This section contains instructions and guidelines to assist with the installation and operation of the Unitrends backup and restore tool for Microsoft Exchange server, referred to as the Legacy Exchange agent. If using the VSS Exchange agent, see the Microsoft Exchange Protection chapter. The Exchange agent extends protection to the Microsoft Exchange server databases and database objects. It enables remote management of the Microsoft Exchange server database, mailbox, and public folder backups.
The powerful combination of the Exchange agent and the backup system’s Schedule interface allows for flexible scheduling capabilities as well as an efficient way to back up Exchange information stores. Total Exchange information store protection is accomplished through Exchange Info Store Recovery (EIR) and Exchange Quantum Recovery (EQR). With the combination of EIR and EQR, an entire Exchange information store or single items can be recovered from a single backup solution, therefore preventing unnecessary duplication of data.
EIR provides Exchange store-level protection. EIR allows for entire Exchange information stores to be restored from an Exchange store-level backup to the active Microsoft Exchange server.
EQR works with EIR to provide complete protection of your Exchange information store. Unitrends scheduling provides hourly Exchange information store backups to allow for more frequent restore points and more efficient restores. EQR also offers item-level recovery, the foundation of which is Kroll’s Ontrack PowerControls™. Unitrends has formed a strategic alliance with Kroll Ontrack to offer Ontrack PowerControls™ through Unitrends. EQR works by using the Ontrack PowerControls™ ExtractWizard to first extract an Exchange store-level backup from the Samba share on the backup system to a staging area on a workstation where Kroll Ontrack PowerControls™ is installed. Ontrack PowerControlsT™ then allows the search and recovery of individual mail items, as well as entire mailboxes and folders, back to the active Microsoft Exchange server database. EQR is a separately licensed technology.
In addition, the legacy Exchange agent is integrated with Unitrends legacy vaulting solution. The vault is a disk-based data repository that enables businesses to safeguard an unlimited number of networked systems at multiple locations. The vault serves as a centralized, highly available off-site storage center for Unitrends’ backup systems, which provide fast disk-to-disk backup and bare metal recovery for systems at local sites. On-site systems are linked to the vault by the vaulting software. The vaulting software synchronizes data at a block level and funnels the changed data into a master backup.