Use this dialog box to view and establish the criteria to automatically discover new mailboxes. The criteria that can be configured depends on the assignment method that was selected in Backup Set Properties (Auto Discover). Assignment methods include:
Automatically add new mailboxes that don't qualify for membership in any of the sub-clients
Specifies whether to assign auto-discovered mailboxes to the contents of this subclient. This is useful in cases where mailboxes have not been assigned to any other subclient within the Backup Set. This option applies only to the default subclient. Clearing this option will disable auto-discovery on the default subclient.
Add Mailbox Display Name
Displays a list of mailbox display name patterns i.e., regular expressions. Mailboxes that match the specified patterns entered in Mailbox Display Names will be automatically discovered and assigned to this subclient. This display pane is enabled when the Match Mailboxes by Regular Expressions option was selected in Backup Set Properties (Auto Discover).
Mailbox Display Names
Use this space to enter a mailbox display name pattern using regular expressions (i.e., wildcards). See Wildcards for a list of supported wildcards.
| Wildcard Example | Description |
| Accounting* | Auto-discovers any mailbox display name that begins with Accounting followed by any number of any characters (e.g., Accounting Mailbox, Accounting Manager, etc.). |
| [!ei]nsure | Auto-discovers any mailbox display name that ends with nsure but does not begin with e or i (e.g., unsure). |
| [!a-k]Lee | Auto-discovers any mailbox display name that does not begin with a through k and that ends with Lee (e.g., xLee, yLee, etc.). |
Add
Click to commit the mailbox display name pattern for auto-discovery entered in Mailbox Display Names and add it the Add Mailbox Display Name display pane. This button is enabled when the Match Mailboxes by Regular Expressions option was selected in Backup Set Properties (Auto Discover).
Remove
Click to delete the selected mailbox display name pattern. This button is enabled when the Match Mailboxes by Regular Expressions option was selected in Backup Set Properties (Auto Discover).
Newly discovered mailboxes from the following mailbox stores will automatically be associated with this subclient
Displays a list of databases. Mailboxes in these databases will be automatically discovered and assigned to this subclient. This display pane is enabled when the Database Affinity option is selected in Backup Set Properties (Auto Discover).
The new discovered mailboxes of the following AD User Group will be backed up to this subclient
Displays a list of the Active Directory User Groups. Mailboxes in these AD User Groups will be automatically discovered and assigned to this subclient. This display pane is enabled when the AD User Group Affinity option is selected in Backup Set Properties (Auto Discover).
Configuration
Click to configure the databases or AD User Groups that will be used to automatically discover mailboxes and assign them to this subclient.