PowerProtect Data Manager 19.15 Microsoft Exchange Server User Guide

Support existing Microsoft application agent backups with PowerProtect Data Manager

Learn how to support the existing Microsoft application agent backups.

1. Run the backup discovery tool, AgentBackupDiscovery.exe, to enable management of existing Microsoft application agent backups with PowerProtect Data Manager.

   Using the backup discovery tool for PowerProtect Data Manager management of existing backups provides information.

   NOTE:This step enables the discovery of old backup copies that the Microsoft application agent created during self-service backups with stand-alone deployments.
2. Register and approve the Microsoft application agent in PowerProtect Data Manager.

   Manage the Microsoft Exchange Server application agent provides information.

   After a few minutes of approving the Microsoft Exchange Server host, older backup copies are discovered. Depending on the number of backups, the discovery and subsequent visibility of the backups in PowerProtect Data Manager can take some time. The retention time for the discovered backup is the same as the expiration time when the backup was performed.

3. Discover the Microsoft Exchange Server application host.
   Discover a Microsoft Exchange Server application host provides information.
4. Create a protection policy to protect the Microsoft Exchange Server host. For importing assets, only a subset of databases can be imported. It is not mandatory for all the databases on the host to be imported.

   Protection policies for Microsoft Exchange Server database protection provides information.

   The first backup after importing must be a full backup:

   • The first centralized backup is automatically promoted to a full backup.
   • The first self-service backup is automatically performed as a full backup.

   NOTE:You cannot perform a backup to a secondary DD system device. You can restore only from a secondary DD system device.
5. Perform a self-service backup of the Microsoft Exchange Server databases. Imported assets can be part of either a centralized or self-service protection policy.
   Performing self-service backups of Microsoft Exchange Server databases provides information.