Exchange 2007 Backup

Exchange 2007 backup is indispensable in organizations where Exchange Server 2007 is applied. Since Exchange 2007 is used actively, and is subject to constant data changes, backup should be performed on a regular basis, with the periodicity depending on the backup strategy selected by the organization.
It goes without saying, all Exchange administrators want this routine to be automated, schedulable, say nothing of high speed and security.

How to back up Exchange 2007 with Windows Server Backup

Though Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (platform for Exchange Server 2007) is provided with its own backup tool called Windows Server Backup, the latter cannot be used for MS Exchange 2007 backup. But it can be used for backup of Exchange 2007 SP2 due to the special plug-in that enables Windows Server Backup to make Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)-based backups of Exchange data.

There are some restrictions in backup with Windows Server:

• To backup Exchange data, you have to back up the entire volume that contains the data. Thus, too much disk space will be taken.
• You can perform the backup only locally on the server being backed up. The plug-in does not allow remote VSS backups. However, you can use Remote Desktop or Terminal Services for remote backup management.

How to back up Exchange 2007 with Handy Backup Software

The above mentioned restrictions are no more relevant with Handy Backup. The utility can be effectively used as Exchange 2007 backup software. It combines in itself a bulk of Exchange 2007 backup best practices, including hot Exchange 2007 backup. With the help of Handy Backup and its Exchange-specific plug-in, one can easy create a task to provide full backup for Exchange 2007.

Exchange administrators will be surely pleased with the fact that Handy Backup automatically finds all Exchange data. You are free to select databases to backup.

Handy Backup will take VSS snapshot of the entire volume before the backup, but only files of Exchange databases will be copied. As a result, the backup will take much less space than it usually takes with the Microsoft scenario that provides only for the backup of entire volume.

Encryption and security options. To protect your Exchange Server backups from unauthorized access, you can enable backup encryption and define secure backup destinations, e.g. backup to SFTP server.

Handy Backup Network Server solution allows remote VSS backup of Exchange Server 2007.

Handy Backup is the right answer to those who need a reliable, fast, online Exchange 2007 backup. In addition to Exchange Servers, Handy Backup can also back up other enterprise data managed by Windows Servers, such as Oracle databases, MS SQL Server backup, and other. See all backup features...

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