Acronis Recovery for Microsoft Exchange - User Guide - Manual (Page 35)

Backup and restore operations on a tape drive proceed in the same way as with other
devices with the following exceptions.
1. You do not have to provide filenames for backups.
2. As soon as the tape is full and the Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange
Management Console is connected to the computer, a dialog window with a
request to insert a new cartridge will appear.
3. If the tape already contains data, but is not full, new contents will be
appended.
You may experience short pauses that are required to rewind the tape.
You may experience short pauses when the tape rewinds. A low-quality and
old tape, or dirt on the magnetic head, may lead to pauses that can last up to
several minutes.
Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange can back up to remote tape drives when using
Acronis Backup Server (shipped with Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server).
5.2 Backing up Databases
To restore lost data or roll back Microsoft Exchange Server databases to a certain
state, you must first create a backup file. The Backup Information Stores wizard
allows you to schedule the creation of archives and set the required options.
To launch the wizard, click on the backup operation icon in the main workspace.
You can use < Alt >+< N > to go to the next page and < Alt >+< B > to go to the
previous page of any Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange wizard.
5.2.1 Defining a Backup Strategy
In the first step of the Create a Backup wizard you will define the backup strategy.
Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange provides four ways to define the strategy:
• Schedule a backup task with Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange Assistant
• Schedule a backup task manually
• Use continuous data protection technology
• Create a backup now
If you are not sure which backup strategy to choose, use Schedule a backup task
with Acronis Recovery for MS Exchange Assistant (selected by default). See
5.2.6 for details.
If you know which backup type to use for your data, select the Schedule a backup
task manually option. In this case you will have to define backup types and schedule
parameters for backup tasks.
Select Use continuous data protection technology option to enable CDP. In this
case you will have to schedule your full backups. See section 5.1.8 for more details.
To immediately run a backup task once select the Create a Backup Now option. A
full backup will be created.
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