On Tuesday 24 February 2009 12:46:00 James Harper wrote: > > 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.
Yes, it may indeed work. Most 32 bit applications work with the 64 bit OS, but 64 bit VSS does not permit 32 bit applications to interface to it. Regards, Kern > > 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
