I am not sure what version of Exchange you are talking about here. We are 
running Exchange 2000, and we do not use the Netbackup Exchange agent and we 
do not shutdown Exchange to back it up. When Exchange was installed it added 
in the NTbackup section an option for backing up Exchange which we do to 
disk then send if off to tape via a regular file system backup in NetBackup. 
Yes the system takes some of a preformance hit during the backup but it 
would if it were running the NetBackup exchange agent as well.

We do not do brick level backups but the Exchange kit has a utility for 
doing that should you want to back up some mail boxes, again no NetBackup 
agent.

Our Exchange admins have done restores of a full server and of idividual 
mailboxes with 100% success.



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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: JV [mailto:jv711 AT yahoo DOT com]
>Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 10:05 PM
>To: jKoonz AT USCO DOT com; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>Subject: [Veritas-bu] Mixing netbackups - 2 situations
>
>
> >We want to convert this server to one of our NetbackupBusinessServer
>
> >Do I have to get the "Netbackup for MS Exchange Server 4.5" agent
> >(additional cost) or can I just use the standard Netback for this
> >server since I'm already backing up the mailboxes locally.
>
>If you want to backup the Information Store (db) while the Exchange app is 
>running you need the Exchange/SQL agent. If you can shut the db down during 
>the duration of the backup you can get away with not buying the extra 
>feature.
>
>You should think about/bring up to management
>the frequency at which you backup the mailboxes / transaction logs / Info 
>Store and your ability to recover them to a specific point in time. 
>Executives who consider their Exchange calendar and it's syncronization to 
>their Blackberry/Palm "mission critical" to the organization found it easy 
>to spring for the Exchange license when the alternative was 2-4 hours of 
>downtime per backup, and week-slice granularity for recovery. Your 
>companies' mileage & pocketbook may vary.
>
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