Wayne88
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SBS 2008 Backup Solution
Hi There,
I am currently comparing Symantec BE and Acronis products to back up our SBS 2008 Server. I don't have much Exchange experience so I am trying to understand what agents we need to buy in order to have a full backup.
Is it true that for the Exchange server I will need an Exchange and SQL agent for the backup because Exchange uses SQL? Or will I just need an Exchange agent without SQL?
Thanks,
Wayne
I am currently comparing Symantec BE and Acronis products to back up our SBS 2008 Server. I don't have much Exchange experience so I am trying to understand what agents we need to buy in order to have a full backup.
Is it true that for the Exchange server I will need an Exchange and SQL agent for the backup because Exchange uses SQL? Or will I just need an Exchange agent without SQL?
Thanks,
Wayne
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Hi sbo2002,
Thanks for your reply. I am sorry that I forgot to mention the SBS2008 is a VM inside ESXi so from my research it seemed as that people are having trouble in making this work with a USB External drive. One I read that even if you can map the USB drive for backup then restoring may be a problem.
Any suggestions?
Wayne
Thanks for your reply. I am sorry that I forgot to mention the SBS2008 is a VM inside ESXi so from my research it seemed as that people are having trouble in making this work with a USB External drive. One I read that even if you can map the USB drive for backup then restoring may be a problem.
Any suggestions?
Wayne
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Hi sbo2002,
You brought up some good points and I am thinking about deploying SBS in a physical box instead of virtual. Just a quick question, when doing a complete barebone restore did the backup utility also saved the installed applications?
Thanks,
Wayne
You brought up some good points and I am thinking about deploying SBS in a physical box instead of virtual. Just a quick question, when doing a complete barebone restore did the backup utility also saved the installed applications?
Thanks,
Wayne
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Also, can you kindly advise what make/model of server are you using because the DELL servers apparent have issues with SBS backup. Just my luck :(
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/servers/f/1466/p/19259368/19433236.aspx
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/servers/f/1466/p/19259368/19433236.aspx
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Thanks for your advice and points noted.
In the worst-case scenario like the one I had (bare-metal recovery), all you do is boot from the SBS DVD and select which backup you want to restore.
In the more normal "restore something that somebody deleted accidentally" scenario, you just select the backup you want to restore from and select which data to restore.
The SBS backup utility is incorporated into the SBS management console. Reporting of the backup success or failure is already included in the server health report that SBS generates. You don't have to worry about any agents of any kind. Everything you need to backup the OS, all applications (Exchange, SharePoint, etc.), and any user-generated data is covered by the built-in SBS backup utility. Don't waste money on backup software. The SBS backup utility really is top tier. I've worked with enterprise backup software that didn't get the job done as well as the SBS backup utility does.
All you need for the SBS backup utility is a supported external hard drive. I'd suggest buying two and rotating them so one is always off-site.