I am a novice when is comes to the Exchange. Why do I need to back up both the individual mailboxes AND the information store? Thanks.
Hi, Most people avoid backup the individual mailboxes. A full backup of the information store is needed so that you can restore everything in case of a disaster and to have the transastion logs purged. Configure deleted items retention time in order for users to be able to recover deleted items should they regret they deleted some items. Leif "teenzbutler" wrote in message news:38AAD259-BC3D-4360-BCA9-31D54493690E@microsoft.com... >I am a novice when is comes to the Exchange. Why do I need to back up both > the individual mailboxes AND the information store? > > Thanks.
Thanks for you reply. So what you are telling me is, if I lose anything, I can restore ALL mailboxes, public folders, etc. with just the the backup of the Information Store? If this is the case, then I can uncheck all mailboxes and public folders in my Veritas Backup selection and just have the Information Store backed up. Is this correct? Thanks. "Leif Pedersen [MVP]" wrote: > Hi, > > Most people avoid backup the individual mailboxes. A full backup of the > information store is needed so that you can restore everything in case of a > disaster and to have the transastion logs purged. > > Configure deleted items retention time in order for users to be able to > recover deleted items should they regret they deleted some items. > > Leif > > "teenzbutler" wrote in message > news:38AAD259-BC3D-4360-BCA9-31D54493690E@microsoft.com... > >I am a novice when is comes to the Exchange. Why do I need to back up both > > the individual mailboxes AND the information store? > > > > Thanks. > > >
Hi, That is correct, if you backup the information store you have a backup of all exchange data. See this: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2003/library/disrecopgde.mspx Leif "teenzbutler" wrote in message news:4E896E84-EC30-48A8-B6C0-93DD27D2467A@microsoft.com... > Thanks for you reply. So what you are telling me is, if I lose anything, > I > can restore ALL mailboxes, public folders, etc. with just the the backup > of > the Information Store? If this is the case, then I can uncheck all > mailboxes > and public folders in my Veritas Backup selection and just have the > Information Store backed up. Is this correct? > > Thanks. > > "Leif Pedersen [MVP]" wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Most people avoid backup the individual mailboxes. A full backup of the >> information store is needed so that you can restore everything in case of >> a >> disaster and to have the transastion logs purged. >> >> Configure deleted items retention time in order for users to be able to >> recover deleted items should they regret they deleted some items. >> >> Leif >> >> "teenzbutler" wrote in message >> news:38AAD259-BC3D-4360-BCA9-31D54493690E@microsoft.com... >> >I am a novice when is comes to the Exchange. Why do I need to back up >> >both >> > the individual mailboxes AND the information store? >> > >> > Thanks. >> >> >>
