The first step in planning a disaster recovery strategy for your Exchange 2000 organisation is to consider ways in which you can avoid or minimise the impact of a disaster. There are many different preventative measures you can take to help prevent or minimise the effects of disasters such as hardware failure or power outages. This section provides conceptual and procedural information about the following prevention techniques:
Note These prevention techniques are cautionary measures you can take to help you protect the hardware, software, and data within your Exchange 2000 organisation. These techniques are important to consider before a crisis occurs. For more information about these and other general disaster prevention techniques, see Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit.
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Premium Edition
- Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Standard Edition
- Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server