In this blog series we will explore
the options and methods to backup and restore Exchange 2010 either single
server or DAG using Symantec Backup Exec 2010, the reason I chose BE that there
are a lot of questions about how to use BE to backup Exchange server and a lot
of confusion about the different ways of backup and restore available with
different products including DPM 2010, BE and other products.
In this lab we will use the
following lab configuration:
- 1 Domain Controller.
- 2 Exchange 2010 Servers SP2 running on Windows 2008 R2 SP1 in DAG.
- 1 BE server that has media server and backup to disk configured.
Before we start in the actual steps,
let me explain to you some fundamentals before you try configuring or using
your BE to backup and restore your Exchange server:
1 - Permissions required to backup
and restore Exchange 2010 Servers:
Backup Exec server will not be able
to backup your Exchange server out of the box, you need to grant the logon
account used to access the Exchange server some permissions, this is the No. 1
source of errors on forums.
Although Symantec documented it
pretty well here a lot of people still missing it, thus let
us mention it again (I have highlight in bold some important permissions) you need to pay a careful attention to permissions needed
to backup and restore the Exchange server.
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