So not sure what you mean by "hot" backups. Exchange APIs allow you to grab incremental (or full of course, or differential backups as well). Take a full backup, then you can take regular incremental backups to your hearts content. This can give you very little mail loss (well that has always been my belief anyway).
All these 3 backup types can be done on a live server, so they're all live backups, such that you can backup the mail database, and the service needs not be taken offline, and that database will be (able to be made with the log files) consistent. I'm sorry I'm not familiar with Backup Exec per se, so I'm not sure how these 3 online backup types are exposed. Cheers, Brett Shirley [msft] ESE Developer This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Kern, Tom wrote: > Backup Exec does "live" backups. It uses the Exchange backup API's to > get you a consistent backup of a live mail server. why would you do a > flat file backup? and when you say flat file of your priv and pub > stores, does this include the trans logs and checkpoint file or just > the .edb and .stm files? > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Parker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 9:07 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange Backup > > > I am using a Retrospect program that periodically makes a flat file > backup of my private and public stores. It is simply called > retrospect exchange backup. > > Pretty small actually, it does the bachup to a location and also has > scheduling, which is temperamental at best. > > John Parker, MCSE > IS Admin. > Senior Technical Specialist > Alpha Display Systems. > Alpha Video > 7711 Computer Ave. > Edina, MN. 55435 > > 952-896-9898 Local > 800-388-0008 Watts > 952-896-9899 Fax > 612-804-8769 Cell > 952-841-3327 Direct > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Be excellent to each other" > ---End of Line--- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mulnick, Al [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 3:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Exchange Backup > > When you say "live backup" what exactly are you referring to? Are you using > an openfilemanager to back up the Exchange files with? > > al > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Parker > Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 4:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ActiveDir] Exchange Backup > > Hi all... > > I currently use Backup exec to perform my nightly backups. I like it, it > seems to work just fine. > I also use a small retrospect piece that does a live backup to a flat file 4 > times throughout the day. > > I was wondering if anyone else is performing "Hot" backups throughout the > day and if so, what are you using? > > We are running Exchange 2000 on server 2000. > > Thank you. > > > > John Parker, MCSE > IS Admin. > Senior Technical Specialist > Alpha Display Systems. > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
