Brick-Level backup for Microsoft Exchange Server is not designed to fully protect an Exchange Server, but to facilitate easy backup and fast restore of individual emails, contacts or calendars, etc.
A Brick-Level restore cannot fully recover the Information Store after a disaster.
Important:
If used, a Brick-Level Backup must be utilized in conjunction with full Information Store Backup, in order to fully protect the Exchange Server.
Please ensure that following requirements are met by the MS Exchange server / DAG:
Brick-Level backup requires "Full Mailbox Access" permission for the user running %edition_name%.
Please refer to the following instruction for granting permission to the operating system account to be running the Brick-Level backup:
For one specific mailboxUse the following procedure to grant access to Exchange 2007 mailbox:
Use the following procedure to grant access to Exchange 2007 mailbox found on a specific mail store:
For Exchange 2007, please refer to the following instructions:
Add an operating system account to the Add an operating system account to the Exchange 2007 server.
This account must be a member of the following groups:
Enter the following command in Exchange Management Shell:
Example, to grant the permission for local account "system"
To show added permission for an AD account
Example, to show added permission for local account "system"
To remove permission from an AD account
Example, to remove permission from local account "system"
To remove permission from an AD account
Example, to remove permission from local account "system"
For Exchange Server 2010 and 2013, please refer to the following instructions:
Add an operating system account to the Exchange 2010/2013 server.
This account must be a member of the following security groups:
For Exchange 2010, ensure that Update Rollup 3 for Exchange Server 2010 (KB981401) is installed.
Please refer to http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displayLang=en&id=415 .
Enter the following command in Exchange Management Shell:
Example:
Other useful commands:
Remove permission from an AD account
Example:
To view the mailbox permission of a user
Example:
Name | This is the name of the backup set. You can create a meaningful name for it. |
Backup Type | Enter the correct backup type from the drop down box. |
Version | Version of the Exchange server. |
To create a backup set name:
Note: Click [Next] button again to start the verifying process