Well, NetBackup and Backup Exec can unload the mailbox (Inbox), but not the calendars or any of the other stuff that is important that is in the mailbox. You will not like the performance and your high-end users will complain the restore is useless without the calendar.
PSTs are not mailboxes, they are separate files that a user can put mail objects into. The issues is Microsoft. They simply do not want to acknowledge the need for an API that can support individual mailbox restore. The actual answer is content management for the mailbox. There are a number of products that and archive the information in a content manager. ComVault has a product that goes further than just the mailbox by creating a PST of the mailbox and then backing it up. You can imagine the overhead. Unfortunately, mail has turned into a monster for everyone and there are no good answers. You have to think of it as transactions in a database and asking for a transaction log to recover with or roll back to for a user's mailbox. The problem is that a transaction goes against many mailboxes at once in Exchange and rolling forward is not simple for a single user. Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Naptheon, INC 757-688-8180 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 12:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Exchange file performance Does anyone have any experience with including the backup of PST files along with the TDP for Exchange backup to help counter the individual mail box restores that NetBackup/BackupExec does? Any examples of the implementation, pros - cons etc.. "Seay, Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Exchange is not a file level backup. It is more like a database >unload. The Microsoft Exchange Backup API is only designed for 30GB/hr. >Funny, that figures out to 8.33MB/sec. However, on much faster servers >with FC disk I have seen a little faster than this. > >Paul D. Seay, Jr. >Technical Specialist >Naptheon, INC >757-688-8180 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Burton, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 10:58 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Exchange file performance > > >Hi All, > >I am running TSM server 5.1.0.0, TSM BA Client 5.1.0.1, TDP for >Exchange 2.2.0.0 and Exchange 2000. I noticed that when I backup the >exchange database using TDP or BA client I only get approximately >8mb/sec aggregate. So I created a file of the same size, 1.4gb, and I >got 25mb/sec aggregate. > >Has anyone encountered a performance difference such this when backing >up Exchange files? > >Wesley Mofford >Enterprise Storage Network Analyst >Royal Bank of Canada >315 Front St West >Toronto, On, M5V 3A4 >* 416-348-4547 >* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >----- >------------------------------------------------------------------- >This e-mail may be privileged and/or confidential, and the sender does not >waive any related rights and obligations. Any distribution, use or copying >of this e-mail or the information it contains by other than an intended >recipient is unauthorized. If you received this e-mail in error, please >advise me (by return e-mail or otherwise) immediately. > >Ce courriel est confidentiel et protigi. L'expiditeur ne renonce pas >aux droits et obligations qui s'y rapportent. Toute diffusion, >utilisation ou copie de ce message ou des renseignements qu'il contient >par une personne autre que le (les) destinataire(s) disigni(s) est >interdite. Si vous recevez ce courriel par erreur, veuillez m'en aviser >immidiatement, par retour de courriel ou par un autre moyen. > > >======================================================================= >===== >== > __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
