Requirements for the Backup Exec File System Archiving Option

Some requirements that apply to both the Backup Exec Exchange Mailbox Archiving Option and the Backup Exec File System Archiving Option are listed separately. Review those requirements in addition to the requirements that apply only to the File System Archiving Option.

See Requirements for both the Exchange Mailbox Archiving Option and the File System Archiving Option.

The following are requirements for the File System Archiving Option:

  • The media server must be in the same time zone as the file servers from which eligible data is archived.

  • The media server domain, the file server domains, and the Exchange Server domains must trust the domain that the Backup Exec service account belongs to.

  • The media server domain must trust the domains that contain the accounts of users that access the file server shares.

  • If Backup Exec Retrieve is installed, a trust relationship must also exist for that domain.

  • The Backup Exec service account must have local administrative rights on the file server.

  • The Backup Exec service account must have Full Control share permissions on the share that is selected for archiving.

  • The Backup Exec service account must be granted the following NTFS rights on the folders in the share that is selected for archiving:

    • Modify

    • List Folder Contents

    • Read

    • Write

  • You must install one of the following Outlook versions on the media server to provide full indexing of .msg files:

    • Outlook 2003 Service Pack 3

    • Outlook 2007 Service Pack 2 with hotfix kb968858 or later

Requirements for the Backup Exec File System Archiving Option