This document discusses Exchange server backup and recovery. It describes the different types of backup methods for Exchange servers, including online and offline backups. Online backups can be normal, copy, incremental, or detrimental backups while the server is running. Offline backups are performed when Exchange services are shut down. The document also covers the limitations of the built-in backup utilities and how third-party recovery software like SysTools Exchange Backup Recovery can help recover corrupted backup files.
2. Know About Exchange Backup
What is Exchange Backup
Why Exchange Backup is Required
Exchange Server Backup Methods
Inbuilt Utility for Taking Exchange Backup
Backup Recovery Software
3. Exchange Backup Files
Backup file comprise of three Important
database files:
EDB: Contain User Mailboxes
STM: Video and Audio database
LOG: System Informative database
4. Why Backup is Necessary
For handling data loss situation effectively
Helps in recovering unexpectedly deleted
backup files.
Rescue data from annoying situation like
virus attack, dirty shutdown etc.
Helps in disaster database recovery.
7. Online Backup
In this method backup of exchange database file are
done while server is running an offline backup can be
taken in following way:
Normal Backup is a process to backup Exchange store
with log files.
A copy Backup is used to get full backup Exchange
store without disturbing on going incremental and
decremented backup.
Incremental Backup backs up only log files that has
changed since the last normal and incremental backup.
Detrimental Backup backs up Exchange store that have
occurred since the last normal backup.
8. Offline Backup
Offline Backup method backups
Exchange server files and folders when
Exchange services are not running or
server is shutdown. ( It means the backup
software backups only when the services
are not running )
9. In Built Utility for Backup
NTBackup is a inbuilt utility used for
backing up Exchange server 2000 and
2003
Windows Server Backup inbuilt utility for
windows 7 and later versions of windows
operating system, is used for Exchange
server 2007 and 2010
10. Limitation of Inbuilt Utility
NTBackup utility does not support heavy
corruption.
NTBackup can not used to backup
registries on remote computer.
• No scheduling capabilities of its own,
outside scheduler is required
• Windows server backup tool makes VSS
based backup only
11. How to Recover Exchange BKF
Several time due to major corruption in backup files its recovery and
restoration not become possible by inbuilt utility at that time user
need a commercial application like SysTools Exchange Backup
Recovery. Some features of product are:
Done deep scanning of Exchange backup database and gives
complete recovery.
Recover EDB, STM as well LOG files of Exchange user with its
meta content.
Provides priority based recovery BKF file size and number does not
matter.
Recover single and multiple corrupt BKF file in healthy one at
particular instant.
Integrated with GUI which provides easy to Exchange user during its
operation.
Compatible with all editions of Exchange, Windows and Outlook.
12. Exchange Backup Recovery Software
For Trial Version SysTools Exchange Backup
Recovery Software
http://www.bkftopst.org/exchange-backup-
recovery.html
