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Product Recommendations

Arcserve Backup offers agents and options that let you protect all of the servers in your Exchange Organization. These servers include your Exchange Servers and domain controllers.

Note: It is important to protect your domain controllers since they include the Active Directory containers, which hold user, mailbox, and public folder information.

To maximize your Exchange Server protection, use all of the following solutions on each of your Exchange Servers:

• Arcserve Backup Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server--Includes Database Level and Document Level backup and restore. Database Level backup and restore protects the Exchange Server database and logs. Document Level backup and restore, which is only available with this agent, eases and expedites many administrative tasks and maximizes flexibility by offering the most granular level of restore.
• Arcserve Backup Client Agent for Windows--Protects files and system state, including Active Directory. It is important to protect the Active Directory because it stores mailbox and user information.

  Note: In addition to using the Arcserve Backup Client Agent for Windows on all of your Exchange Servers, also use it to protect all of your domain controllers.

• Arcserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option--In the event of a disaster, the Arcserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option recovers the machine to the last full backup state. Install the Arcserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option on all servers you will use to back up your Exchange Servers and domain controllers.

You do not need to install the following application to effectively protect Exchange Server data:

• Arcserve Backup Agent for Open Files--Arcserve Backup Agent for Open Files is beneficial when you want to protect files that are open or in use by active applications. Because the Arcserve Backup Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server is an application-specific agent, dedicated to protecting Microsoft Exchange, it offers a complete and robust solution that encompasses all the features offered by Arcserve Backup Agent for Open Files.