[BackupPC-users] How to backup Exchange in BackupPC - step by step
Dear All, Could anyone kindly share the step by step to set up the backup of Exchange 2008 in BackupPC? Regards, John p/s. Thanks Craig for helping. From: Craig Barratt To: Prem ; "General list for user discussion, questions and support" Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 10:23 AM Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Post questions for backuppc John, I would like to post questions for BackupPC, kindly grant me the access and advise how it is done? You just did ask a question of the entire user list. Nothing more is needed. Send your question to this list, as you just did. Craig-- See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup Exchange in BackupPC - step by step
There is no such thing as exchange 2008. There is exchange 2007 and exchange 2010. And there is server 2008. But no exchange 2008. I am backing up exchange 2007. I am using windows backup(ntbackup) on a schedule to backup system state and the exchange database into a flat bak file. Then backing up the flat file. In my case i added a cheap hdd to the server specifically to store the bak files on so it has no risk of interfering with the system drive or datastore drive. I also have a windows scheduled task that goes in and deletes bak files that are older than 1 day right before ntbackup runs. On 23 July 2013 19:26, Prem wrote: > Dear All, > > Could anyone kindly share the step by step to set up the backup of > Exchange 2008 in BackupPC? > > Regards, > John > > p/s. Thanks Craig for helping. > >*From:* Craig Barratt > *To:* Prem ; "General list for user discussion, > questions and support" > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 24, 2013 10:23 AM > *Subject:* Re: [BackupPC-users] Post questions for backuppc > > John, > > I would like to post questions for BackupPC, kindly grant me the access > and advise how it is done? > > > You just did ask a question of the entire user list. Nothing more is > needed. Send your question to this list, as you just did. > > Craig > > > > > -- > See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics > Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics > Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. > Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > ___ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > -- See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup Exchange in BackupPC - step by step
Lord, Thank you for the hint but does the NTBackup diligently handle Exchange DB even with open files? Could you share how the configuration is done? Based on what I read in few other forums they were mentioning about using VSS component to achieve it but just that I don't quite much get the process. Appreciate it. From: Lord Sporkton To: Prem ; "General list for user discussion, questions and support" Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 2:19 PM Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup Exchange in BackupPC - step by step There is no such thing as exchange 2008. There is exchange 2007 and exchange 2010. And there is server 2008. But no exchange 2008. I am backing up exchange 2007. I am using windows backup(ntbackup) on a schedule to backup system state and the exchange database into a flat bak file. Then backing up the flat file. In my case i added a cheap hdd to the server specifically to store the bak files on so it has no risk of interfering with the system drive or datastore drive. I also have a windows scheduled task that goes in and deletes bak files that are older than 1 day right before ntbackup runs. On 23 July 2013 19:26, Prem wrote: Dear All, > >Could anyone kindly share the step by step to set up the backup of Exchange >2008 in BackupPC? > >Regards, >John > >p/s. Thanks Craig for helping. > > > From: Craig Barratt >To: Prem ; "General list for user discussion, questions >and support" >Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 10:23 AM >Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Post questions for backuppc > > > >John, > > >I would like to post questions for BackupPC, kindly grant me the access and >advise how it is done? > >You just did ask a question of the entire user list. Nothing more is needed. >Send your question to this list, as you just did. > > >Craig > > >-- >See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics >Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics >Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. >Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! >http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >___ >BackupPC-users mailing list >BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net >List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/ >Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > >-- See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup Exchange in BackupPC - step by step
I can't speak to Exchange 2008 specifcally (is there even a 2008?) but we just use a standard VSS/rsync backup, which appears to work perfectly well. It's not a critical part of our infrastructure, though, so it hasn't been tested extensively. > Dear All, > > Could anyone kindly share the step by step to set up the backup of > Exchange 2008 in BackupPC? > > Regards, > John > > p/s. Thanks Craig for helping. -- See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup Exchange in BackupPC - step by step
- Original Message - > From: "Prem" > > Dear All, > > Could anyone kindly share the step by step to set up the backup of > Exchange 2008 in BackupPC? > Does Exmerge still exist? I used to use that to export Exchange mailboxes to *.pst files, and then I backed them up with Backuppc. It was a long time ago, so I don't remember many of the specifics. -Rob -- See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup Exchange in BackupPC - step by step
- Original Message - > From: "Rob Owens" > - Original Message - > > From: "Prem" > > > > Dear All, > > > > Could anyone kindly share the step by step to set up the backup of > > Exchange 2008 in BackupPC? > > > Does Exmerge still exist? I used to use that to export Exchange > mailboxes to *.pst files, and then I backed them up with Backuppc. > It was a long time ago, so I don't remember many of the specifics. > Apparently it's been replaced with Export-Mailbox. See this page: https://www.simple-talk.com/sysadmin/exchange/goodbye-exchange-exmerge,-hello-export-mailbox/ -Rob -- See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup Exchange in BackupPC - step by step
Prem wrote at about 02:10:13 -0700 on Wednesday, July 24, 2013: > Lord, > > Thank you for the hint but does the NTBackup diligently handle Exchange DB > even with open files? Could you share how the configuration is done? > > Based on what I read in few other forums they were mentioning about using > VSS component to achieve it but just that I don't quite much get the process. > I may be totally misremembering, but I thought that ntbackup itself uses VSS to take a stable snapshot this does not of course necessarily guarantee that exchange has written all pending writes to disk and is in a stable state... but at least the disk itself is synced & stably represented in the VSS snapshot. -- See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup Exchange in BackupPC - step by step
On 24 July 2013 02:10, Prem wrote: > Lord, > > Thank you for the hint but does the NTBackup diligently handle Exchange DB > even with open files? Could you share how the configuration is done? > > Based on what I read in few other forums they were mentioning about using > VSS component to achieve it but just that I don't quite much get the > process. > > Appreciate it. > > NTBackup is native to windows and fully supports backing up exchange in an active state. So you do not need to shut down any part of exchange if that is what youre asking. It shouldnt cause corruption just because exchange is running at the time of backup. NTbackup does not support mailbox level backup so far as I know so it would be a disaster recovery backup situation, not an archive situation. You would have to dump out and restore the entire mail datastore at a time. you can start ntbackup i think by just typing ntbackup into a run dialog or cmd prompt on windows, its fairly automated and beyond the scope of this mailing list to detail how exactly ntbackup works. Basically run ntbackup and create a nightly job that dumps out the exchange data store before the backuppc process happens. I have two jobs, one for even days and one for odd days, they run every other day respectively and overwrite their respective file each day so I dont have backup file buildup on the system. As far as vss snapshots, that is fine for flat files but my understanding is that is a lot like trying to backup a sql database file, you are backuping up an active database file and who knows what state the file is in. You really should be doing a dump of the database and backing up the dumped file, be that exchange or sql or anything else. I'm not entirely sure how exchange would feel about you trying to restore a flat file of its database either. You could end up with exchange rejecting the restored file. I dont entirely know on that last bit to be honest though. -- See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] How to backup Exchange in BackupPC - step by step
> VSS / Rsync - I didn't think Rsync was VSS aware ? > is there a port with VSS support ? By itself, rsync isn't VSS aware (nor should it be, really, since rsync acts on files and VSS acts on volumes) but I, Mr. Kosowsky and others here have put together various ways for VSS and rsync to work together with BackupPC to back up Windows and its various services. Due to the way Microsoft has put together VSS, a VSS writer for Exchange in conjunction with the above should work for full volume backups for Exchange just as a VSS writer for SQL Server will do the same for SQL Server. It won't be aware of individual databases (you'd need to interact with the VSS API for that.) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/exchange/aa579284%28v=exchg.140%29.aspx Note also that recovery may be tricky; as with any backup solution, I highly recommend testing it before relying upon it. -- See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
