The Importance of Backup And Restore

For compliance, regulatory and business continuity reasons, a working and thoroughly tested data protection and recovery plan as well as the use of reliable data-protection software have become essential. These two components ensure a valid backup of the email server and, in the event it is needed, the ability to conveniently restore data from the PostPath Server™ system environment, user configuration data, and/or message content as required.

Regardless of the mechanisms chosen, the backup and restore capability is of course crucially important to protecting email data. This capability should be supported by the email server as should the fast recovery of the entire server, whole mailboxes, and/or individual messages. The recovery process should be simple and take place in a few minutes, not hours or days. Additionally, the restore operation should not include an overly complex requirement to match operating system state with email server configuration.

The PostPath Server™ was designed to allow fast, efficient granular and incremental backup and recovery of enterprise email down to the message level. The PostPath Server™ supports a number of the industry leading solutions for backup and restore, including Veritas Backup Exec and/or Veritas Net Backup.