General (Exchange Server)
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). 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. The temporary mailbox is used during restore operations of mailboxes that were deleted, re-created, or moved since the time of the backup. 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.
This field is available only for Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 or later versions.
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.
- 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.