ENSURE THAT CIRCULAR LOGGING IS NOT ENABLED

ENSURE THAT NO NTBACKUP IS RUN ONCE [DATALOCK SOFTWARE] IS INSTALLED

DATA FROM THE EXCHANGE DATABASE WILL BE BACKED UP TO A TEMPORARY DIRECTORY BEFORE BEING SENT TO THE [DATALOCK SERVER].  PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SUFFICIENT SPACE ON YOUR SERVER TO STORE THIS DATA WHEN YOU RUN THE BACKUP JOB.

TIP: HAVING THE TEMPORARY DIRECTORY ON DIFFERENT HDD'S THAN THE DATABASE INCREASES I./O AVAILABILITY AND WILL SPEED THE BACKUP PROCESS UP SIGNIFICANTLY

TIP: MAKE SURE THE WINDOWS SERVICE "Online Backup Scheduler" HAS BEEN GIVEN SPECIFIC ADMINISTRATIVE LOG IN CREDENTIALS (more on this later in the article)

Please follow the instructions below to backup your Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 / 2003 / 2007 using
DataLock Online Backup:

i. Open [DataLock Software]
Right click DataLock Online Backup icon available in the system tray and choose [Open]

ii. Create a backup set
a. To start setting up backup sets, click the settings button to open the [Backup Setting] dialog.
b. On the left panel, press the plus symbol button to create a new backup set.
c. On the dialog, choose [MS Exchange Server Backup] as the [Type].

d. Enter a name for your backup set.

e. Select the database(s) to be backed up.

If this Exchange Server is also a domain controller of this Active Directory, select the [System State] checkbox as well. Otherwise, please install DataLock Online Backup to the domain controller of this Active Directory and select the [System State] checkbox on that computer.  If you do select System State backup here, DO NOT create another system state Backup Set.

g. Set the backup schedule for Database Backup.
h. Set the backup schedule for Transaction Log Backup.

(Note: Consider backing up your database once per night, and set the Transactional Logs to backup every 1 hour.)

(Note: If performing a DataDump to External HDD, please untick the "Run scheduler on this computer" box.  Leave unticked until you hear from DataLock with specific instrcutions to enable the scheduler.  Failure to untick this box will result in the Exchange database being upload via your clients internet connection.

i. Set the encryption algorithm, encryption mode and encrypting key for this backup set.

(Hint: For maximum security, please select AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) Algorithm,
CBC (Cipher Block Chaining) mode and use an encrypting key with more than 8 characters.)

iii. Run Backup

a. Press the [Backup] button on the main page of DataLock Online Backup dialog.

b. Select the backup type (e.g. Database, Log Files) you would like to perform. Select thebackup set you want to run and select [Offsite Backup Server] to start backing up your files to the DataLock Backup Server. If applicable, you can change the In-File Delta Type also.

c. Click [OK] to start backing up your files to the DataLock Backup Server.

Backup Complete.

IMPORTANT:

Please change the log on credentials of the service "Online Backup Scheduler" to an Administrative User.  This will ensure the backup can run, even when the computer is locked.