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Requirements for using the Exchange Agent
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Requirements for using the Exchange Agent
The media server must meet the following requirements:
Table: Media server requirements for the Backup Exec Exchange Agent

Media server requirements
Description
To support the Exchange Agent
- Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Servers Microsoft Exchange Server Agent (Exchange Agent) must be licensed and installed. - The media server must have access to the Exchange Server. - Symantec recommends that you use a Backup Exec services account that has domain and local administrator rights on the Exchange Server.
To back up Exchange Server 2007
To back up Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, you must install the Exchange Management Tools for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 on the media server. The Tools on the media server must be the same version or later as the Tools that are on the Exchange Server 2007. You can install the management tools when you do a custom install of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. A Backup Exec media server that runs on Windows 2000 cannot back up Exchange Server 2007.
To support the Backup Exec Resource Discovery feature, which allows detection of new backup resources within a Windows domain
Microsoft Exchange System Manager utility must be installed.
To back up Exchange data from any node of a Veritas Cluster Server
Microsoft Exchange System Manager utility must be installed on all nodes.
To support Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) for the restore of individual items from Information Store backups
One of the following versions of a Microsoft Windows operating system that supports minifilter drivers must be installed: - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server (with Service Pack 4 and Update Rollup 1 for Service Pack 4) - Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (with at least Service Pack 1) - Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Editions  - Microsoft Windows Server 2008
To support Backup Exec Continuous Protection Server
CPS components must be installed. For information on how to install the CPS components, see the Symantec Backup Exec Continuous Protection Server Administrator's Guide.

The following are requirements for the Exchange Server with the Backup Exec Exchange Agent:
Table: Exchange Server requirements

Exchange Server requirements
Description
To support Exchange Server 2007
Download the Microsoft Exchange Server MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects package and install it on Exchange Server 2007. This package provides support for the following: - The restore of individual mailboxes, mail messages, and public folders from an Information Store backup. - The collection of catalog information for a backup for which the Granular Recovery Technology option is enabled and the destination device is tape. You can find this package on the Microsoft Web site.
For operations on all Exchange resources
Use the appropriate Exchange Server management utility to grant the Exchange Administrator role to the user account at the Administrative Group level.
To support the Granular Recovery Technology option for Exchange Server 2007
Use the appropriate Exchange Server management utility to grant the role of the Exchange Organization Administrators to the user account at the Administrative Group level.
To support snapshot backups
Use Microsoft Exchange Server 2003/2007 that run on Windows Server 2003 or later. Note: To select incremental or differential backup methods, Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 1 or later must be installed.
To support Backup Exec Continuous Protection Server
CPS components must be installed. For information on how to install the CPS components, see the Symantec Backup Exec Continuous Protection Server Administrator's Guide.

Note:
Backup Exec does not support configurations of Exchange Server where any version of Outlook or another MAPI email client is also installed. If you back up an Exchange Server on which Outlook or another MAPI email client is installed, backup and restore failures may occur. See the Microsoft Knowledge Base for information about using Outlook and Exchange together.


Products Applied:
 Backup Exec 12.0
Last Updated: December 07 2009 11:28 PM GMT
Expires on: 12-05-2019
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Subjects:
 Backup Exec
   Information Development: Agents
Windows 2000
   Information Development: Agents
Windows NT Small Business Server
   Information Development: Agents
Windows Server 2003
   Information Development: Agents
Windows Server 2008
   Information Development: Agents
Windows XP
   Information Development: Agents

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Operating Systems:
Windows 2000

Professional, Server

Windows NT Small Business Server

2000

Windows XP

Pro 5.1, Pro 5.1 64 bit SP1, Pro 5.1 64 bit SP2, Pro 5.1 64-bit, Pro 5.1 SP1, Pro 5.1 SP2

Windows Server 2003

DataCenter, DataCenter (IA64), DataCenter (x64), DataCenter SP1, DataCenter SP1(IA64), DataCenter SP1(x64), DataCenter SP2, Datacenter SP2(x64), Enterprise (IA64), Enterprise (x64), Enterprise SP1(IA64), Enterprise SP1(x64), Enterprise SP2, Enterprise SP2(x64), Enterprise Server, Enterprise ServerSP1, R2, Standard Server, Standard Server SP1, Standard Server SP1 (x64), Standard Server SP2, Standard Server SP2 (x64), Standard Server(x64), Storage Server, Storage Server SP1, Storage Server SP2, Web Server, Web Server SP1, Web Server SP2

Windows Server 2008

DataCenter (x64-64bit), DataCenter (x86-32bit), Enterprise (x64-64bit), Enterprise (x86-32bit), Itanium, Standard (x64-64bit), Standard (x86-32bit), Web Server (x64-64bit), Web Server (x86-32bit)