Recovery Manager for Exchange 5.8.1 - User Guide

Backups Tab

You can use this tab to add Exchange Server backups to the backup catalog, remove previously cataloged backups from the backup catalog, and view information about the backups that are in the catalog.

This tab includes the following elements:

• Cataloged backups. Displays information about the backups that are in the Recovery Manager for Exchange backup catalog and allows you to selectively remove backups from the backup catalog.

The following table provides descriptions of the list columns:

Table 7: List columns

• Add. Starts the Catalog Wizard that helps you catalog new Exchange Server backups and add them to the Cataloged backups list.
• Remove. Removes selected backups from the Cataloged backups list and from the backup catalog.
• Select All. Selects all backups in the Cataloged backups list.
• Filter by computer. Filters backups in the Cataloged backups list by the computer name letters you type in the text box.

To add backups to the backup catalog

1. On the Backups tab, click Add.
2. Follow the instructions in the Catalog Wizard. For more information about the Catalog Wizard, see Catalog Wizard. Note that backup cataloging can be a lengthy process.

To remove backups from the backup catalog

1. In the Computer column, select the check boxes next to the entries that represent the backups you want to remove from the backup catalog.
2. Click Remove.

The selected backups are removed from both the Cataloged backups list and the Recovery Manager for Exchange backup catalog.

Stores Tab

You can use this tab to select the Exchange Server stores that you want to register as storages. You can also view which of the registered storages are associated with a particular Exchange Server store.

This tab includes the following elements:

• Stores in cataloged backups. Displays information about the Exchange Server stores that are in the cataloged backups and enables you to select the stores to register.

The following table provides descriptions of the list columns:

Table 8: List columns

• Show storage group names. Displays storage group names in the Store column.
• Filter by store. Filters stores in the Stores in cataloged backups list by the store name letters you type in the text box.
• Register New Storages. Starts the Add Storage Wizard that helps you register new storages from cataloged Exchange Server backups. This button is only available when you select at least one backup in the Backup Dates column.

To register storages

1. In the Store column, click the plus sign (+) next to the list entries you want to register as storages.
2. In the Backup Dates column, select the check boxes next to the dates representing the backups from which you want to register storages.
3. Click Register New Storages.

Follow the instructions in the Add Storage Wizard. For more information, see Add Storage Wizard.

Licensing

This section provides information about the Recovery Manager for Exchange licensing: when license allocation occurs, how to manage allocated licenses, view the installed license file details, and install a new license file.

When installing Recovery Manager for Exchange, you must supply a valid license file provided by Quest. The file regulates the following:

• The number of mailboxes you can have in registered source storages.

This number includes all mailboxes in offline Exchange stores, Domino databases, and live on-premises or cloud-based Exchange organizations associated with source storages.

• The number of Personal Folders (.pst) files you can register as source storages.
• Whether or not you can register public folders as source storages.

This section covers:

• License allocation
• Licensing View
• Installing a new license file

License allocation

The Recovery Manager for Exchange license file contains a certain number of licenses for Exchange and Domino mailboxes and Personal Folders (.pst) files. Recovery Manager for Exchange allocates licenses from the installed license file to mailboxes or .pst files when you perform any of these actions:

• Register an offline Exchange Server store or Lotus Domino database as a source storage, and then open that source storage in the Recovery Manager for Exchange user interface.

Recovery Manager for Exchange allocates licenses to all mailboxes the store or database includes. When you register the same store or database again (from another backup, for example), the mailboxes are recounted and their total number is updated with the new number of mailboxes held in the store or database being registered.

A primary mailbox and its associated archive mailbox are regarded as one mailbox.

• Register an online Exchange mailbox as a source storage, and then open that source storage in the Recovery Manager for Exchange user interface.

Recovery Manager for Exchange allocates licenses to all online mailboxes in the on-premises or cloudbased Exchange organization to which the registered mailbox belongs.

A primary Exchange mailbox and its associated archive mailbox are regarded as one mailbox.

• Register a Personal Folders (.pst) file as a source storage, and then open that source storage in the Recovery Manager for Exchange user interface.

When you have expended all licenses in the installed license file (that is, all licenses have been allocated to mailboxes or .pst files), to register new source storages you need to obtain and install a new license file holding a greater number of licenses. Note that you cannot revoke licenses allocated to mailboxes or .pst files.