Best Practices

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The following are best practices from this chapter:

  • A successful backup and restoral plan includes backing up not only the Exchange server, but also any support servers, such as Global Catalog server, Certificate of Authority server, or front-end Web servers.

  • Identify the different services and technologies, points of failure, and critical areas; prioritize in order of importance; and ensure all points of operation are backed up.

  • Server configuration documentation is essential for any environment, regardless of size , number of servers, or disaster recovery budget. When restoring just the Exchange databases, other configuration information on Exchange, such as the server name, must be identical to the name of the backed up server; otherwise , the data will not successfully restore.

  • Update documentation of an Exchange environment any time changes occur to ensure that core server and Exchange information is available should a component level restoral be needed.

  • When backing up system volumes , the system state should be backed up at the same time to simplify recovery if a server needs to be rebuilt from scratch.

  • Perform an ASR backup after a server is built, updated, configured, and secured. Also, perform an ASR backup when hardware configurations change.

  • Perform an ASR backup on domain controllers on a regular basis to ensure that if an Active Directory authoritative restore is necessary, you can get the domain up and running again.

  • Consider using the remote storage management functions built in to Windows Server 2003 to better manage historical backup information and backup media.

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Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Unleashed
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Unleashed (2nd Edition)
ISBN: 0672328070
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 393
Authors: Rand Morimoto

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