Backup Exchange
with NTBACKUP
Windows 2000 Server
and Windows Server 2003 already have the
NTBACKUP software installed by default.
However, installing Exchange 2000 Server
or Exchange Server 2003 on these
machines will upgrade NTBACKUP and allow
it to be used to backup the Exchange
databases (also known as Stores).
Note: You can
also Backup Exchange 2000/2003 from a
Non-Exchange Server.
To perform an Online
backup of Exchange Server 2003 follow
these steps (note that 99% of the steps
outlined here also work for Exchange
2000, although the screenshots were
taken on Exchange Server 2003):
- Click Start,
point to Run, type NTBACKUP and
click Ok (or press Enter).
- If the Backup or
Restore Wizard appears, on the
Welcome to the Backup or Restore
Wizard page, click Advanced Mode.
- Click on the
Backup tab.
- On the Backup tab
expand Microsoft Exchange Server,
expand servername (you should
see your own server name of
course... duh), expand Microsoft
Information Store, select the
correct Storage Group's check-box or
the entire Information Store
check-box.
Note:
It is always best to backup an
entire Storage Group rather than
individual Stores, and if possible,
try to backup the entire IS in one
job, although lack of time or
storage might force you to
selectively backup just parts of the
IS at a time.
- On the Backup
Destination choose the right tape
device (if you have one, and you
should), or, like in the above
screenshot, a local File.
- In the Backup
Media or Filename make sure you
enter a descriptive name for the
backup job.
- Click on the
Start Backup button.
- In the Backup Job
Information window make sure you
have your settings right. If you
already have a backup job on the
destination tape or file, make sure
you select Append to make the file
bigger and hold both jobs, or
Replace to delete the old file and
re-create it with the new job.
You can also press
the Advanced button and select the
Backup Type. For this demonstration
I've chosen Normal. I'll discuss the
differences between the backup types
in a different article.
Another thing you
can do is schedule the job to
automatically run by pressing the
Schedule button. This too will be
discussed in a different article.
When you're done
press the Begin Backup button. The
backup job should begin:
- When the backup
is finished, in the Backup Progress
dialog box, click Report.
- In the
backup01.log window, verify that no
errors are listed in the report. If
no errors are listed, the backup was
successful. Close backup01.log.
- In the Backup
Progress dialog box, click Close.
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