Best practices for Backing up Exchange 2003 on Win 2003

[Rob_Kelley]

Hi
I am looking for best practices on backing up Exchange 2003 on a Windows 2003 Svr (DC) using BE 9.1.
I have found docs that come close to this spec but talk about Win 2k non DC's.
Does anyone know if there is there a doc that fits my spec (as above)?

Thanks.

[Joshua_Small]

1. Include in your backups:

- C:\
- System State
- Information Store

2. Disable circular logging

3. Don't backup anything else for the purposes of backing up exchange.

There's not much else to it.

[Rob_Kelley]

Is it best to use 'Shadow Copy' or not?

[Joshua_Small]

Hi Rob,

You should backup using the "Information Store" selection. Do not use the Shadow Copy Components selection.

Note you will still need to backup your system state using shadow copy.

[tejashree_Bhate]

Hello,

It is recommended not to use Aofo to backup Exchange ,instead use the Exchange agent

Thanks