I only run fulls. Easier for recovery. 12 exchange servers some over 40 gb. We had a requirement to be able to get the exchange servers back in 4 hours, would not be able to do that with incrementals or differentials. So we opted for fulls every day. 400 gb X 10 days daily retention and 3 years retention for the long term run once a month.
Duane -----Original Message----- From: Redell, Greg S. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 2:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Month End Strategies (TDP for Exchange) I looked into this a while ago but I never got as far as answering this question: With the way that Exchange implements its backups, if you did a full backup to a different storage pool w/ different name. Would you have to follow that backup with a full to your normal backup pool so that the logs would back up to the correct pool and be useable? -Greg -----Original Message----- From: Ochs, Duane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 2:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Month End Strategies (TDP for Exchange) I use a second server name for long term retention and some logic in the CMD file to chose which day to run it. Separate options file with the retention period and could even use separate disk pool if you want. Duane Ochs Enterprise Computing Quad/Graphics Inc Sussex, Wisconsin -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Prasek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 11:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Month End Strategies (TDP for Exchange) I'm wondering what the best strategy to get a month end backup of Exchange going. We would like to keep the backup for an indefinite amount of time (most likely a few years). The backup tape(s) will be sent offsite. Currently we have a nightly backup of Exchange which expires after 30 days. I have a couple ideas on how to accomplish this. I want to hear what other people are doing. Thanks in advance. ******************************* Wayne Prasek I.T. Support Analyst (Server) 204-985-1694 [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************
