PSTs increase the overall backup significantly. The PSTs could be 5 - 10 times the size of the exchange infostore.
We do use our long term backups regularly and have run into a number of problems using the whole DB. OS level of the restore server, SP level of exchange, log file problems on the starting of the IS and very long restore times for 40Gb db from DLT7000. A lot of things can happen over a three year retention period. Backing up the PSTs may be a decent idea if your DBs are not that large or you can spare the space. Duane -----Original Message----- From: David Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 5:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Month End Strategies (TDP for Exchange) I assume that a month end backup will be used to restore individual mail items/boxes where required sometime down the track. How about using ExMerge (sp?) to create .PST files once a month and archive them? Should make restoration much easier as well as being a simple task to create and track the archives. Dave -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Wayne Prasek Sent: Wed 3/31/2004 3:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 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] *******************************
