General (Exchange)
Use the General (Exchange) property page to specify general preferences for the Exchange Server workload. This property page applies only if your workload is configured to back up data to IBM Storage Protect™.
- Temporary log restore path
- Specify the default temporary path to use when you restore logs
and patch files. For best performance, specify a path that is on a
different physical device than the current active logger. If you do
not enter a path, the default is the value of the
TEMPenvironment variable. When you run a full restore, copy restore, or database copy restore, all log files that are in the specified path are erased. - Back up DAG databases to common node
- Specify the node name that you want to use to back up databases from a Database
Availability Group (DAG) on Exchange Server. With this setting, all active and passive copies of the
databases are backed up to the same file space on the IBM Storage
Protect server. The database copies are managed as a
single entity, regardless of which Database Availability Group member they were backed up
from.
When you use this setting, IBM Storage Protect applies the same policy across all DAG members, regardless of which DAG member ran the backup.
- Temporary database restore path
- Specify the directory where the database files that are being
restored are temporarily located. Ensure that the directory provides
enough space to store the entire mailbox database file. If you do
not specify a directory, the database files are restored into a directory
that is specified by the
TEMPenvironment variable. This option is only available for mailbox restore operations. - Alias of temporary mailbox
- Specifies the alias of a mailbox to use as a temporary storage location during mailbox restore operations. By default, the mailbox restore operation uses the administrator user's mailbox as a temporary storage location.
- Exchange client access server
- Specify the name of the Client Access Server (CAS) that you want to use.
By default, IBM Storage Protect Snapshot uses the local server as the CAS if the local server has the CAS role installed. The CAS that is defined by the logon user mailbox database is used if the local server does not have the CAS role installed.
You can find the name of the current CAS, which is defined by the current logon user mailbox database, by running this Exchange Management Shell command:Get-MailboxDatabase -Identity <logon user mailbox database> | select RpcClientAccessServerTo use a different CAS, you can define the CAS to be used here.
- Restore mail messages as unread
- Select this check box to specify that restored mail messages are marked as unread.
- Backup mailbox history
- Select this check box if you are using mailbox restore operations
and you want the mailbox history to be backed up.Tip: If you do not intend to run mailbox restore operations, clear this check box. This action can improve backup performance.