Exchange Backup Part IV
As a continuation of part
III of Exchange backups and their advantages and disadvantages, another aspect
that needs to be discussed is the knowledge and skills of the administrator
of the server. Special training is needed to work and operate
Microsoft Exchange and its specialized solutions. This specialty does require further
training and investment in knowledge management on behalf of the
organization. Businesses need to consider the costs involved
when knowledge is isolated or hoarded when administrators do not
document their work processes. Organizations should provide the training
needed to handle Exchange
server backups to ensure continuous coverage of their internal
Microsoft Exchange services. Another issue is the
usage of Exchange protection programs as an adjunct. If the user
wants to restore only one email then a typical Exchange solution will not be sufficient, unless administrators have a
second server system to restore the entire backup set and then
extract the email in question. The company would otherwise need to purchase a bricklayer
Microsoft Exchange backup tool for that
particular type
of restore operation.