Any Backup ideas for MS Exchange Server 2003

[RogerPictage]

I not really fimiliar with MS Exchange and I want to get seom ideas on how to backup my MS Exchange 2003 so that if the server went down I can bring it back up with the lowest downtime. I ghosted the server but the dump is never going to be up to date so I need a better way. It is on a Windows 2000 server.

 

[Zelandakh]

ntbackup. If it is good enough for MS, should be good enough for merely mortals like us.

 

[RogerPictage]

Could you help me out on how to set this up?

 

[Zelandakh]

Start, Run, ntbackup. There is a wizard that walks you through - you need to back up the Exchange Information Store.

 

[RogerPictage]

So lets say for example, because this has happened before, that the OS on the server is hosed and I am not able to get into it. How would I be able to get the Server online with the lasted backup of Exchange?

 

[Zelandakh]

So you don't want an Exchange backup, you need a full Exchange server disaster recovery document.

http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials...er-Server-Using-Disaster-Recovery-Switch.html

http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials...er-Server-Using-Disaster-Recovery-Switch.html

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...C5-1190-4FBF-AEDE-007A8F366B0E&displaylang=en

will be a good starting point.