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Overview

Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003/2007 stores its data in Windows Active Directory as well as in its databases. To fully backup a Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003/2007, you need to backup the following components:

• Windows System State

 

The Windows System State contains the information about your Windows system, including Windows Active Directory. A Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 / 2003 / 2007 stores some of its configuration, e.g. email accounts and mailbox properties, inside Windows Active Directory. It is important that Windows Active Directory is backup properly when backing up a Microsoft Exchange Server.

 

Active Directory is stored inside a Windows Server running as Windows domain controller. If your Exchange Server is a domain controller, you can simply backup the Windows System State of your Exchange Server. If your Exchange Server is running as a member server, you will need to install another copy of Mozzie Backup onto the domain controller to backup the Windows System State of inside the domain controller.

 

For more information on Active Directory, please refer to http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/technologies/directory/ad/default.asp

• Microsoft Information Store

Exchange Server stores all emails and documents inside its databases, which are grouped together as storage groups inside Microsoft Information Store. It is important that Microsoft Information Store is fully backed up when backing your Exchange Server.

• Microsoft Site Replication Service

Microsoft Site Replication Service is installed automatically when exchange server site replication feature is enabled. Microsoft Site Replication stores its runtime and configuration information inside its own database. If you are running your Exchange Server with Site Replication Service enabled, please make sure that you backup the site replication database as well.

• Microsoft Key Management Service (Exchange 2000 only)

Similarly, if you have setup your Exchange Server with Key Management Services enabled, please make sure that you backup the key management database as well.

 

Mozzie Backup will backup your Microsoft Exchange Server by taking the following steps:

1 Run all Pre-Commands of this backup set

2 If the backup type to run is [Database Backup type],

• Windows System State will be backed up to a temporary directory specified in its backup set
• All exchange database(s) selected are backed up to a temporary directory specified in its backup set

 

3 If the backup type to run is [Transaction Log Backup type],

• New transaction log extents generated since last backup will be copied to the temporary directory

4 Remove transaction log extents backed up from the Exchange Server

5 Run all Post-Commands of this backup set

6 Upload all backup files from the temporary directory to Mozzie Offsite Backup Server

7 Remove temporary files from the temporary directory

 

 

How to backup Microsoft Exchange Server

1. Open Mozzie Backup
   
   Right click Mozzie Backup icon available in the system tray and choose [Open]

Create a backup set

4 Enter a name for your backup set.
5 Select the database(s) to be backed up

If this Exchange Server is also a domain controller of this Active Directory, select the [System State] checkbox as well. Otherwise, please install Mozzie Backup to the domain controller of this Active Directory and select the [System State] checkbox on that computer

6 Enter a temporary directory for storing the backup files before they are sent to Mozzie Offsite Backup Server .
7 Set the backup schedule for Database Backup

1. 8 Set the backup schedule for Transaction Log Backup.
   (Note: You can have more than one schedule in a backup set, i.e. you can perform intra-day transaction log backup by adding more than one daily transaction log backup schedule to your backup set)

9 Set the encryption algorithm, encryption mode and encrypting key for this backup set

Run Backup
10 Press the [Backup] button on the main page of Mozzie Backup dialog.

11 Select the backup type (e.g. Database, Log Files) you would like to perform. Select the backup set you want to run and select [Offsite Backup Server] to start backing up your files to Mozzie Offsite Backup Server . If applicable, you can change the In-File Delta Type also

12 Click [OK] to start backing up your files to Mozzie Offsite Backup Server .

You should get something similar to the screen shot below