. In our environment we have disks allocated to our Linux master server and do the GRT backup to those disks via the storage unit defined in NBU.

The GRT backups allow for granular (i.e. single mailbox) restores as opposed to restoring the whole Exchange backup. We do both the GRT and the full backup. The full backup allows for restore in case our entire Exchange DB gets hosed. You aren’t required to do GRT if you don’t want to do single mailbox restores.









From: veritas-bu-bounces < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Lynne Seamans
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 12:49 PM
To: 'veritas-bu < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu'
Subject: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 7.1 and Exchange 2007 integration


Hi to all.

We’re a brand new NetBackup site.. converting from another backup solution entirely.

Basic stuff going well, got windows, solaris, HP-UX, linux clients all happily backing up.

Now on to the “harder� stuff! We are currently running Exchange 2007, so I started reading the “NetBackup for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator’s Guide� and my eyes kind of glazed over.

It seems to me there are like 4 different kinds of backups for Exchange.. that GRT (Granular Recovery) that seems to need NFS for windows (UGH), snapshot backups, Instant Recovery backups, and MAPI backups. Is there a document that succinctly explains these and the differences? What method of backup for Exchange do most NetBackup installations employ?

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.


Lynne
Lynne Seamans
Systems Support Manager
Millersville University
717-871-5857






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Jeff,

Do you see a significant increase in time when doing the GRT backup?

From: veritas-bu-bounces < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu [veritas-bu-bounces < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu] on behalf of Lightner, Jeff [JLightner < at > water.com]
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 1:27 PM
To: 'veritas-bu < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu'
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 7.1 and Exchange 2007 integration





The GRT restores (at least in Exchange 2010) don’t require NFS on the Windows server but do require a storage device to send the backups to which can NOT be a deduplication appliance. In our environment we have disks allocated to our Linux master server and do the GRT backup to those disks via the storage unit defined in NBU.

The GRT backups allow for granular (i.e. single mailbox) restores as opposed to restoring the whole Exchange backup. We do both the GRT and the full backup. The full backup allows for restore in case our entire Exchange DB gets hosed. You aren’t required to do GRT if you don’t want to do single mailbox restores.









From: veritas-bu-bounces < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Lynne Seamans
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 12:49 PM
To: 'veritas-bu < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu'
Subject: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 7.1 and Exchange 2007 integration


Hi to all.

We’re a brand new NetBackup site.. converting from another backup solution entirely.

Basic stuff going well, got windows, solaris, HP-UX, linux clients all happily backing up.

Now on to the “harder” stuff! We are currently running Exchange 2007, so I started reading the “NetBackup for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator’s Guide” and my eyes kind of glazed over.

It seems to me there are like 4 different kinds of backups for Exchange.. that GRT (Granular Recovery) that seems to need NFS for windows (UGH), snapshot backups, Instant Recovery backups, and MAPI backups. Is there a document that succinctly explains these and the differences? What method of backup for Exchange do most NetBackup installations employ?

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.


Lynne
Lynne Seamans
Systems Support Manager
Millersville University
717-871-5857






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Truthfully I didn’t do the initial setup so can’t answer that.

The only issue I got involved with for the GRT was that initially when they told us it couldn’t be done to our dedupe mounts and we created the static disk mounts it still failed. This turned out to be a known issue (by Symantec engineers anyway) related to the fact that we’d converted our Exchange 2003 accounts to Exchange 2010. Symantec gave us a binary patch to resolve that issue. (We never did try going back to see if dedupe mounts would work after that mainly because our MS Admin was sick of it by then.)


From: Allen, Jimmy [mailto:jballen < at > corelogic.com]
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 3:45 PM
To: Lightner, Jeff; 'veritas-bu < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu'
Subject: RE: NetBackup 7.1 and Exchange 2007 integration


Jeff,

Do you see a significant increase in time when doing the GRT backup?

From: veritas-bu-bounces < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu [veritas-bu-bounces < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu] on behalf of Lightner, Jeff [JLightner < at > water.com]
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 1:27 PM
To: 'veritas-bu < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu'
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 7.1 and Exchange 2007 integration

The GRT restores (at least in Exchange 2010) don’t require NFS on the Windows server but do require a storage device to send the backups to which can NOT be a deduplication appliance. In our environment we have disks allocated to our Linux master server and do the GRT backup to those disks via the storage unit defined in NBU.

The GRT backups allow for granular (i.e. single mailbox) restores as opposed to restoring the whole Exchange backup. We do both the GRT and the full backup. The full backup allows for restore in case our entire Exchange DB gets hosed. You aren’t required to do GRT if you don’t want to do single mailbox restores.





From: veritas-bu-bounces < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Lynne Seamans
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 12:49 PM
To: 'veritas-bu < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu'
Subject: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 7.1 and Exchange 2007 integration


Hi to all.

We’re a brand new NetBackup site.. converting from another backup solution entirely.

Basic stuff going well, got windows, solaris, HP-UX, linux clients all happily backing up.

Now on to the “harder” stuff! We are currently running Exchange 2007, so I started reading the “NetBackup for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator’s Guide” and my eyes kind of glazed over.

It seems to me there are like 4 different kinds of backups for Exchange.. that GRT (Granular Recovery) that seems to need NFS for windows (UGH), snapshot backups, Instant Recovery backups, and MAPI backups. Is there a document that succinctly explains these and the differences? What method of backup for Exchange do most NetBackup installations employ?

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.


Lynne
Lynne Seamans
Systems Support Manager
Millersville University
717-871-5857





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Making a Difference in the Fight Against Breast Cancer

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I know I’m replying to my own email, but I found this whitepaper

http://eval.symantec.com/mktginfo/enterprise/white_papers/b-whitepaper_netbackup_for_ms_exchange_server_02-2009_20016957.en-us.pdf

the link for which I thought might be helpful to someone else searching for similar info.

From: veritas-bu-bounces < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Lynne Seamans
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 12:49 PM
To: 'veritas-bu < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu'
Subject: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 7.1 and Exchange 2007 integration



Hi to all.

We’re a brand new NetBackup site.. converting from another backup solution entirely.

Basic stuff going well, got windows, solaris, HP-UX, linux clients all happily backing up.

Now on to the “harder” stuff! We are currently running Exchange 2007, so I started reading the “NetBackup for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator’s Guide” and my eyes kind of glazed over.

It seems to me there are like 4 different kinds of backups for Exchange.. that GRT (Granular Recovery) that seems to need NFS for windows (UGH), snapshot backups, Instant Recovery backups, and MAPI backups. Is there a document that succinctly explains these and the differences? What method of backup for Exchange do most NetBackup installations employ?

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.


Lynne
Lynne Seamans
Systems Support Manager
Millersville University
717-871-5857