Getting Started - Exchange Database iDataAgent Backup

what gets backed up

what does not get backed up

Exchange Database data

Information and Public Folder stores

Transaction Logs

Recovery Databases

To avoid backup failure Recovery Databases should be filtered. For details see: Configuring to Filter Recovery Databases from Backups

Recovery Storage Groups

To avoid backup failure Recovery Storage Groups should be filtered. For details see: Configuring to Filter Recovery Databases from Backups

System State Dataa

Active Directory Data

Personal Information Stores

Personal Address Books

Offline Folders

Use the Windows File System iDataAgent to back up the above mentioned data types.

Perform a Backup

1.	Ensure that Circular Logging has been disabled on the Exchange Server.
2.	From the CommCell Console, navigate to Client Computers \| <Client> \| Exchange Database. Right-click the default subclient and click Backup.
3.	Select Full as backup type and Immediate to run the job immediately. Click OK.
4.	You can track the progress of the job from the Job Controller window of the CommCell console.
5.	Once job is complete, view the details of job from the Backup History. Right-click the Subclient and select Backup History.
6.	Click OK.
7.	Right-click the job to: View job details, such as the number of mailboxes backed up. View media associated with the job. View events associated with the job. Resubmit the job. View messages that were backed up. Send the log file that is associated with the job.