Settings and Functions for Protected Exchange Servers (4038657)

If you are protecting a Microsoft Exchange Server in your Core, there are additional settings you can configure in the Rapid Recovery Core Console, and there are additional functions you can perform.

For the most up-to-date and detailed information regarding Exchange Agents, see Settings and functions for protected Exchange server in the Rapid Recovery User Guide located at Rapid Recovery Technical Documentation.

Prerequisites

In order for any Exchange setting or function to be present, an Exchange database must be present on a protected volume. If Rapid Recovery does not detect the presence of a database, settings and functions will not be present on the Summary tab, Recovery Point, or Agent Settings.

Settings for protected Exchange servers

• A single setting, Enable automatic mountability check, is available in the Core Console related to Exchange Server. If enabled, Exchange server mountability checks are conducted automatically. This setting is available when the status for the protected machine is green (active) or yellow (paused).
• You can also perform a mountability check on demand, from the Recovery Points pane on a protected Exchange server machine.
• Go to the Agent’s Settings menu and set Enable automatic mountability check to Yes.

Functions for protected Exchange servers

Following are functions you can perform for an Exchange server protected by the Core.

• Specify Exchange server credentials:
  • Rapid Recovery Core lets you set credentials so the Core can authenticate to the Exchange server to obtain information.
  • To set credentials, select the Agent on the left navigation are of the Core Console.
  • On the Summary page click the down arrow to the right of the Exchange menu, and select Set Credentials.
• Truncate Exchange logs:
  • When you force log truncation of Exchange server logs, the core backs up the Exchange Agent. Upon a successful back up of the log and database volumes, the core sends a command to the Exchange VSS writers to truncate logs for databases on those volumes.
  • To force log truncation, select the Agent on the left navigation are of the Core Console
  • On the Summary page click the down arrow to the right of the Exchange menu, and select Force Log Truncation.
  • This process can be set to perform automatically as part of nightly jobs.
• Force a mountability check of an Exchange database:
  • This function checks that Exchange databases are mountable.
  • To force a mountability check, select the Agent on the left navigation are of the Core Console, and then click the Recovery Points menu.
  • Choose a recovery point, on the far right of the recovery point click on the drop down, and select Force Mountability Check.
  • You can also set mountability checks to occur automatically in Agent Settings.
• Force a checksum check of Exchange Server recovery points:
  • This function checks the integrity of recovery points containing Exchange database files.
  • To force a checksum check, select the Agent on the left navigation are of the Core Console, and then click the Recovery Points menu.
  • Choose a recovery point, on the far right of the recovery point click on the drop down, and select Force Checksum Check.
  • This process can be set to perform automatically as part of nightly jobs.