05-10-2013 11:41 AM
Hi,
Here's my setup:
There are at least four ways (or types) to backup Exchange VM:
Through the course of a week, I essentially perform all four of the above types of backup so there is a lot of duplication which leads to long backup/verify windows.
Questions:
Thanks.
Solved! Go to Solution.
05-10-2013 03:05 PM
Hello svc007,
Take a look at this link for some best practices on backing up Hyper V. http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO21770
also to get the best funcionality backing up your enviroment I encourage you to upgrade to Backup Exec 2010 R3 sp2.
05-10-2013 03:05 PM
Hello svc007,
Take a look at this link for some best practices on backing up Hyper V. http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO21770
also to get the best funcionality backing up your enviroment I encourage you to upgrade to Backup Exec 2010 R3 sp2.
05-10-2013 06:09 PM
Some comment on your backup methods, according to your numbers
1) AFE will exclude any Exchange files, like .ebd, from any file backups.
3) If you have installed the remote agent in the VM and have enabled GRT, you should be able to restore individual mailboxes, etc.
4) If you just backup the .vhd, then you might find that when you restore VM, it is not working. This is because unlike (3) which is a snapshot, the VM is not properly snapshot.
The easiest way to backup your Exchange server is to do a Hyper-V backup of the VM (3).
05-11-2013 07:32 AM
Based on the responses, I am going to stop backing up the .vhd file of the Exchange server but will continue using the Microsoft Information Store as well as Hyper-V specific backups.
Thanks everyone.