You don't select the edb file by itself. If you are currently backing up the mailboxes (referred to as Brick Level), then you certainly should have the ability to back up the entire database. What you will need to do is in the same section that you select the individual mailboxes, select the Information Store (or Storage Group if you are Exchange 200x).
Ben Winzenz, MCSE MS Exchange MVP MessageOne -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Reboulet Posted At: Monday, June 21, 2004 4:36 PM Posted To: swynk Conversation: Backup Size Question Subject: RE: Backup Size Question maybe I'm understanding it wrong, didn't know I had another choice. Tried backing up the *edb file, but am told 'file in use' and won't backup. With the individual backup (the only way I've gotten it to run), I have been able to restore users's files (someone deleted a subfolder of their email), etc. For the type of restores that I've needed to do, it seemed to be working fine. Is there a better way (or a pointer to types I could examine) to be backing up? And thanks for the explanation, that certainly make sense. At 05:32 PM 6/21/2004, Ben Winzenz wrote: >Absolutely. Google for Single Instance Storage and you will have your >answer. When you perform individual mailbox backups, you are likely >forcing the backup to create a copy of each message contained in each >mailbox. If 1 message was sent to all 300 mailboxes (as an example), >instead of only having one copy, and 300 pointers, you now have 300 >copies in your backup. Newer versions may work better with this, but >what are you really gaining by doing an individual mailbox backup? > >Ben Winzenz, MCSE >MS Exchange MVP >MessageOne > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Stephen Reboulet Posted At: Monday, June 21, 2004 4:21 PM Posted To: >swynk >Conversation: Backup Size Question >Subject: Backup Size Question > > >One question that has been nagging me is that the end result of backing >up the mailboxes on my Exchange server, exceeds the total file size of >the priv.edb file. > >When I'm done backing up, it finishes and say 31gb of data backed up >(Veritas). But the private.edb file is only 22gb. Actually if I take >the whole drive, I'm only using 23gb. > >Is this typical to have such a size discrepancy when backing up >individual mailboxes? Some data duplicated twice by this method? > >-stephen- > > >_________________________________________________________________ >List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm >Web Interface: >http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode= >& >lang=english >To unsubscribe send a blank email to >%%email.unsub%% >Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: >Jupitermedia Corp. >Attn: Discussion List Management >475 Park Avenue South >New York, NY 10016 > >Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm >Web Interface: >http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode= >&lang=english >To unsubscribe send a blank email to >%%email.unsub%% >Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: >Jupitermedia Corp. >Attn: Discussion List Management >475 Park Avenue South >New York, NY 10016 > >Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
