Dell EMC Avamar for VMware 19.7 User Guide

Scheduled backups with Microsoft Exchange log truncation

Avamar performs log truncation of an Exchange Server Database after the backup has completed.

This section describes how to schedule backups that perform log truncation.

Scheduling backups that contain multiple VMs requires an automated mechanism to select the VMs that are hosting Exchange databases. Rules contain filtering mechanisms, such as the VM name or VM tag, that determine which VMs qualify under the rules. Configuring your VMs that host Exchange databases correctly within vCenter, and configuring corresponding rules, allows you to determine which VMs in a multiple VM backup should have log truncation performed.

Log truncation with Microsoft Exchange is supported with the following:

• vSphere 6.5 and greater and ESXi 6.5 and later
• Windows Server 2008 R2 and later
• Exchange 2007 and later
• VMware Tools release 10.1 or later must be installed on the VM hosting the Exchange server