Acronis Recovery for Microsoft Exchange - User Guide - Manual (Page 6)

Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCING ACRONIS® RECOVERY FOR MS EXCHANGE ................. 10
1.1 W HAT IS A CRONIS R ECOVERY FOR MS E XCHANGE ? ................................................................ 10
1.2 W HY A CRONIS R ECOVERY FOR MS E XCHANGE ?...................................................................... 12
1.3 T WO A CRONIS R ECOVERY FOR MS E XCHANGE E DITIONS ........................................................ 12
1.4 A DVANTAGES ........................................................................................................................... 12
1.5 K EY F EATURES ......................................................................................................................... 13
1.6 S UPPORTED M ICROSOFT E XCHANGE VERSIONS ........................................................................ 14
1.7 S UPPORTED P LATFORMS ........................................................................................................... 14
1.8 S UPPORTED O PERATING S YSTEMS FOR A CRONIS R ECOVERY FOR MS E XCHANGE A GENT ....... 15
1.9 S UPPORTED O PERATING S YSTEMS FOR A CRONIS R ECOVERY FOR MS E XCHANGE M ANAGEMENT
C ONSOLE ................................................................................................................................................ 15
1.10 L ICENSE P OLICY ....................................................................................................................... 15
1.11 T ECHNICAL S UPPORT ................................................................................................................ 16
CHAPTER 2. UNDERSTANDING ACRONIS RECOVERY FOR MS EXCHANGE .............. 17
2.1 C OMPONENTS ............................................................................................................................ 17
2.1.1 Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange Management Console ................................................. 17
2.1.2 Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange Agent .......................................................................... 17
2.2 C OMPONENTS I NTEGRATION ........................................................................................................... 17
2.3 I NTEGRATION WITH A CRONIS T RUE I MAGE E CHO E NTERPRISE S ERVER ................................... 18
2.3.1 Starting Tasks from the Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server Management Console
18
2.3.2 Bare Metal Restore .............................................................................................................. 18
2.3.3 Files Exclusion........................................................................................................................ 19
CHAPTER 3. INSTALLATION OF ACRONIS RECOVERY FOR MS EXCHANGE ............ 20
3.1 M INIMUM S YSTEM R EQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................ 20
3.2 S ECURITY P OLICY ........................................................................................................................... 20
3.2.1 Credentials .............................................................................................................................. 20
3.2.2 Firewall Settings ..................................................................................................................... 21
3.3 G ENERAL R ULES OF I NSTALLATION ................................................................................................ 21
3.3.1 Installing Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange Components.................................................. 21
3.3.2 Installing Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange Agent Remotely .......................................... 22
3.3.3 Extracting Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange Components .............................................. 23
3.3.4 Removing Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange Components ............................................... 23
CHAPTER 4. GETTING STARTED WITH ACRONIS RECOVERY FOR MS EXCHANGE24
4.1 R UNNING A CRONIS R ECOVERY FOR MS E XCHANGE M ANAGEMENT C ONSOLE ........................ 24
4.2 A CRONIS R ECOVERY FOR MS E XCHANGE W ORKSPACE ........................................................... 25
4.2.1 Main Area ................................................................................................................................ 25
4.2.2 Computers Pane................................................................................................................... 26
4.2.3 Program Menu ......................................................................................................................... 26
4.2.4 Help Menu................................................................................................................................ 27
4.2.5 Status Bar................................................................................................................................. 27
4.3 N AVIGATION ............................................................................................................................. 27
4.4 M ANAGEMENT .......................................................................................................................... 27
4.5 D ISCOVERING S ERVERS ............................................................................................................ 28
4.6 A DDING S ERVERS ..................................................................................................................... 28
4.7 C ONNECTING TO A R EMOTE M ICROSOFT E XCHANGE S ERVER .................................................. 28
4.8 R EMOTE I NSTALLATION OF A CRONIS R ECOVERY FOR MS E XCHANGE A GENT ......................... 29
CHAPTER 5. CREATING BACKUP ARCHIVES........................................................................ 30
5.1 G ENERAL I NFORMATION .................................................................................................................. 30
5.1.1 What is a backup? .................................................................................................................... 30
5.1.2 Backup Types ........................................................................................................................... 30
5.1.3 Which Backup Strategy to Choose? ......................................................................................... 31
5.1.4 Server Roles ............................................................................................................................. 32