Backing up an Exchange 2007 VM (VMware)

12 Jan 2009 10:06 PM

Greg

What strategies is everyone using to backup their Exch2007 VMs so that the
transaction logs flush correctly?

I'm running BackupExec 12.5 on my Virtual Center server that is not part of
the domain nor on the same subnet as the Exchange server will be.

Symantec's suggestion was to use the VSS Provider, but that looks sketchy to
me.

Wondering what you guys are doing.

Cheers

Greg

12 Jan 2009 10:12 PM

Martin Blackstone [MVP]

I would treat it the same way as a physical server and run the backups on
that server.
Rather than from inside of VC, I would run BE on the Exchange server.

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"Greg" <G***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> What strategies is everyone using to backup their Exch2007 VMs so that the
> transaction logs flush correctly?
>
> I'm running BackupExec 12.5 on my Virtual Center server that is not part
> of
> the domain nor on the same subnet as the Exchange server will be.
>
> Symantec's suggestion was to use the VSS Provider, but that looks sketchy
> to
> me.
>
> Wondering what you guys are doing.
>
> Cheers
>
> Greg

12 Jan 2009 10:22 PM

Greg

So backup the IS to disk and if I require tape use VCB or BackupExec to grab
the VMDK?

How messy would a restore be?

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"Martin Blackstone [MVP]" wrote:

> I would treat it the same way as a physical server and run the backups on
> that server.
> Rather than from inside of VC, I would run BE on the Exchange server.
>
>
>
> "Greg" <G***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3F209EC4-D406-4296-95BB-34CE8A3FE75A@microsoft.com...
> > What strategies is everyone using to backup their Exch2007 VMs so that the
> > transaction logs flush correctly?
> >
> > I'm running BackupExec 12.5 on my Virtual Center server that is not part
> > of
> > the domain nor on the same subnet as the Exchange server will be.
> >
> > Symantec's suggestion was to use the VSS Provider, but that looks sketchy
> > to
> > me.
> >
> > Wondering what you guys are doing.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Greg
>
>
>

12 Jan 2009 10:30 PM

Martin Blackstone [MVP]

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"Greg" <G***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D7A3EC65-B9C6-4D19-9488-ED635D2D2D86@microsoft.com...
> So backup the IS to disk and if I require tape use VCB or BackupExec to
> grab
> the VMDK?
>
> How messy would a restore be?
>
> "Martin Blackstone [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> I would treat it the same way as a physical server and run the backups on
>> that server.
>> Rather than from inside of VC, I would run BE on the Exchange server.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Greg" <G***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3F209EC4-D406-4296-95BB-34CE8A3FE75A@microsoft.com...
>> > What strategies is everyone using to backup their Exch2007 VMs so that
>> > the
>> > transaction logs flush correctly?
>> >
>> > I'm running BackupExec 12.5 on my Virtual Center server that is not
>> > part
>> > of
>> > the domain nor on the same subnet as the Exchange server will be.
>> >
>> > Symantec's suggestion was to use the VSS Provider, but that looks
>> > sketchy
>> > to
>> > me.
>> >
>> > Wondering what you guys are doing.
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> >
>> > Greg
>>
>>
>>

I don't suppose you have a SAN or something?
I would probably backup to disk.

13 Jan 2009 3:51 PM

Greg

Good Morning Martin

Yes, we have a SAN.

Sounds like I'm on the right track, I just wanted to see what others were
doing.

Cheers

Greg

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"Martin Blackstone [MVP]" wrote:

> "Greg" <G***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D7A3EC65-B9C6-4D19-9488-ED635D2D2D86@microsoft.com...
> > So backup the IS to disk and if I require tape use VCB or BackupExec to
> > grab
> > the VMDK?
> >
> > How messy would a restore be?
> >
> > "Martin Blackstone [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> I would treat it the same way as a physical server and run the backups on
> >> that server.
> >> Rather than from inside of VC, I would run BE on the Exchange server.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Greg" <G***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:3F209EC4-D406-4296-95BB-34CE8A3FE75A@microsoft.com...
> >> > What strategies is everyone using to backup their Exch2007 VMs so that
> >> > the
> >> > transaction logs flush correctly?
> >> >
> >> > I'm running BackupExec 12.5 on my Virtual Center server that is not
> >> > part
> >> > of
> >> > the domain nor on the same subnet as the Exchange server will be.
> >> >
> >> > Symantec's suggestion was to use the VSS Provider, but that looks
> >> > sketchy
> >> > to
> >> > me.
> >> >
> >> > Wondering what you guys are doing.
> >> >
> >> > Cheers
> >> >
> >> > Greg
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
> I don't suppose you have a SAN or something?
> I would probably backup to disk.
>
>