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#224255 9-Nov-2017 14:29

Hi Guys
Im after recommendations for backup software for SBS2011

Need Granular Email recovery :Something that can (easily) restore individual deleted emails (asking too much?) , or at least restore single users mailbox's (even if restored to a temp user)
And of course backup to either NAS or USB HD.
Bare Metal restore to dissimilar hardware would be a bonus

Veeam , Shadow Protect, Backupassist , or something else ?

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#1898401 9-Nov-2017 15:01

Shadowprotect, you're welcome.

SP Has an option for granular restore.

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#1898406 9-Nov-2017 15:13

You are probably aware that SBS2011 is a product you should be looking at retiring in the foreseeable future.

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#1898409 9-Nov-2017 15:18

networkn:

SP Has an option for granular restore.

Looks like that is now a separate product , rather than built in ?
https://www.storagecraft.com/products/granular-recovery-exchange/tech-info

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#1898411 9-Nov-2017 15:23

Dynamic:

You are probably aware that SBS2011 is a product you should be looking at retiring in the foreseeable future.

Yes.

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#1898412 9-Nov-2017 15:25

1101:

networkn:

SP Has an option for granular restore.

Looks like that is now a separate product , rather than built in ?
https://www.storagecraft.com/products/granular-recovery-exchange/tech-info

Yes. It's relatively inexpensive for the functionality.

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#1898413 9-Nov-2017 15:31

1101:

Looks like that is now a separate product , rather than built in ?
https://www.storagecraft.com/products/granular-recovery-exchange/tech-info

AFAIK its always been a separate product and in my experience isn't the greatest if im being honest.. but can vouch for the SP being a terrific backup product.

For mail recovery, Is a mail achiever product such as GFI MailArchiver an option for you?

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#1898731 10-Nov-2017 10:33

dt:

AFAIK its always been a separate product and in my experience isn't the greatest if im being honest.. but can vouch for the SP being a terrific backup product.

For mail recovery, Is a mail achiever product such as GFI MailArchiver an option for you?

A full backup product is needed. Need to be able to recover the whole server , and recover individual email folders
Could get emails back via a Bare metal restore to a spare server , but thats hardly a good option (that process just takes too long)

At the moment , only data is being backed up . Better than nothing but hardly ideal.

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#1898738 10-Nov-2017 10:41

1101:

dt:

AFAIK its always been a separate product and in my experience isn't the greatest if im being honest.. but can vouch for the SP being a terrific backup product.

For mail recovery, Is a mail achiever product such as GFI MailArchiver an option for you?

A full backup product is needed. Need to be able to recover the whole server , and recover individual email folders
Could get emails back via a Bare metal restore to a spare server , but thats hardly a good option (that process just takes too long)

At the moment , only data is being backed up . Better than nothing but hardly ideal.

You wouldn't need to restore the whole server to another VM to restore just email folders, even without Granular Restore I so not believe.