Question : Exchange 2003 Backup

Experts,

i have a clients who is using exchange 2003 on a Windows 2003 server OS. The Hardware is about to die but the client revuses to buy a new server. We are talking about 50 mailboxes.

My question is now how do I backup Exchange in order to restore it to a new server later on? Please let me know if you need additonal informations.

Answer : Exchange 2003 Backup

I think the best solution is one presented here by either of the two experts. I would say...

• Dismount the datastore 
• Copy the edb and STM 
• Run your nt backup utility that comes with Windows server. 
• and mount the datastores again.   

Please keep in mind that this is just an approach that should be done if you know what you are doing.  Here are some places on how to get more information...

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996179(EXCHG.65).aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997165(EXCHG.65).aspx

Good luck.