Re: Backup Questions

* Sanjay Mehta <SanjayMehta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
1) We are currently doing a backup of the system state on the exchange
server. Do I need to also do the system state backup on my DC ? Sorry ...
just thought its still better to clarify.

The System State Backup on the Exchange Server does not backup
active directory (except of course if the Exchange Server is also
a DC, but that is not recommended anyway).

2) Backup of Certificate Authority (CA)
I am doing a backup of the system state on the exchange server - is that
sufficient?

Yes, if the CA is located on the Exchange Server ;)

3) Also we have 2 DC'c and 1 Exchange server - do I need to include the
Windows boot partition and system partition on both of my DC's?

You should. It makes recovery a lot easier.

At the moment the following is backed up:
(i) System State from the exchange server

What about program files? And more importantly, the information
storage?

(ii) just the data from one of my DC's (which also acts as a file server)

You will also need a system state backup to recover active
directory of both DCs fail.

I would suggest you to get a 3rd Party Backup solution, and
centralise backup to a single server with an attached LTO3 Drive
(or Library, depending on your data set size). Backup everything
from all machines. Much easier to not make mistakes this way.

I can recommend Symantec BackupExec, but there are other viable
alternatives.

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