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I personally never do brick level backups, only ever do IS backups.<br />
With the recovery storage group/deleted retention time, this should be sufficient for per item recovery.
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I personally never do brick level backups, only ever do IS backups.
With the recovery storage group/deleted retention time, this should be sufficient for per item recovery.

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Thanks for the quick response. &nbsp;I am using BU Exec and after checking the mdbdata folder, it is not backed up. &nbsp;However, the stores are. &nbsp;The solution you mentioned requires using Exchange, which is fine, but from BU Exec with the mailboxes and stores &nbsp;backed up, do I need to do anything else?<br />
Also what about the priv and pub db?
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Thanks for the quick response.  I am using BU Exec and after checking the mdbdata folder, it is not backed up.  However, the stores are.  The solution you mentioned requires using Exchange, which is fine, but from BU Exec with the mailboxes and stores  backed up, do I need to do anything else?
Also what about the priv and pub db?

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We are running Exchange server 2003 with BU_Exec10d. &nbsp;The backup is currently backing up all mailboxes and IS. &nbsp;I just want to ask for some help sifting through all the information as regards what is needed for a good DR solution. &nbsp;Some have said that the priv and pub db's are all that is needed. &nbsp;Is this really so? &nbsp;<br />

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We are running Exchange server 2003 with BU_Exec10d.  The backup is currently backing up all mailboxes and IS.  I just want to ask for some help sifting through all the information as regards what is needed for a good DR solution.  Some have said that the priv and pub db's are all that is needed.  Is this really so?  


What do I need to backup in Exchange server 2003 w/BUExec for DR solution?

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.