I have a 5230 Appliance running 2603, an exchange config of 2 x CAS servers & 2 x DAG DB servers. Exchange servers are W2K8R2 with NBU 7603. The databases are distributed accross the DAG DB servers with a Public Folder database on each of the DAG members.
I am backing up the mailboxes with an MS-Exchange policy specifying 'Microsoft Exchange Database Availability Groups:\' with NO new stream entry. I have a Limit Jobs Per Policy to 20.
When I run the policy I get a single job per database submitted - which is the intended result.
However - I have a question around Public Folders........
I want to exclude the Public Folder databases from the backup and back them up seperately. In order to exclude these I have added an entry in the EXCLUDED FILES tab of the Client Attributes for each of the public folders to the 2 DAG members as follows:
Microsoft Information Store:\name of public folder database 1
Microsoft Information Store:\name of public folder database 2
Will this exclude the public folders from the entire DAG backup ?
Also, I will be setting up a policy purely to back up the 2 Public Folder databases. I intend to have an MS-Exchange policy with backup selection entries as follows:
NEW STREAM
Microsoft Exchange Database Availability Groups:\public folder database 1
NEW STREAM
Microsoft Exchange Database Availability Groups:\public folder database 2
Is this correct for selecting just the public folders from a DAG config or should I be using the 'Microsoft Exchange Public Folders:\' directive ?
I appreciate any input as I have reviewed many many documents and TECH notes and am still not clear as to the correct way forward.
Thanks,
AJ