Hi Geoff, I am not exactly sure what someone told you, but if you want to back up from both active and passive copies, you need to have both the "Store Writer" and the "Replication Writer" running.
You can read more details here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/exchange/bb204080%28v=exchg.140%29.aspx Thanks, Del ==================================================================== "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 08/16/2013 12:34:49 PM: > From: Geoff Gill <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], > Date: 08/16/2013 12:35 PM > Subject: Exchange 2010 passive copies > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> > > I have a question related to Exchange 2010 passive copies. I told > the system holds both active and passive database copies and after > doing some research it 'looks like' in order to back up passive > copies the VSS writer needs to be turned off, but as I understand it > that would affect the backup of the active copies. > > Is anyone aware of a process to do both or is this article I see to > edit the registry to set EnableVSSWriter 0 not necessary or is there > another way to accomplish this? > > Thank You > Geoff >
