How to backup OCS 2007

Backup of OCS server includes backup of three components:

OCS Databases backup :

To back up databases use the following procedure and one of the following tools:

·         For the RTC database on a Standard Edition server, SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

·         For the RTC database on a back-end server in an Enterprise pool, SQL Server 2005

·         For the LCSLog database on the Archiving and CDR Server, SQL Server 2005

It is not necessary to backup the RTCConfig database or RTCDyn database.

OCS file shares backup:

Backing up file shares requires backing up the following:

·         Meeting content

·         Meeting content metadata

·         Meeting compliance logs

You do not need to back up the address book, because it is automatically created by User Replicator.

OCS Settings backup:

Backing up the settings required to restore Office Communications Server 2007 requires backing up the following:

·         Global-level and pool-level settings. This requires the following:

a)         For a Standard Edition server environment, back up these settings on only one Standard Edition server.

b)        For an Enterprise pool, back up these settings on only one front-end server.

·         Computer-level (machine-level) settings. Back up these settings on each Office Communications Server 2007 server in your deployment.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5c6e6ac7-079a-4326-b517-3c117fadb44e&DisplayLang=en is download link to get Microsoft document of OCS backup and recovery.

This document talks about how to backup database, file shares and OCS settings backup.