1.      Start Windows Backup by going under the Start menu and choosing All Program Files\Accessories\System Tools\ Backup.

   Note
If you are not presented with the Welcome screen below uncheck the Always start in Wizard mode option and close and restart Backup.

2.      Click the Schedule Jobs tab.

3.      Click the Add Job button

4.      At the Welcome screen, click Next >

5.      On the Backup or Restore screen select “Back up selected files, drives, or network data” and click Next >

6.      On the Items to Back up screen, expand “Microsoft Exchange Server” and expand the server you wish to backup.

7.      Check the box in front of “Microsoft Information Store” and click Next >

8.      On the Backup Type, Destination, and Name screen click Browse…

9.      Navigate to the location where you want to save your Exchange backup data.

10. Change the File name to “Daily Exchange Backup.bkf” and click Save.

11. Verify the path of the backup and click Next >

12. On the Type of Backup screen select “Normal” and click Next >

   Note
If your entire Normal or Full backup of you Exchange server can be completed within your backup window it is suggested that you do a Normal backup every night.  Otherwise, a Normal backup should be scheduled to run once a week and a Differential should be ran daily.

13. (optional) On the How to Back Up screen, check “Verify data after backup” and click Next >

14. On the Backup Options screen, select “Replace the existing backups” and click Next >

   Note
This should only be done if you have another backup procedure that will be backing up the Exchange backup files (BKF) before the next scheduled Exchange backup.  If this isn’t the case, scheduled tasks should be used to rename the backup files for the day they were created or seven separate scheduled backup jobs should be created that save the backup file for each day to a different file.

15. On the When to Back Up screen, enter “Daily Exchange Backup” in the Job name box and then click Set Schedule…

16. On the Scheduled Job dialogs choose “Daily” for Schedule Task and select a Start time based on your backup window and when any other backups maybe running.

   Note
If you are using another Windows NT Backup job or other method to backup the Exchange backup files to another location or media, you need to make sure that the two backup jobs or methods don’t conflict.  You do not want Windows NT Backup trying to write to a backup file at the same time another method is trying to copy it to another server or back it up to tape.

17. Click OK to save changes.

18. At the Set Account Information dialog enter an account that has Full Exchange Admin and local Administrator rights to the Exchange server being backed up and click OK.

   Note
It is HIGHLY suggested that you create a dedicated account for carrying out Exchange backups and store the complex password for it in a safe place.

19. Click Next > on the When  to Back Up screen

20. Re-enter the backup account information again and click OK.

21. At the completion screen, click Finish

22. Confirm that scheduled backups are shown correctly on the Schedule Jobs calendar.

23. Close the Windows NT Backup