Best practice for simple 2 node Exchange 2019 DAG backup

[DaveOBrien]

I've a client with a simple 1 database, 2 node Exchange DAG environment. The active node is in his HQ and the passive one is in our DC. The DC based node would become active if the HQ ever goes offline. We want to put in a Veeam backup now, but the documentation as far as I can see is ambiguous. Some places say to back up both nodes in a single job (which will be a PITA pulling all that data over a VPN), where as others refer to backing up only the passive node (which would be easier) when there's a concern about backups triggering a failover. Which is it?

[PetrM]

Hi Dave and Welcome to Veeam R&D Forums!

Basically, it is enough to process just a passive node as this approach allows you to get all available recovery options. You may refer to this page of the best practices guide or to this KB.

Thanks!

[foggy]

Hi Dave, here's another good reading on the same matter for you.

[Fegume]

Hello.

I have two Virtual machines on Vmware. DAG is configure on my Exchange nodes.

How can I configure backup full VM and the Exchange application?

Regards!

[PetrM]

Hello,

I merged this topic into the existing one, please review the suggestions above any let us know if you have any further questions.

Thanks!