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This mode is available for selection if Agent for Exchange is installed on each node of the

cluster.

In this mode, the software will back up data from the active copy of the database or the

storage group. If the active copy is not available at the moment, the backup will fail.

Backing up data from active copies may slow down the Exchange server performance, but

the backed-up data will be in the most up-to-date state.

 Passive (replica)

This mode is available for selection if Agent for Exchange is installed on each node of the

cluster.

In this mode, the software will back up data from one of the available passive database or

storage group replicas (if several). Also, specify what to do if all the passive copies are

unavailable at the moment: either Back up active copy, or Fail the task.

Backing up passive copies does not affect the Exchange server performance and allows you

to extend the backup window. However, passive copies may contain information that is not

up-to-date, because such copies are often set to be updated asynchronously (lagged).

 The selected node

This mode is available for selection if all items selected for backup are hosted on a single

node or if the console is directly connected to the agent.

In this mode, you specify the cluster node manually. Choose this mode only if you are

absolutely sure that the data will not be relocated to another cluster node. If the data

changes its location before or during the backup, the task will fail.

8. Under Plan parameters, click Plan's credentials and specify the user account under which the

plan will run.

When entering the name of an Active Directory user account, be sure to also specify the domain

name (DOMAIN\Username or Username@domain).

9. For information about specifying the rest of backup plan settings (replication, retention, and

validation of backups), see either the product Help or the User Guide for Acronis Backup

Advanced.

10. Click OK to create the backup plan.

8.5 Recovering data to the Exchange cluster

To configure data recovery to the Exchange cluster

1. Connect the console to the management server and click Recover.

2. Under What to recover, select the Exchange data to recover as described in the "Selecting data

to recover" (p. 30) section.

3. Under Where to recover, in Browse, specify the cluster where data will be recovered to. After

you specify the cluster and click OK, Acronis Backup automatically selects the first available

cluster node to manage the recovery. The node's name is displayed in the Browse field.

4. In Data paths, select a path to recover the data to (except Specified folder and PST file). Acronis

Backup automatically defines a cluster node where the data will be recovered to.

Notes for recovering storage groups or databases:

 In the DAG configuration (Exchange 2010 or later), you can manually change the target node

if the database to recover does not exist on it.

 When recovering storage groups in the CCR configuration (Exchange 2007) or databases in

theDAG configuration (Exchange 2010 or later), ensure that Mount is selected in Mount