On this page, the wizard prompts you to select a method for registering new storages.
Recovery Manager for Exchange can integrate with existing backup software, allowing you to access Exchange Server backups through the same software you use to create and manage backups. To provide interoperability with backup software, Recovery Manager for Exchange offers the following methods for registering storages from backups:
Exchange Server emulation. The computer running Recovery Manager for Exchange appears as an Exchange Server to the backup software. You can restore Exchange Server backups by redirecting the restore to the Recovery Manager for Exchange computer.
Access to backup server. Recovery Manager for Exchange connects to a backup server that is part of the backup infrastructure, issues requests for backups stored on that server, and uses standard protocols to retrieve the backups and restore data from them. Access to backup server is only used to integrate with such backup software products as EMC NetWorker, IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, and Microsoft Data Protection Manager. To integrate with other products, Recovery Manager for Exchange uses the Exchange Server Emulation method.
Table 76: User interface elements
Element | Description |
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Access Exchange backups with thirdparty software |
Allows you to use third-party backup software to extract Exchange Server databases from backups and register these databases as source storages. For more information on supported third-party backup software, see the "Supported Backup Software" section in the Release Notes supplied with this version of Recovery Manager for Exchange. |
Access Exchange backups directly |
Allows you to directly access backups, extract Exchange Server databases from them, and then register these databases as source storages. With this option you can only use the following types of backups:
NOTE: To directly access compressed backups created with Backup Exec, you need to make several Backup Exec .dll files available to Recovery Manager for Exchange. For more information, see Working with Symantec Backup Exec. |