Exchange backup archives created with Exchange Backup Agent

You can use Exchange backup copies to archive your SnapManager backup copies. You use NTBackup (which, in turn, uses the Exchange Backup Agent) to create a backup copies of your Exchange databases. In this case, the Exchange data itself is captured and archived.

Because you do not use SnapManager to create the backup copy, you also do not use SnapManager to perform the restore process, so the SnapInfo directory does not need to be archived.

The following diagram represents this archiving method:

• Evaluation of the Exchange Backup Agent method of archiving
  When you use Exchange Backup Agent to archive Exchange backup copies, you do not need to archive the SnapInfo directory using the Exchange Backup Agent method, and Exchange data itself is captured and archived.
• Example: Using Exchange Backup Agent to archive Exchange backup copies
  You can run a script to archive your SnapManager backup copies to tape using Exchange Backup Agent. The script launches NTBackup and tells it to perform a copy-type backup operation through the Exchange Backup Agent.