As these days’ data loss and corruption issues are very common and occurs frequently, it is very important to perform regular backup of critical applications like Exchange Server and to have a disaster recovery plan. All the stores of Exchange Server group share transaction logs which are flushed when the successful backup of the message stores completes. It is all because of that Exchange Server storage groups needs to be backed up together.

How to perform online Exchange Server backups?

It is not always required that you take Exchange Server stores offline and shutdown Exchange services to back up Exchange Server. There are several backup tools or software available using which you can perform online backups without taking stores offline or impacting users.

Exchange Server Brick Level Backups

Brick-level backups use a MAPI connection to the Exchange Server store just you use in Microsoft Outlook client, to backup individual mailboxes. But the issue with this brick-level backup is they take much longer time to backup all the contents.

Store sizing and Disaster Recover of Exchange Server

When you have the larger stores of Exchange Server, the backup and recovery time is bit longer. The store should be sized properly to meet the expectations set by service-level agreements (SLAs) so that it can sustain the transfer rates. If this situation you can take the advantage of multiple storage groups and messages to store and spread the mailboxes in a manner so that it results smaller stores and faster recovery. But in case nothing works then you can go for third party Exchange Server Recovery software to recover all your Exchange Server data in a safe and secure place.