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Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator's Guide

Last Published: 2017-12-05

Product(s): NetBackup & Alta Data Protection (8.0)

About the Exchange credentials in the client host properties

The Exchange credentials in the client host properties indicate the account that has necessary permissions to perform Exchange restores. The permissions that are required depend on the Exchange version that you have.

See the following topics:

See Creating a privileged NetBackup user account for EWS access (Exchange 2010 and later).

See Creating a minimal NetBackup account for Exchange operations (Exchange 2010 and later).

See Configuring the account for NetBackup Exchange operations (Exchange 2007).

Note the following:

The account that you configured for the Exchange credentials must also have the right to "Replace a process level token."
See About configuring the account for NetBackup Exchange operations with the right to Replace a process level token.
For database restores from VMware backups, the Exchange credentials that you provide must have permissions to restore VM files.
If you want to restore from a VMware snapshot copy that was created with Replication Director, do the following:
- Provide the Exchange credentials in the Domain\user and Password fields.
- Configure the NetBackup Client Service with an account that has access to the CIFS shares that are created on the NetApp disk array.
  See Configuring NetBackup with access to the CIFS share on the NetApp disk array (NetBackup for Exchange).

Additional notes for Exchange 2013 and later

To use GRT, configure the Exchange credentials on all granular clients.

Alternatively, you can configure the Exchange credentials only on the granular clients that perform restores. In this case, for the entire domain add "Exchange Servers" to the "View-Only Organization Management" role group. Perform this configuration in the Exchange Administration Center (EAC) or in Active Directory. See the following Microsoft article for more information:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj657492

See Configuring an Exchange backup that uses Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) (non-VMware backups).

See Configuring Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) with a VMware backup that protects Exchange.

Additional notes for Exchange 2010 and 2007

These additional items apply to Exchange 2010 and 2007:

For granular restores from VMware backups, only the Exchange client that performs the granular restore requires configuration of the Exchange credentials. The Exchange credentials are not required for backup or browse operations.
If you configure the NetBackup Client Service with a logon account and configure the Exchange credentials in the Exchange client host properties, you must configure the "Replace a process level token" for both users.
In NetBackup 7.5 and earlier, you added the credentials to the logon account for the NetBackup Client Service and the NetBackup Legacy Network Service (Exchange 2010). Customers upgrading from earlier versions of NetBackup can continue to use this configuration (unless you use Replication Director). Veritas recommends that you use the new configuration in the Exchange client host properties.
See Configuring the logon account for the NetBackup Client Service.
See Configuring the logon account for the NetBackup Legacy Network Service (Exchange 2010).
(Exchange 2007) If you use the Microsoft Exchange Mailboxes:\ and the Microsoft Exchange Public Folders:\ directives in a policy, you must use the old configuration. Configure the NetBackup Client Service to log on as the account for NetBackup Exchange operations.
See Configuring the logon account for the NetBackup Client Service.