Windows Server 2003

How To Backup Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

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Bellow is a detailed guide on how to backup your Microsoft exchange server 2007.

Since it’s always a good idea to have a backup laying around when production machines decide to act up.

Backing up Exchange Server 2007 also clears up the log files from the storage group folder usually in "C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\First Storage Group".

Exchange keeps a bunch of log files which can be used to restore it’s state in case  the storage group is corrupted kinda like SQL Server .ldf files. The log files in exchange are named in this fashion E0000001BDF.log, E0000001BD0.log, E0000001BD1.log ….

These log files can consume a lot of disk space specially on large organizations.

So let’s get to it!!

 

1 - Launch Windows Backup

2 - Backup Wizard Screen

3 - Choose backup up files and settings

4 - Select "Let me choose what to back up"

 

5 - Expand the "Microsoft Exchange Node" and select the stores you would like to backup

6 - Select the location where you would like to store you backup file and give a name to your backup file

I always include a version number in the name of the backup file, it’s easier to determine the date of the backup this way.

7 - review your settings and click finish

You can use the "Advanced" options to specify more settings or set a schedule for your backup.

You can also use the command line to set a scheduled backup. the following KB explains all the command line arguments How to use command line parameters with the Ntbackup command in Windows Server 2003

Hope this was helpful!

Hatim