I am willing to implement Exchange on NetApp. I have two exchange servers with each holding about 20GB of data. I have seen the document on NOW. It is imperative to have close to 24*7 service from the Exchange servers.
My questions are related to backups of the Exchange on NetApp:
1. How can I create a "Exchange consistent" snapshots to provide for the backup of Exchange (snapshot) with of the shelf software like Legato Networker (no Exchange API - just files).
2. As circular logging should be disabled - Is there any API/procedure that will clean up the transaction logs as it is done by "Exchange aware" backup clients but without actually doing the backup to a physical device.
3. In case of a need for partial data recovery - is there a Filer local copy, the convert a part of a snapshot from RO to RW mode besides a through the host copy can can always be done but consumes a lot of bandwidth, time and resources.
Would appreciate any thoughts/suggestions/enlightnings/pointers to the above subjects.
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Itzik Meirson
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Xpert Integrated Systems
Systems & Storage Integration Specialist