topic Protection Template for Microsoft Exchange Logs in Application Integration https://community.hpe.com/t5/application-integration/protection-template-for-microsoft-exchange-logs/m-p/6984322#M548 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>So I created all the volumes for my exchange 2010 databases.&nbsp; I added them all to a protection template called Exchange-Databases.&nbsp; I edited the exchange-info-store template to snap every 4 hours and keep 90 snaps.&nbsp; Now I am making the exchange log volumes.&nbsp; Should I just add these to the same protection template as the databases or create their own template/schedule?&nbsp; Also I chose VSS for the syncronization of my exchange databases and am choosing it as well for the logs.&nbsp; is that recommended?</P><P></P><P>thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 16 May 2014 15:05:19 GMT isteele30 2014-05-16T15:05:19Z Protection Template for Microsoft Exchange Logs https://community.hpe.com/t5/application-integration/protection-template-for-microsoft-exchange-logs/m-p/6984322#M548 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>So I created all the volumes for my exchange 2010 databases.&nbsp; I added them all to a protection template called Exchange-Databases.&nbsp; I edited the exchange-info-store template to snap every 4 hours and keep 90 snaps.&nbsp; Now I am making the exchange log volumes.&nbsp; Should I just add these to the same protection template as the databases or create their own template/schedule?&nbsp; Also I chose VSS for the syncronization of my exchange databases and am choosing it as well for the logs.&nbsp; is that recommended?</P><P></P><P>thanks</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 16 May 2014 15:05:19 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/application-integration/protection-template-for-microsoft-exchange-logs/m-p/6984322#M548 isteele30 2014-05-16T15:05:19Z Re: Protection template for exchange logs https://community.hpe.com/t5/application-integration/protection-template-for-microsoft-exchange-logs/m-p/6984323#M549 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Ian,</P><P></P><P>you'll want your exchange logs to be snapshotted &amp; retained at the same consistency points as your exchange DBs - so yes you should include them in your exchange "volume collection". This will coordinate the VSS synchronisation for both your DB and log volumes.</P><P></P><P><A href="https://infosight.nimblestorage.com/docs/downloads/bpg_nimble_storage_exchange.pdf">The Exchange Best Practice Guide</A> may help with configuring your environment to best practices...</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 16 May 2014 16:13:59 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/application-integration/protection-template-for-microsoft-exchange-logs/m-p/6984323#M549 Nick_Dyer 2014-05-16T16:13:59Z