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Exchange 2010 DAG Backup

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Has anyone ran a Veeam backup on an Exchange 2010 database before you created the database copy? My Exchange consultant is thinking there is a possible bug in Veeam that would cause issues in that circumstance. I was unable to created a database copy on a database that I had run a Veeam backup on. The consultant said there were missing logs. When I dismounted, deleted all the logs, and then remounted it worked.
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Hi Corey, what logs are you referring to? Transaction logs?
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What is the exact error you're receiving when you try to create the database copy? Is it by any chance a 245 error on the source server?
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Yes, the transaction logs. I need to check the exact error message, but what happened was an immediate fail and then after suspending and re-updating once or twice i would get stuck in resynchronization. Finally we fixed it by dismounting the DB, deleting all the logs and then remounting
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What I dealt with sounds similar to your situation:
http://itmorsels.blogspot.com/2012/06/2 ... py-in.html

I didn't find it to be connected to Veeam.
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Ok, do you have "application-aware image processing" option enabled? How is the log truncation configuration set for your job? You can check that though via Guest Processing -> Advanced -> pick the VM you need -> Edit -> Applications.
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Re: Exchange 2010 DAG Backup

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MIcrosoft does not support snapshot based backups(vmware, Veeam) on DAGs.
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davidb1234 wrote:MIcrosoft does not support snapshot based backups(vmware, Veeam) on DAGs.
I think you'll find that only covers non application aware snapshot based backups.
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davidb1234 wrote:MIcrosoft does not support snapshot based backups(vmware, Veeam) on DAGs.
When Application-Aware is turned on the snapshot is created using Microsoft VSS which is the Microsoft supported backup method for Exchange 2010.
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Re: Exchange 2010 DAG Backup

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Yes I am using application aware processing and agreed that it is supported.
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