sat444
asked on
How to do a backup of Exchange server 2003
Hello Experts,
I have a client who just migrated his exchange server to Google Apps. He now wants to reload the server but I don't feel comfortable doing this without a good backup of the exchange server.
The version of exchange that is running is 6.5 which ( based on some articles I have read) is Exchange Server 2003.
Not being an exchange guy, I would like to know the best way to backup this device keeping in mind at this point I do not have any kind of Exchange friendly backup software.
Thanks
I have a client who just migrated his exchange server to Google Apps. He now wants to reload the server but I don't feel comfortable doing this without a good backup of the exchange server.
The version of exchange that is running is 6.5 which ( based on some articles I have read) is Exchange Server 2003.
Not being an exchange guy, I would like to know the best way to backup this device keeping in mind at this point I do not have any kind of Exchange friendly backup software.
Thanks
ASKER
I went to this directory and I do see a very large ( 23 gig) priv1.edb file and other *.edb files along with several *.stm files and log files. Correct me if I am wrong, but I belive the larger 23 gig priv1.edb file would be the main database store. In terms of backup, I am just going to take the entire C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr directory.
There is nothing else that needs to be backed up on this ? For some reason i thought this would be a lot more difficult.
There is nothing else that needs to be backed up on this ? For some reason i thought this would be a lot more difficult.
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Easiest way is to stop exchenge services and do a manual backup of the exchange database files:
net stop "Microsoft Exchange Information Store"
net stop "Microsoft Exchange Routing Engine"
copy C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA folder (verify that it is the batabase folder).
Another easy way is to use NTBACKUP (native in windows 2003).
//zaZagor