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kingole's avatar
kingole
Level 3
13 years ago

Backing up Exchange 2010

Wanted to make sure I get this right.

I am running Backup Exec 2010 on a Windows Server 2003 R2 32-bit server.

I want to backup my Exchange Server 2010 which is on a Windows Server 2008 64-bit SP2 server.

According to the Exchange Agent documentation, I need to install Backup Exec on a 2008 R2 64-bit or 2008 64-bit SP2, but are they talking about the box which the Exchange Server Agent is running on, or the box which runs the backup.

It seems I need to spend more and more money on this just to backup my Exchange server. Had to upgrade my 12.5 to 2010 to backup Exchange 2010, and now this???

Thanks.

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  • ZeRoC00L's avatar
    ZeRoC00L
    13 years ago

    The Backup Exec Media server needs to be a windows 2008 64bit or Windows 2008R2 server.

    Reaon for this is the requirement for the Exchange 2010 Management Tools on the BE server, these are only availabe in 64 bit.

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  • VJware's avatar
    VJware
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    Its the media server which would have Backup Exec installed upon

     

    P.S - Its actually a MS requirement - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa579159%28v=exchg.140%29.aspx

  • ZeRoC00L's avatar
    ZeRoC00L
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    The Backup Exec Media server needs to be a windows 2008 64bit or Windows 2008R2 server.

    Reaon for this is the requirement for the Exchange 2010 Management Tools on the BE server, these are only availabe in 64 bit.

  • kingole's avatar
    kingole
    Level 3
    13 years ago

    Thanks for your answers.

    This just mean that I will NOT be using the Backup Agent for Exchange 2010, as I will NOT spend money on a new server and licenses.

    I will instead schedule daily backups using Windows Server Backup to backup the database and log files to a folder on my file server, and then backup that backup with Backup Exec.

    It's sad that customers are forced to upgrade EVERYTHING in order to take a simple backup.

    Unbelievable.

  • ZeRoC00L's avatar
    ZeRoC00L
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    You cannot blame Symantec if Microsoft does not provide 32 bit tools for Exchange 2010.
    Note that mainstream support for Windows 2003 is already ended.

    Suppliers cannot keep supporting older versions and adding support for new applications. (for example add Exchange 2010 to BE 12.5)

  • Ken_Putnam's avatar
    Ken_Putnam
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    You should have discovered this in the planning for your Exchange Upgrade

    As ZeRoC00L says, you can't blame Symantec for Microsoft limitation

  • kingole's avatar
    kingole
    Level 3
    13 years ago

    I am not blaming Symantec - I am blaming Microsoft.

    I am also blaming the Microsoft specialist with Dell, who told me what I needed to backup Exchange, which was to upgrade from 12.5 to 2010 R3. He did not mention that I also needed to upgrade my backup server, even though I had given him all the specs.

  • Lesta_G's avatar
    Lesta_G
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    You cannot blame microsoft, only the people that do not read what is required. In this case the dell rep.