Microsoft KB Archive/326052

= XADM: White Paper - Disaster Recovery for Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server =

Article ID: 326052

Article Last Modified on 2/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q326052



SUMMARY
Whether your company is a small organization with the messaging and collaboration service needs for only a few hundred users or a large organization that serves thousands of users, the deployment choices that you make directly affect your Exchange 2000 backup and restoration options. By developing and implementing a well-planned backup strategy, you can help your company prevent the loss of business-critical data in its Exchange 2000 organization.

This white paper provides detailed information about planning and implementing a backup strategy for your Exchange 2000 deployment and also step-by-step procedures to help you back up and recover data on your servers running Exchange 2000.

NOTE: Although this white paper is intended for beginning and advanced information technology administrators, the technical explanations and procedures are written to benefit beginning administrators who may not have previous experience with disaster recovery processes.

Included in This White Paper

 * Part 1: Exchange 2000 Disaster Recovery Concepts. This section contains information about how to plan a backup strategy for your Exchange 2000 organization. This section also contains general information about disaster recovery processes and suggestions of ways that you can minimize the impact of a computer-related disaster in your company.
 * Part 2: Backing Up Exchange 2000. Learn the backup procedures that you have to use to safeguard your organization against computer-related disasters.
 * Part 3: Restoring Exchange 2000. This section contains the Exchange 2000 restoration procedures that you have to perform to recover from computer-related disasters.
 * Appendix A: Disaster Recovery Tables. These tables list the required preventative and recovery procedures for each disaster recovery scenario that may occur in your Exchange 2000 organization. Each procedure that is listed in the chart contains a hyperlink to the section in this white paper that explains, in detail, how to perform that procedure.
 * Appendix B: Useful Recovery Resources. Find additional resources to help you maximize your understanding of the disaster recovery issues that are described in this white paper. Many Microsoft Knowledge Base articles and technical papers discuss resolutions for issues that you may experience during Exchange 2000 backup and restoration operations.



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