[How To] Backup Exchange 2007 on Windows 2008 Server locally with ntbackup

Windows Server Backup in Windows Server 2008 does not support Exchange backup unless you are using smal business server which supoort exchange backup. So to backup exchange on windows 2008 server we need to copy ntbackup files from Windows 2003 server x64.

1. Create a new folder on the 2008 server machine root. Then copy the three files (ntbackup.exe, ntmsapi.dll and vssapi.dll) from 2003 server to the folder created on the 2008 server.

2. Make sure you have "Removable Storage Manager" feature is installed on 2008 server as shown belo:


3. Start ntbackup.exe.