Hi, I just installed an Exchange 2003 two node active / passive server attached to an EMC shared SAN’s storage device where the mail-store and public folders reside. I need to make sure the two cluster node server and SAN’s are being backup properly. I have Veritas 10.0 backup software. Can someone please tell me what is the best way to backup the servers and the SAN’s. Is it just a matter of installing the Veritas Exchange and Remote agents? What about the SAN’s? Thanks, BB
You don't need anything special just because the files are stored on the SAN. Assuming all your LUNs are presented to a Windows box you can just back them up as normal drives. Backup Exec does offer a SAN shared storage option but you don't need this if you only have one backup server. You also have the option of making backups of only a snapshot of the data that is presented separately to the backup server, but again this is just an option and not necessary in most circumstances. "Barry B." wrote in message news:ADD763DC-5F4B-4DD1-9424-DCBF732E5F80@microsoft.com... > Hi, > > I just installed an Exchange 2003 two node active / passive server > attached > to an EMC shared SAN's storage device where the mail-store and public > folders > reside. I need to make sure the two cluster node server and SAN's are > being > backup properly. I have Veritas 10.0 backup software. > > Can someone please tell me what is the best way to backup the servers and > the SAN's. Is it just a matter of installing the Veritas Exchange and > Remote > agents? What about the SAN's? > > > Thanks, > > BB >
Simon, Thanks for the info. Barry B. "Simon Geary" wrote: > You don't need anything special just because the files are stored on the > SAN. Assuming all your LUNs are presented to a Windows box you can just back > them up as normal drives. Backup Exec does offer a SAN shared storage option > but you don't need this if you only have one backup server. You also have > the option of making backups of only a snapshot of the data that is > presented separately to the backup server, but again this is just an option > and not necessary in most circumstances. > > "Barry B." wrote in message > news:ADD763DC-5F4B-4DD1-9424-DCBF732E5F80@microsoft.com... > > Hi, > > > > I just installed an Exchange 2003 two node active / passive server > > attached > > to an EMC shared SAN's storage device where the mail-store and public > > folders > > reside. I need to make sure the two cluster node server and SAN's are > > being > > backup properly. I have Veritas 10.0 backup software. > > > > Can someone please tell me what is the best way to backup the servers and > > the SAN's. Is it just a matter of installing the Veritas Exchange and > > Remote > > agents? What about the SAN's? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > BB > > > > >
