Extremely slow Exchange 2003 backups with Netbackup 7.1.0.3
Hello,
I am getting extremely slow backups of my exchange mailboxes using Netbackup. They are backing up at rougle .075 mb/sec, the istores are backing up correctly at rought 22mb/sec.
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Slow mailbox backups is a known fact. Not much can be done from NBU point of view.
See http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH38737Speak to your Exchange Admins about fragmentation and disk/LUN layout where Exchange databases reside.
Get server owners and network team to verify NIC and network config.Please read up about GRT backups - it backs up entire database and gives you the ability to restore individual mailboxes and mail items. No need to perform seperate mailbox backups. This feature is covered in NBU for Exchange Admin Guide as well as these videos:
http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO41825Have a look at this one:
Configuring Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007 Granular Restore Technology (GRT) backups with NetBackup 6.5 and 7.0
Thq
