How to backup Exchange Server 2007?

Exchange Server 2007 provides users efficient and secure access to emails, calendars, contacts and more. Users generate great demand for Exchange Server 2007, and the solution to backup and restore Exchange Server database becomes important. You will learn an Exchange Server backup solution in this article.

What needs to be backed up in MS Exchange Server 2007?

The server roles installed on Server which is running Exchange decides which parts of Exchange Server 2007 data you must backup. And the data you backup decides the recovery process in your disaster recovery strategy. So you should have a clear plan on every task. To design redundancy through system can be a significant method to protect Exchange data. It means that server roles can help reduce the negative effect of Exchange failures and disasters.

The following data types you must protect:

  • Mailbox Server Data
  • Hub Transport Server Data
  • Edge Transport Server Data
  • Client Access Server Data
  • Unified Messaging Server Data
  • Active Directory Data
  • Client-Side Data

Backup Exchange Server 2007 with WSBExchange.exe

A plug-in of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 can make Volume Shadow Copy Service based backups of Exchange data for Exchange 2007 databases. The plug-in is automatically installed on all Exchange 2007 Mailbox servers in a form of single executable called WSBExchange.exe.

Features and options about the plug-in:

  • Backups are VSS-based only.
  • Backups taken with Windows Server Backup occur at volume level.
  • The backup must be run locally on the server being backed up, and you cannot use the plug-in to take remote VSS backups.
  • The backup can be created on a local drive or on a remote network share.
  • Only support full backups.
  • You cannot restore a single storage group or database but all backed up storage groups.

Backup Exchange Server 2007 with professional Exchange backup software

Professional backup software - EaseUS Todo Backup Advanced Server provides Exchange backup and restore solution.

Exchange 2007 backup software - EaseUS Todo Backup

It provides full backup, incremental backup and differential backup to protect your Exchange storage group. When restoring data, the data can be restored to its original location or to an alternate location. Using this backup software, you can easily find what needs to be backed up, where to store backups, and how to restore backups.

Tutorial to backup and restore Exchange Server 2007

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