• 64bit only
• 50 databases per server
• 50 storage groups
• 5 DBs per storage group
• No MAPI support
• Preferred backup method will be VSS coupled with replication
• Two supported replication options
  • local continuous replication (LCR) – local replica to distinct disk
    • LCR is a log based replication to local server, backup can happen from the replica
  • cluster continuous replication (CCR) – mscs clustered replication between nodes
    • CCR is based on MSCS – log shipping to replica server distinct from primary server
• VSS backups of exchange
  • Backup programs will require Exchange server 2007 server aware VSS requestor
  • eseutil is no longer required
  • Windows server 2003 NTBackup does not have a VSS 2007 requestor
  • Exchange server 2007 db and transaction log must be backed up via the VSS requester
• Supported VSS backup methods
  • full: .edb, .log, and .chk are backed up, logs are truncated after backup completes
  • copy: the same as full but no truncate
  • incremental: only *.log, truncates log
  • differential: *.log all the way back to full backup, but no truncating
• Recovery
  • VSS now allows restores directly to recover storage group
  • restores to alternate location, different path, different server, different storage group
  • log files can be replayed without mounting it first
    recovery will be much more granular: mailbox or even
• message level
  • I would expect that MS will leverage Data Protection Manager (DPM) to facilitate enhanced RPO and RTO

-RJB