Avamar 7.1 Exchange 2013 DAG Backup and Recovery

AVAMAR 7.
1 EXCHANGE 2013
DAG BACKUP AND RECOVERY
Avamar 7.1 Exchange 2013 DAG Backup and Recovery
Table of Contents
vLab Environment Overview ......................................................................................................................... 3
vLab Backup Environment Overview ................................................................................................................4
vApp Environment Login Details .......................................................................................................................5
Demo Environment Layout ...............................................................................................................................6
vLab Backup and Recovery Demo Scenarios ................................................................................................. 8

Setting up demo environment ..........................................................................................................................9
Exercise #1 : Login into Avamar GUI and execute pre-defined backup policy...................................................21
Exercise #2 : Perform Exchange Granular Level Restore of individual email messages from full database
backup to the original mailbox .......................................................................................................................30
Exercise #3 : Perform Exchange Granular Level Restore of individual email messages from full database
backup to a diffrent mailbox...........................................................................................................................55
Exercise #4 : Perform Exchange Database restore to RDB...............................................................................75
Troubleshooting ......................................................................................................................................... 83
Granular Recovery Not Working ......................................................................................................................84
Mailbox Databases not mounted....................................................................................................................88
Summary and Conclusions ......................................................................................................................... 89

Summary .......................................................................................................................................................90
vLab Environment Overview
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vLab Backup Environment Overview

This vLab contains single node Avamar server (Avamar Virtual Edition) as well as virtual Data Domain
appliance. These appliances will be used to perform backup and restore tasks using Avamar Software
functionality.
Certain configuration tasks may be required during the course of this exercise in order to access the
resources involved.
The environment consists of 4 Exchange 2013 Servers. EX2013-1, EX2013-2 and EX2013-3 are DAG
members. The EX2013-W is a witness server that is used as a cluster resource for the DAG. They each have
databases that are actively mounted on each server respectively, plus passive copies that are hosted on the
other members. In this vLab you will backup all passive databases using the Avamar Exchange Federation
feature, then restore them using the Avamar Management Console. You will also restore granular items all
the way into the mailboxes to show how efficient the GLR feature can make it for a Backup Administrator.
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vApp Environment Login Details

Here is the list of systems and credentials associated with this vLab:
Login Credentials
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Demo Environment Layout

This demo environment consists of three MS Exchange 2013 servers in DAG configuration.
Server names are EX2013-1, EX2013-2, EX2013-3.
Each server has 6 mailbox databases DBEX13-[1-3]DB[1-6], default active-passive database copy allocation
between servers is the following:
DBEX13-1DB[1-6] - active on EX2013-1, passive copies on EX2013-2 and EX2013-3
DBEX13-2DB[1-6] - active on EX2013-2, passive copies on EX2013-1 and EX2013-3
DBEX13-3DB[1-6] - active on EX2013-3, no passive copies on other servers
This layout allows to use EX2013-3 as a standalone server with no replica DB copies and at the same time all
three servers EX2013-[1-3] can be used to demonstrate federated backup scenarios
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Avamar Exchange 2013 DAG Environment Topology
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vLab Backup and Recovery Demo

Scenarios
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Setting up demo environment

During the course of these demo exercises we will be using Avamar Administrator application, Outlook Web
App and RDP session to Exchange server.
Steps below describe how to properly setup and navigate these management tools.
Avamar Administrator
Connect to Avamar Enterprise Manager
1. Start Chrome web browser
2. In the address bar type http://ave-03.brsvlab.local/em
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Accept security warning

1. Click Advanced.
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Accept security warning

1. Click Proceed to ave-03.brsvlab.local. Avamar web service is using self signed certificate and this is why this
warning appears.
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Avamar Enterprise Manager login page

1. Click Login
Launch Avamar Administrator

1. Select Administrator
2. Type "/" in Domain Name
3. Click Launch
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Log on into Avamar Administrator

1. Provide password "MCUser1"
2. Click Log On
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Explore Avamar Administrator dashboard

In these lab exercises we will be working with several management windows
1. Policy
2. Backup and Restore
3. Activity
Familiarize yourself with interface layouts by clicking on the tabs
Outlook Web App

Sign-in to Outlook Web App - accept security warning
1. Open the Chrome browser.
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2. go to https://ex2013-1.brsvlab.local/owa/
3. click Advanced.
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Sign-in to Outlook Web App - Proceed to Outlook

1. click on proceed to ex2013-1.brsvlab.local
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Sign-in to Outlook Web App

1. sign in with username "brsvlab\Ex13User22"
2. password "P@ssword1!"
3. click sign in
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Note content of user mailbox and folders structure
RDP session to Exchange server
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Establish RDP session to Exchange Server

1. Click on mRemoteNG shortcut
2. In the Connections tab select ex2013-1 and double click
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Check status of Exchange databases

1. Start Exchange Management Shell
2. Execute command "Get-MailboxDatabase -Status | ft mounted, mountedonserver,name"
3. Note Mounted state of databases
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Exercise #1 : Login into Avamar GUI and execute pre-defined backup

policy
Go to policy administration window
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Select and review pre-configured backup group

1. Select clients domain
2. Select Exchange DAG Backup Group
3. Click Edit
Group name
1. Click on Group Properties Tab
Assigned Dataset
1. Click on Dataset Tab
2. Click on down arrow
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3. Please note custom Dataset created and assigned to the group
Group Members
1. Click on Members Tab
2. Please note that Group has only one cluster client assigned, but this client is performing backups for all
databases in Exchange DAG across multiple Exchange Mailbox Servers
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Close Edit Group window

1. Click on Cancel button to close Edit Group window
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Execute backup for pre-configured backup group

1. Make sure that Exchange DAG Federated Backup Group is still selected
2. Click on Run button to execute on-demand backup job
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Observe backup job initiated

1. Click on Close button
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Switch to Activity window

1. Jump to Activity Monitor window by selecting shortcut button at the bottom left
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Observe backup progress in the Activity Monitor

Please note backup initiated for cluster client and backup target being DataDomain device
Wait for backup to complete

Please note "Completed" status, "Elapsed" backup time and size of FULL backup of all Exchange databases in DAG
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[ OPTIONAL ] Review backup session log

1. Select completed job and "Right Click"
2. Select View Session Log to view detailed backup session information if needed
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Exercise #2 : Perform Exchange Granular Level Restore of individual

email messages from full database backup to the original mailbox
This exercise will demonstrate how to recover selected email messages back to the original user mailbox
from full database backup executed in Exercise #1.
We will be recovering email items for the user Ex13User22@brsvlab.local back to original user mailbox.
Login into Outlook Web App and remove selected email message
Connect to Outlook Web App using Chrome browser
1. https://ex2013-1/owa/
2. Sign in using "brsvlab\Ex13User22" as username and "P@ssword1!" as password
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Verify existence of two email messages in the user inbox and then delete them
1. Select Inbox in the folder view
2. Select two email messages
3. Delete selected messages by Right Click context menu or use DELETE button in the right pane
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Observe empty user Inbox and note folder structure
Locate mailbox database that is hosting user's mailbox

This step can be skipped if database name is already known or provided by messaging administrator.
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Using mRemoteNG shortcut on your desktop establish RDP connection to ex2013-1
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Login into Exchange Admin Center

1. Click on IE shortcut
2. Select Exchange Admin Center tab in the IE
3. Login using "brsvlab\exsvc13" as user and "P@ssword1!" as password
Setting up search window

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Select recipients
Select mailboxes
If DATABASE column is not showing add this column to the view.
Add DATABASE column if necessary
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NOTE: You may see a webapp error pop up. Click OK, it is harmless.
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Open the Search Window

1. Click on the magnifying Icon to open the search window.
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Searching by mail user name

1. Use search field and type "Ex13User22"
2. Click on magnifying glass icon
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Take a note of DATABASE name for the user mailbox
Execute GLR recovery from recent backup NOTE: If you do not accomplish a recovery in this
step, the clean up process will not remove the Mailbox Database recovery database _rdb.
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Return to Avamar Activity Monitor and note end time of most recent backup
Using shortcut at the bottom left jump to Backup, Restore and Manage window
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Verify that most recent backup exists

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Select client domain

Select cluster client
Select Restore Tab
Select backup date
Select backup image that has time of backup executed in the Exercise #1
Take a note of backup number, we will be using this backup image in following exercises
Browse destination to client

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Select backup image

In the bottom pane select GLR icon
Select Restore to different location
Click Browse
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5. In the browse window select ex2013-3 host. Only one host is visible because only this host has GLR plug-in
installed
6. Click OK
7. Click OK
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Provide credentials for the restore operation

1. If prompted
prompted, enter Credentials for the restore operation. Username: BRSVLAB\avamarbackupuser Password:
P@ssword1!
2. Click OK.
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Wait for browse process to complete and select database with user mailbox
1. Select DBEX13-1DB1 database by clicking "+" next to it. NOTE: This is the database you confirmed that the
user mailbox existed on.
2. Click OK
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Wait for the database to be mounted to RDB via AvFS

This mount operation may take some time to complete, wait time between 1 and 2 minutes is expected behavior.
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Observe content of database being displayed including user mailbox

1. Observe content of database being displayed
2. Click "+" sign next to the Ex13User22 mailbox
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Wait for content of mailbox to be retrieved
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Observe content of user mailbox being displayed

1. Observe content of user mailbox being displayed
2. Click on "+" sign next to Inbox folded to retrieve content of this folder
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Select items to recover

1. Select both email messages in the user inbox
2. Go to Actions
3. Select Restore Now
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Select restore options and execute restore

1. Select More Options button.
2. Enter the credentials for the Exchange Administrator. Username: BRSVLAB\AvamarBackupUser Password:
P@ssword1!
3. Click OK in the More Options window.
4. Click OK in the Options window.
5. Jump to the Activity Monitor using shortcut button on the bottom left
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Wait for restore to complete

1. Observe completed restore job in the Activity Monitor
Login into Outlook Web App and verify that email messages were recovered
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Sign in back to Outlook Web App of you have to. Otherwise, you may need to refresh the view
to see the recovered items folder.
Sign in using "brsvlab\Ex13User22" as username and "P@ssword1!" as password
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Observe recovered email items

1. Click refresh button
2. Note that Inbox is still empty but there is new "Recovered Items" folder created with time stamp of recovery.
This is by design to allow user to quickly locate recovered items.
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Browse recovered email messages and move them back to Inbox

1. Expand Recovered Items folder (you may need to refresh a minute or two later as the database content
refreshes)
2. Select both email messages
3. Select MOVE to Inbox
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Observer email recovered email item back in the user Inbox

1. All email items were recovered and available in user Inbox
2. Recovered Items folder now can be deleted if need be
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Exercise #3 : Perform Exchange Granular Level Restore of individual

email messages from full database backup to a diffrent mailbox
This exercise will demonstrate how to recover selected email messages to a diffrent user mailbox from full
database backup executed in Exercise #1.
We will be recovering email items from user Ex13User22
User22@brsvlab.local mailbox to
Ex13User12
User12@brsvlab.local mailbox.
This is scenario applicable in certain cases when employee already left company or for audit purpose.
Please note that if you did not accomplish a recovery in Exercise #2, the clean up process has not ran and
you will have a mounted mailbox recovery database. Please accomplish the restore and allow time for the
clean up process to complete.
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Login into Outlook Web App and take a note of folders structure and Inbox content
Connect to Outlook Web App using Chrome browser
1. https://ex2013-1.brsvlab.local/owa/
2. Sing in using "brsvlab\Ex13User12" as username and "P@ssword1!" as password
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Take a note of existing folder structure and content of Inbox

1. Select Inbox in the folder view
2. Take a note of existing folder structure and content of Inbox
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Locate source mailbox database that is hosting user's mailbox from where we will be
recovering email messages
This step can be skipped if database name is already known or provided by messaging administrator.
In addition, if student is performing lab exercises in the sequential order it should be already determined that source
mailbox database name for the Ex13User22 is DBX13-1DB1 database.
Please proceed to the next step or refer to the earlier exercise for details.
Execute GLR recovery from selected backup
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Return to Backup, Restore and Manage window and select available backup
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Select client domain

Select cluster client
Select Restore Tab
Select backup date
Select backup image
Browse destination to client

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Select backup image

In the bottom pane select GLR icon
Select Restore to different location and then click Browse button
In the browse window select ex2013-3 host. Only one host is visible because only this host has GLR plug-in
installed
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5. Click OK
6. Click OK
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Wait for browse process to complete and select database with user mailbox
1. Select radio button next to database identified in previous steps, in this exercise we using DBX13-1DB1
database
2. Click on the "+" sign next to selected database name
3. Click OK
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Wait for the database to be mounted to RDB via AvFS

This mount operation may take some time to complete, wait time between 1 and 2 minutes is expected behavior.
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Observe content of database being displayed including user mailbox

1. Observe content of database being displayed
2. Click "+" sign next to the Ex13User22 mailbox
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Wait for content of mailbox to be retrieved
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Observe content of user mailbox being displayed

1. Observe content of user mailbox being displayed
2. Click on "+" next to Inbox folded to retrieve content of this folder
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Select items to recover

1. Select both email messages in the user inbox
2. Go to Actions
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Select More Options
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Specify Target user mailbox address in More options window, in this exercise we using
Ex13User12@brsvlab.local
1. In the Target mailbox address field type full address "Ex13User12@brsvlab.local"
2. Click OK
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Initiate redirected restore by clicking OK in the restore option window
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Close restore request

1. Close restore request window
2. Jump to the activity monitor window using shortcut on bottom left
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Wait for restore to complete

1. Observe completed restore job in the Activity Monitor
Login into Outlook Web App and verify that email messages were recovered
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Sign in back to Outlook Web App of you have to. Otherwise, you may need to refresh the view
to see the recovered items folder.
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Observe recovered folder with email items

Note that content of Inbox is still unchanged but there is new "Recovered Items" folder created with time stamp of
recovery. This is by design to allow user to quickly locate recovered items.
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Observe email items recovered

1. Expand Recovered Items folder
2. Note username and content of this user Inbox
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Exercise #4 : Perform Exchange Database restore to RDB

Locate backup image to restore from using Avamar Backup, Restore and Manage window
In this exercise we will be using backup image created in Exercise #1
Perform restore of selected database to RDB

In this exercise we will be using database DBEX13-2DB2
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Expand Exchange Information Store

1. Select Image Lever Recovery Icon
2. Expand object in the left lower pane using "+" sign
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Select database and initiate restore

1. Select DBEX13-2DB2 database in the bottom right pane
2. Go ot Actions
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Select ex2013-3 server as destination client

1. Click Browse in Restore Options window
2. Select ex2013-3 as destination client. The reason why we select server #3 in the DAG is because this server
has Avamar GLR plug-in already installed and we will use it in the later exercise
3. Click OK
4. Click More Options
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Restore options selection

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3.
4.
5.
Select mount database check box

Select restore to RDB and Overwrite existing check boxes
In the RDB database path type N:\db
In the RDB log path type N:\logs
Click OK
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Initiate restore and close restore request pop up window

1. Click OK to initiate restore and close restore request pop up window
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Go back to Activity Monitor window and wait for the restore of database to complete
Verify RDB creation

1. Go to Exchange Management Shell on any of Exchange Servers in mRemoteNG sessions
2. Execute "Get-MailboxDatabase -Status | ft mounted, mountedonserver,name" command in the shell
3. Observe RDB mounted on ex2013-3 server
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Troubleshooting
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Granular Recovery Not Working

In some cases the Granular Recovery will return no item present in folder
Browse Backup Status returns "No items present in the folder"
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To correct this error do the following

On ex2013-3:
1. From the exchange powershell run get-mailboxdatabase status | ft mounted,mountedonserver,name.
2. Look for the mailbox database ending in _rdb.
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Dismount the recovery database if it is mounted.

1. If mounted = true
2. dismount-database Identity DBEX13-1DB1_rdb
3. Press enter to take default "Y" to dismount the database
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Remove the recovery database

1. Remove-mailboxdatabase Identity DBEX13-2DB1_rdb.
2. Press Enter to accept the default "Y" to remove the recovery mailbox database. Do not remove files.
3. Run another backup of the Exchange environment. Use that backup for restore.
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Mailbox Databases not mounted

In the event Mailbox Databases are not mounted.
Mounting Mailbox Databases

1. Open an Exchange PowerShell prompt.
2. type in the command 'Get-MailBoxDatabase | mount-database.
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Summary and Conclusions
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Summary
Avamar Exchange 2013 DAG Backup and Recovery
Using Avamar for Exchange data protection provides users simple backup and recovery options that address many
layers of backup and recovery requirements.
From entire database recoveries to RDB or directly to the active database, down to restoring a single mail item, Avamar
Delivers administrators the flexibility required to sustain business operations for Exchange.
Please review the Avamar Exchange VSS User Guide for more information and plugin options.
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