Some Exchange Server questions and answer

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Question: - Requirements for Exchange Server Installation.

1> Windows 2003 or Windows 2000 SP3 or later
2> partition for stores Exchange program, Exchange log files, database files, other Exchange files must be formatted for NTFS file system.

3> Active Directory. Active Directory services are based approach to Network design it allows for large distributed network environment that have a common centralized authority for network security.

4> .NET Framework

5> ASP.NET

6> Internet Information Service IIS

7> Word Wide Web Publishing Service

8> Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SMTP service

9> Network News Transfer Protocol NNTP service

Questions :- What are the 4 types of exchange backups?

answer :- There are 4 conman types of exchange backups
1.normal
2.copy
3.incremental
4.differential

• Normal The normal backup process backs up the directory or Exchange store in its entirety, as well as the log files. To restore from a normal backup, only one normal backup is needed. A normal backup marks the objects it has backed up so that incremental and differential backups have context. This is accomplished by backing up the entire database and all the log files, and then purging the log files.
• Copy The copy backup is the same as a normal backup except no marking takes place to give incremental and differential context. This means that performing an incremental backup after a copy backup is equivalent to performing it before a copy backup. Use a copy backup to get a full backup of the directory or Exchange store without disturbing the state of ongoing incremental or differential backups.

• Incremental An incremental backup backs up the subset of the component that has changed since the last normal or incremental backup. Then it marks these objects as backed up. To restore from incremental backups, each incremental backup since the last normal backup and the normal backup are needed. An incremental backup backs up only the log files, and then purges them.

• Differential A differential backup backs up changes in the directory or Exchange store that have occurred since the last normal backup. To restore from differential backups, one differential backup and one normal backup is required. A differential backup backs up only the log files but does not purge them.


Question :-In Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition how many Storage groups & groups are in exchange.

Answer :- Four storage groups
Five databases per storage group
16 terabyte database limit, limited only by hardware
Exchange clustering is supported
X.400 connector is included