backup exchange 2007 with agent

[bellissimopytho]

Hi, I have an exchange 2007 vm to backup with backup exec 2012 vray.

I use vmware agent to backup the machine, but the machine freezes for 5 or 6 hours when BE remove the snapshot. The problem come from the little free space on the san. Then I want try to backup the vm by the windows/exchange agent installed on the vm.

My question is: backup exec make the snapshot when I backup by the agent ?

It should be, "No, it doesn't". But please give me the confirm.

[CraigV · Accepted solution]

Hi,

It will use VSS to quiesce the application, but not snapshot it on a VM level, so no. It backs it up on a file-level only using the agent.

Thanks!

[pkh]

Craig's advice is correct if you are using the Exchange agent to backup Exchange.

Since you are using the VMware agent, you are backing up the entire VM and definitely a VM snapshot is taken.  You should have sufficient space for taking snapshots.  You might what to use the procedure in this document to make BE clean up any orphaned snapshots.

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH200709