Section 15 - Backup / Restore Microsoft Exchange Server

This section describes in details how to backup and restore Microsoft Exchange Server with OBM.

15.2.1 Requirements and recommendations

Please ensure that the following requirements are met by the MS Exchange server:




• OBM is installed on the MS Exchange server.
• The Exchange databases selected for backup will be temporarily spooled to a temp directory before being uploaded to the backup server.



It is recommended that the temporary directory have disk space of at least 120% of the total database size (e.g. total size of all .edb files found within the MS Exchange Server installation folder).




• It is recommended that the temporary directory be configured on a local drive.
• For Exchange server with Active Directory installed, a System State backup must be performed regularly with the MS Exchange server backup.