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Exchange Agent How to: Configuration requirements to backup or restore Exchange 2007 and to perform Exchange GRT (Granular Recovery Technology) backups or restores with Backup Exec for Windows Servers (BEWS)
Details:

In Exchange 2003, the following security roles were available through the Delegation Wizard in Exchange System Manager:


Exchange 2007 has the following predefined groups that manage Exchange configuration data:


The following tasks should be performed in order to connect to and back up the Exchange 2007 Information Store Databases using Backup Exec:

If the Exchange server is not locally installed on the Backup Exec media server, confirm the following:



32 bit Media Servers - (Note: Microsoft Windows 2008 x32 was not supported in the original release.  The Exchange 2007 Management Tools from the SP1 package, E2K7SP1EN32.exe) must be installed. Download Exchange 2007 SP1 from the Microsoft Download Center:  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6be38633-7248-4532-929b-76e9c677e802&displaylang=en

64 bit Media Servers - To download the 64-bit version of the management tools, use the same media or download that is used to install Exchange 2007


Download the MAPI/CDO 1.2.1 Package from Microsoft Download Center:  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e17e7f31-079a-43a9-bff2-0a110307611e&DisplayLang=en


For further details on creating a new account with the proper permissions, refer to the following instructions:

1. Go to Active Directory Users and Computers and go to the Users directory. Right-click on the Administrator account and select copy (Figure 1) and create an account for BACKUP EXEC.
Figure 1
 

2. Go to Network, Logon Accounts within the Backup Exec console. Click New... and enter the details of the account created in #1.
Figure 2
 

3. Open the Exchange Management Console.

4. In the Exchange Management Console, select Organization Configuration. (Figure 3)
Figure 3
 

5. Right click on Organization Configuration and select Add Exchange Administrator. (Figure 4)
Figure 4
 

6. On the Add Exchange Administrator page, click Browse and select the user that you want to delegate control to.

7. Select the Exchange Server Administrator Role radial button. (Figure 5)
Figure 5
 

8. Click Add and under Select the server(s) to which this role has access select the servers to which to delegate control.(Figure 6)
Figure 6
 
9. Click OK. Click Add.
10. On the Completion page verify that the delegation was successful and click Finish.
11. Define the jobs in Backup Exec by using the Resource Credentials pane to use the newly created "Logon Account".

Note:  The requirements listed above only pertain to the basic configuration required to connect to and backup the Exchange 2007 Information Store databases, storage groups, etc... for the purpose of restoring these items in their entirety.  To fully utilize the functionality of Exchange 2007 and prior GRT (Granular Recovery Technology) backups and restores,  the following must be configured/confirmed:


How to confirm that an Exchange mailbox name is unique within the Exchange organization when configuring Backup Exec to backup mailboxes or if a GRT (Granular Restore Technology) based backup does not display individual mailboxes for restore  http://support.veritas.com/docs/256537

How to remove the "Hidden" attribute from Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003 mailboxes so that the mailboxes will be available to the Global Address List for backup purposes
 http://support.veritas.com/docs/243328


Exchange Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) backup to tape does not display the mailboxes in the restore selections for users that reside in a domain other than the Exchange server(s) domain.    http://support.veritas.com/docs/295627


Information regarding the Backup Exec Backup to Disk Test Tool - B2Dtest.exe
 http://support.veritas.com/docs/321584

Note:  If any of the above requirements cannot be confirmed, configured, etc... and there are any job failures or other issues, it is recommended to run at least one full test backup of Exchange with the Granular Recovery Option deselected prior to running another GRT Backup or opening a case with Symantec Technical Support.  

 


Products Applied:
 Backup Exec 11d (11.0), 11d (11.0) 7170, 12.0, 12.5
Last Updated: August 24 2009 08:32 AM GMT
Expires on: 08-24-2010
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Subjects:
 Backup Exec
   Agent For Exchange: Backup-Restore, Troubleshoot

Languages:
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Operating Systems:
Windows Server 2003

DataCenter, Enterprise Server, R2, Standard Server, Standard Server SP1 (x64)

Windows Small Business Server 2003

Standard Edition, Standard Edition (x64)

Windows Server 2008

Standard (x64-64bit) SP2