Requirements to perform backups and restores of Exchange with Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)

Article:HOWTO72032  |  Created: 2012-02-09  |  Updated: 2012-02-14  |  Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO72032
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Requirements to perform backups and restores of Exchange with Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)

Table: Requirements to perform backups and restores of Exchange with Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)

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Step 1

Verify that you have a supported Exchange Server configuration and have a media server platform that supports GRT.

See the NetBackup Database Agent Compatibility List.

See the NetBackup Operating System Compatibility List.

Step 2

Ensure that requirements are met for the Exchange server software.

See Exchange server software requirements for NetBackup for Exchange.

Step 3

On all Exchange granular clients, ensure that the computer has an available drive letter on which to mount the backup image.

To determine which clients to configure, refer to the following topic:

See About Exchange client and server privileges.

Step 4

Enable or configure NFS for your environment.

  • Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2 media server and clients

  • Windows 2003 R2 SP2 media server and clients

  • UNIX/Linux media server and Windows clients

See About configuring Services for Network File System (NFS) on the Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2 NetBackup media server and NetBackup clients.

See About configuring Services for Network File System (NFS) on the Windows 2003 R2 SP2 NetBackup media server and NetBackup clients.

See Configuring a UNIX or Linux media server and Windows clients for backups and restores that use Granular Recovery Technology.

Step 5

Configure NetBackup.

Once you have met the requirements described in this procedure and configured NFS, continue with the configuration of NetBackup.

See Configuring NetBackup for Exchange backups that use Granular Recovery Technology (GRT).


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