This section describes in details how to backup and restore Microsoft Exchange Server with OBM.
For a complete Exchange server backup, backup of the following components must be performed:
For Exchange server with Active Directory installed, as part of the restore, the system state must also be restored. Running regular system state backups of the Exchange is therefore crucial, as it ensures that the system state data is synchronized with the Exchange database data.
The Information Store of Exchange 2010 contains the data, data definitions, indexes, checksums, flags, and other information that comprise mailboxes in Exchange.
Mailbox databases hold data that's private to an individual user and contain mailbox folders generated when a mailbox is created for that user. A mailbox database is stored as an Exchange database .edb file. Public folder databases contain the data, their definitions, indexes, checksums, flags, and other information that comprise any public folders in your Exchange organization. In Exchange Server 2010, public folders are an optional feature.