Exchange cluster backup selection
I would just like confirmation that my policy and backup selection for an Exchange 2003 2 node active\passive cluster is correct. In my example one of the cluster drives (drive F:) has some file data that needs to be backed up. This cluster will be backed up via a windows media server.
Windows cluster node names
EXCHANGENODE1
EXCHANGENODE2
Windows Virtual Cluster Name
WINCLUS
Exchange Virtual Name
EXCHVIRTUAL
Policy 1 is an exchange policy using the following config
Client - EXCHVIRTUAL
Backup Selection - Microsoft Information Store:\*
Policy 2 is a MS-Windows policy
Clients - EXCHANGENODE1 & EXCHANGENODE2
Backup Selection - c:\ & Shadow copy components
Policy 3 is a MS-Windows policy
Client WINCLUS
Backup Selection - F:\
Are my backup selections correct? Do I need to include the quorum drive in my selection, or is this covered by the shadow copy components?
Thanks
JB
Your policies look spot on to me - nice to see someone who has a clean setup of clustered servers.
Dont forget to exclude the *.mdb and *.stm files (or exchange database directories if they also reside on the F drive) from the MS-Windows policy.
If the nodes have a D drive (or any other drives) where applications such as Exchange are actually installed you would want those backing up too.
The Quorum is part of the System State so will get backed up on the Active Node.
Hope this helps
