> On Tuesday 24 February 2009 04:21:54 Adam Thornton wrote: > > On Feb 23, 2009, at 6:46 PM, James Harper wrote: > > >> I know that VSS doesn't (yet, I hope) work in 64-bit mode. Does the > > >> same limitation apply to the Exchange plugin? I have a 64-bit > > >> Exchange 2007 server running on Windows Server 2008, and I'd like to > > >> be able to stop the silly wbadmin-to-network-share backup I've been > > >> doing as a workaround because VSS doesn't work in the bacula client > > >> (I'm not all that worried about the stuff like the registry that > > >> won't > > >> get backed up if VSS is missing; really it's the Exchange data that > > >> concerns me, and a reinstall plus Exchange restore wouldn't be the > > >> end > > >> of the world). > > >> > > >> The documentation does not seem to state either way, unless I am > > >> simply not seeing the portion where it is (I would think it should be > > >> in the New Concepts and Overview Guide in the part about the Exchange > > >> plugin). > > > > > > I'm really not sure... I have never tested it under 64 bits. It > > > basically just makes calls to the Microsoft-provided Exchange backup > > > library. Are you able to test it? > > > > Sure, I can do that. > > > > Should I pull the version from the current beta release? Or do you > > want to build me a more current one? I don't have easy access to a > > Microsoft build environment. > > The Win64 bit code is not in the current beta release. Without spending > several week of very technical work, only Eric and I can build the Win64 > version for the moment. Once we get the build procedure cleaned up, it > will > be committed. If you want to start from the source code and build your > own > Microsoft build environment, which we don't use (we cross-compile), you > can > do it yourself today, as one Bacula user did some time ago. As of this > moment, he has not contributed his VCC project file. > > Otherwise, please wait for the next beta version which will have the Win64 > binaries installer. > > Regards, > > Kern >
My curiosity was about if the Microsoft provided exchange backup dll could backup a 64 bit version of exchange from a 32 bit app. If it uses a non-direct-call interface to Exchange then it may just work. James ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
