Backup Solution for Exchange Server 2007

re: Backup Solution for Exchange Server 2007

Flemming Riis — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:45:16 GMT

Company Name : Veritas

Product Name : Backup Exec

Version : 11 Build 7170

Tested in non cluster mode only works like a charm

re: Backup Solution for Exchange Server 2007

Louis Göhl — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:59:32 GMT

Company Name : Commvault

Product Name : QiNetix/Simpana

Version : 6/7

Running exchange 2007 single server in VMware VI3 1500+ mailbox users.

More info:

http://www.commvault.com/pdf/DS_GBR_MSFTExchange2007.pdf

http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/6/0/b60c73ad-4108-4223-8804-e5a748e2cd06/exchange_e_x_commvault.pdf.pdf

mms://wm.microsoft.com/ms/exchange/2007/partner/Exchange07_CommVault_902kbps.wmv

http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/4/b/d4bad3ce-8d7f-485e-9470-907b46412096/exchange_e_x_commvault.exe

Also more backup solutions vendors found here:

http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/partners/2007/backup.mspx

re: Backup Solution for Exchange Server 2007

Lee — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:56:28 GMT

We're just starting our lab testing of 2007, but plan to do backups pretty much like Microsoft is doing them. Use ntbackup to send the backups to disk.

This is much the same as we currently do it with 2003, but we then send it to tape and only hold a single days backup on disk.

With 2007, we plan on holding one full and six incrementals before cleaning off the drive. Whether or not we then go to tape hasn't yet been decided. We only use the backups for DR, so long term storage isn't necessary.

re: Backup Solution for Exchange Server 2007

Peter Eggenberger, ETS — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:15:09 GMT

Looking for help in hopes of making ARCserve (r11.5) work with E2K7 / 64-bit OS. Current information indicates that ARCserve "Disaster Recovery Option" WON'T WORK with 64-bit.

Any information to the contrary would be appreciated (and a great source of releif!... :) )

Pete

re: Backup Solution for Exchange Server 2007

Jesper Bernle — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:27:34 GMT

Company Name: Microsoft

Product Name: System Center Data Protection Manager 2007

Version Number: v2.0

I´ve got my eyes set on this beauty. Looks really promising.

Check out:

TechNet Webcast: Protecting Your Exchange Server with Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) (Level 300): http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032322918&CountryCode=US

and get going @ http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/dpm/default.mspx :-)

Hey look Harold - I´ve found a Level 300 session on a topic around Exchange 2007 ;-)

Regards / Exchange Nerd from Sweden

re: Backup Solution for Exchange Server 2007

Jim Dahl — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:47:10 GMT

I know this is a repeat, but the product works well.

Company Name : Veritas

Product Name : Backup Exec

Version : 11 Build 7170

By simply backing up the database you also get the "brick level" data meaning individual mailboxes and messages.

re: Backup Solution for Exchange Server 2007

Wayne Anderson — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:49:52 GMT

+1 to Veritas

Option 2, if you are neglecting DAS and instead using SAN based storage solutions, I have seen customers using some of the snapshot and snap-clone features availible in NetApp hardware to provide fast-backup and backup cloning ability at the hardware level combined with a [relatively] low-cost tier-2 data store for archival.

re: Backup Solution for Exchange Server 2007

RangerRM — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:10:03 GMT

We migrated to Exchange 2007 and use Backup Exec 11d to backup our Exchange Server. We are using x64bit. Everything works good. We have run into some problems with Backup Exec and are looing into other Enterprise backup software i.e. CommVault. We also are using Neverfail as our HA solution but think DoubleTake might have been a better solution.

re: Backup Solution for Exchange Server 2007

Guy Fugatt — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:07:57 GMT

We are using NTBackup till they approve the purchase of Backup Exec 11. After that its Commvault.

re: Backup Solution for Exchange Server 2007

Klaus — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:58:55 GMT

Just a little comment on Symantec's BackupExec:

Although documentation states CCRs are supported in 11d, they are not. After 2 weeks of testing they confirmed it's not working (but they are investigating :).

So currently we only have CommVault for backing up the passive node of CCR clusters (apart from DPM Beta2).

re: Backup Solution for Exchange Server 2007

Marcus — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:32:53 GMT

Company Name : Veritas

Product Name : Backup Exec with E2K7 BE Client

Version : 11d

Works awesome, however, restoring a single mail is not as intuitive as I would have hoped considering the cost of the complete solution (BE, BE Server 2003 client and BE E2K7 Client).

Took quite some knowledge-base reading and patching of the BE system until it ran right, but seems bulletproof now.

re: Backup Solution for Exchange Server 2007

Mark — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:47:54 GMT

Add another for BackupExec 11d (build 7170). Hotfixes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12

2007 only implemented last week (transition from 2000). Running CCR with one physical node and one virtual node (VMware VI3) and a virtual CAS/HUB server (also VMWare VI3).

Unlike Klaus backup of CCR is working fine and it seems to be using the passive node automatically. Backup job does all exchange servers as part of one selection list (Nodes, cluster group & CAS/HUB). Backup data goes to disk first then a Duplication job runs to copy to tape.

One thing we did lose with the change to 2007 CCR was the BackupExec CPS function as this is not supported in cluster environments.

re: Backup Solution for Exchange Server 2007

John Quigley — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:11:37 GMT

Commvault Galaxy 6.1 sp4

Exchagne 2007 Hub & Cas - deploying Mail server, backup up to DASD, then spooled to tape