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Backup can be performed while the Microsoft Exchange service is online and serving clients allowing 24/7 availability • Restore Emails from Database

10010.1 Editing a Task To edit a task, select it in the Tasks window and click Edit Task on the left. Follow the wizard’s instructions on the screen.

Chapter 11. Notifications Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange can notify you when a task is complete using an SNMP service or via e-mail. By default all

102Click the Additional e-mail parameters… link to specify the From and Subject fields for the notification e-mail. You can check if the settings are

Chapter 12. Viewing Logs Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange working logs. The logs provide information about scheduled task results, including failure

Chapter 13. Command-line Mode Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange supports the command-line mode. The command-line user interface provides the ability t

13.1 List Command Cmd.exe list [/location:<URI> [/credentials:"<login>:<password>"] [/archive:<name> [/password:<

/credentials:<login>:<password> Specifies task execution account’s credentials /archive:<name> Defines an archive within the spec

13.3.3 Description of Options /location:<URI> Displays an archive location’s URI. The path may be specified in one of the following ways: “C:\

13.4 Restore Commands 13.4.1 RestoreIS Use RestoreIS command to restore whole information stores and storage groups. In case you specify mailboxes in

109/storagegroup Specifies a storage group to restore. All specified storage groups will be overwritten. Note, this option is incompatible with /dial

• Dial Tone Recovery Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange can restore e-mail service more quickly to users (providing them with a basic "dial tone&q

Appendix A. Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange: Best Practices This section provides instructions for best practices when using Acronis Recovery for MS

e. Use default settings for backup f. Add the necessary comments for the task g. Save the created task To recover all data in case of hardware fail

Only one database will be restored to the selected point in time. To recover all data in case of a virus attack For all servers perform the following

113Acronis solution The database administrator should create independent tasks for different databases. While creating a task, the database administr

Appendix B. Installing Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange from command line Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange supports the Microsoft Installer utility (m

a – reinstalls all files u – rewrites all required registry entries from the Registry Table that go to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER or HKEY_USERS registry h

m - Logs out-of-memory p - Logs terminal properties v - Logs verbose output. To use v, specify /L*v + - Appends to existing file ! - Flushes each line

117/qr - Displays a reduced user interface with a modal dialog box displayed at the end of the installation /qf - Displays the full user interface wi

• x86-64 1.8 Supported Operating Systems for Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange Agent For Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange: • Windows 2000 (SP4 Roll

Trial Serial Numbers Acronis allows you to have a trial serial number to be able to use Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange for 30 days without buying th

Chapter 2. Understanding Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange This chapter provides common information about working with Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange

Integration between Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange and Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange Agents 2.3 Integration with Acronis True Image Echo Enterp

16Configuring Bare Metal Restore To restore all necessary information stores on bare metal or to create a bootable media, you need a previously creat

Chapter 3. Installation of Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange From this chapter you will learn how to install Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange component

However, make sure that the option File and Printer Sharing in the Control panel -> Windows Firewall -> Exceptions is enabled on the remote comp

Exchange components from a command line. MSI installation command and options are listed in Appendix B. 3.3.2 Installing Acronis Recovery for MS Ex

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3. Enter a serial number for the selected product. For information about obtaining a serial number, see section 1.10 “License Policy”. The Next butt

5. The summary page displays all operations, which will be performed. Click Proceed to install Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange Agent on the remote

22• run the Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange setup file; • in the Install Menu, right-click on the component name and select Extract; • select a l

Chapter 4. Getting started with Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange This chapter will help you to start working with Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange, an

Please be aware: Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange will not operate if there is no free space on the system partition, and the software does not send n

• Install Acronis Agents – install Acronis Agents on remote computers As soon as you are connected to a Microsoft Exchange server where Acronis Reco

4.2.2 Computers Pane The Computers pane is located on the left side of the main program window. It displays computers (with their Microsoft Exchange

• Restore E-mails – restore separate e-mails from a previously created archive • Manage Tasks – manage tasks scheduled on a computer • Logs – open

To connect to the server click Connect to a Remote Server in the Pick a Task pane (see 4.7 “Connecting to a Remote Microsoft Exchange Server”). If Acr

4.6 Adding Servers If you cannot locate a server with the Discover Computers tool, you can add it to the tree manually. You can apply any discovery

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4.7 Connecting to a Remote Microsoft Exchange Server In order to perform any operation on a remote Microsoft Exchange server, you must first connect

If Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange Management Console cannot connect to the remote computer which was not rebooted after installing Acronis Recovery

Chapter 5. Creating Backup Archives This chapter provides general information about backup types, describes how to backup Microsoft Exchange informati

database from a full database backup to a chosen location. Enough of the transaction log is included in the backup to let you recover the database to

5.1.4 Server Roles As a messaging system that is widely used in both large organizations and small businesses, Microsoft Exchange Server has always be

Thus, an individual database in Microsoft Exchange is only a dependent part of a storage group, and backing it up separately becomes pointless, becaus

5.1.8 Continuous Data Protection Continuous data protection (CDP, but also may be called continuous backup) technology makes it possible to save data

For tape library or autoloader: As soon as the tape is full, the program automatically draws a tape from the Free or Import media pool. The above requ

• Create a backup now If you are not sure which backup strategy to choose, use Schedule a backup task with Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange Assistan

Note, this step will be skipped if in the first one you selected the Create a backup now option. 5.2.3 Selecting Items to Back Up In this step of

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Selecting Information Stores to Back Up When selecting an information store to back up Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange will automatically back up al

5.2.4 Selecting a Backup Archive Location Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange supports the following places and media for backup destinations: • Local

Important! Do not enter the login and password in the Folder field (“ftp://login:password@ftpserver”); the product will not process this command. Acr

Click Next to continue. Acceptable Data Loss At this step specify a period of time when data changes significantly. This will help Acronis Recovery f

backups to create to avoid data loss (backup creation frequency), as well as when to execute the operation. In the table there are three rows represen

Initial Task Starting Specify a time for applying the selected scheme: • Now – select this option to execute the scheduled task immediately after yo

Table of Backup Strategies The table below describes different backup strategies according to your requirements for storage space and speed. The final

5.2.8 Specifying a Task Name and Providing Comments On the Task Name and Archive Comments wizard page, you can provide a name and comments for the

5.3 Backing up Mailboxes Brick-level (document level) backup is the most flexible type of backup. It offers advanced configuration options and perfor

If you are not sure which backup strategy to choose, use Schedule a backup task with Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange Assistant (selected by default)

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Information on the selected item is displayed in the right pane of the window: information store name, installed operating system and the number of st

Select Exclude the following objects from the backup to enable excluding options and then select the required ones: • “Deleted Items” folder – excl

5.3.5 Selecting a Backup Archive Location Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange supports the following places and media for backup destinations: • Local

Acronis Backup Server This software application, when installed on a networked computer, automatically manages backup archives and retention policies

Note, Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange allows you to set multiple schedules for one task. For example, you should not only backup your data once a we

You may provide comments for the archives you create. The backup file size and creation date are automatically appended to the description, so you do

To edit the default backup options, select Tools -> Options from the main program menu. You will also still be able to edit the backup options whi

5.4.2 Compression Level Select the compression level for the backup. With higher compression ratios the archive file size will be smaller, but the ba

5.4.3 Backup Priority You can set up the backup process priority: • Low - the backup process will run slower, but it will not influence other processe

• AES 128 – the quickest encryption method available (set by default) • AES 192 – encryption will take longer than 128-bit, but is more secure • AE

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5.4.6 Bandwidth Throttling You can limit the bandwidth used by the backup process so that network resources will be available for other processes. To

It will be enabled only if you create independent full backups (Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange will check the specified backup strategy). In all ot

Chapter 6. Disaster Recovery Plan It is extremely important for all organizations and users to have detailed instructions describing the process for r

2. Select the items you want to obtain the Disaster Recovery Plan for 3. Choose whether you want to receive the Disaster Recovery Plan by e-mail

4. If in the previous step you selected to receive the Disaster Recovery Plan by e-mail, you will need to specify the e-mail parameters Specify the

In the latter case an e-mail will be sent to the address you specified or a HTML version of the Disaster Recovery Plan will be opened in your web bro

3. Specify the e-mail account that will be used for sending the Disaster Recovery Plan. Provide the e-mail address to which the plan will be sent an

6.3 Summary Thus, in case of disaster, you only need to take the most recent version of the Disaster Recovery Plan and follow the instructions to re

Chapter 7. Backup Location Clean-up Sooner or later the backups you create will fill up the assigned storage space. Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange a

7.2 Selecting the Backup Archive Location Select the backup location you want to clean from the tree, or manually specify the path to it in the Path f

Chapter 1. Introducing Acronis® Recovery™ for Microsoft Exchange This chapter provides general information about a new Acronis product - Acronis® Reco

GFS (Grandfather-Father-Son) scheme will keep three sets of backups in the selected location. This scheme, if chosen, is activated on the day the firs

7.5 Schedule Cleaning Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange allows you to schedule backup location clean-up. Specify the schedule that is the best for you

Chapter 8. Restoring the Backup Data Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange restores storage groups and mailboxes from previously created backup archives.

8.1.2 Specifying a Task Execution Account In this step of the Restore Data wizard, you are specifying an account that is valid on the computer where

locations for the last archives created in a special folder – Recent Backup Locations - so you can easily locate the appropriate archive. You can also

Click Next to continue. 8.1.5 Providing a Password If there are any password-protected backup archives in the location you have selected (see 8.1.3),

• to the time of the latest backup – choosing this option will restore your data to the state when the last backup was created. Restoring to the lat

Select Acronis Active Restore to immediately obtain the access to the Microsoft Exchange server. You also can restore public folders with this featur

logs. In terms of this, we recommend you to create full backups after new databases are created. Important! While restoring an information store, e-m

8.1.9 Selecting Start Parameters You can run a restore task manually or specify the frequency (Daily, Weekly or Monthly). See Chapter 9 “Scheduling T

With Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange you can restore your crucial mailboxes or single emails from different kinds of backup – not only from brick-lev

Click Finish to save the schedule or start the restore task immediately. 8.2 Restoring Mailboxes Launch the Restore Mailboxes wizard by clicking on

8.2.2 Specifying a Task Execution Account In this step of the Restore Data wizard, specify an account that is valid on the computer where the backup a

Note, Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange does not protect archives form possible physical corruption. In case you try to restore data from the corrupte

After selecting the appropriate option click Next to continue. 8.2.7 Content Selection Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange allows restoring mailboxes an

Restoring Public Folders Choose a Storage Group, Public Folder Store and Public Folder from which you want to restore a specific folder. Information

Click Next to continue. 8.2.8 Restore Options Select the options for the restoration process (Pre/Post commands, restoration process priority etc.).

Click Finish to save the schedule or start the restore task immediately. 8.3 Restoring Individual E-mails In addition to restoring storage groups a

8.3.2 Selecting a Backup Task and Point to Restore If several backup tasks use the same location to store archives, you have to select the task you w

After selecting the appropriate option click OK to return to the E-mail Restoration window. 8.3.3 Setting Additional Search Options Filter Acronis Re

Please note, only the first 100 e-mails will be shown in the table (see section 8.3.4). So consider proper search options. 8.3.4 Selecting E-mail E

production server (operating system and whole information store) on bare metal from bootable CD or from a PXE. • Easy Administration Intuitive wizard

8.4 Setting Default Restore Options To view or edit the default restore options, select Tools -> Options -> Default Restoration Options from th

8.4.2 Restoration Priority You can set up the restore process priority: • Low - the restore process will run slower, but it will not influence other

8.4.3 User Account Ownership You can set association rules for mailboxes being restored. With Recreate absent accounts … checkbox selected, missing

While restoring to another storage group overwrite database with the same name With this parameter selected, databases will be overwritten with databa

94Comparing Acronis Active Restore and Dial Tone Recovery Acronis Active Restore Dial Tone Recovery MS Exchange accessibility while restoring yes

Chapter 9. Scheduling Tasks 9.1 What is a task? A task is a job you execute for a database that includes the type of operation (backup, restore, etc.)

Daily - the task will be executed daily at the specified time. You can set the following parameters: Parameter Description Recur every (…) days The ta

End date Select this check box to specify the date when this schedule will be disabled Monthly - the task will be executed monthly at the specified

One time - the task will be executed once at the specified time and day. You can set the Start time parameter: specify the date and time to start the

Chapter 10. Managing Tasks To manage operations, click Manage Tasks in the Pick a Tool group or select the Tools -> Manage tasks menu item. All