About the only time I spend working on my Veritas Backup Exec 9.1 boxes is when I forget to change tapes, or when the VS160 drives decide to die. I have replaced (4) VS160 drives in 6 months. Thank God for Dell's 4-hour parts support....
-----Original Message----- From: Chris H [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:23 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Backup software Yes, the logging is quite lame . . . but for a lean shop like mine the person-hours that someone would have to dedicate to being an 'expert' at CA or Veritas, etc. the gains far outweigh the shortcomings. Fyodorov, Andrey FTL wrote: >My only complaint about NTBackup is the logging. I think it only keeps >last 10 logs in the Documents and Settings subdirectory which belongs >to the account that NTBackup runs as. > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Presley, Steven >Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:48 AM >To: Exchange Discussions >Subject: Re: Backup software > > >I recently worked in an environment where we kept 3 fulls on disk at >all time using NTbackup like this (and used file backup software to put >the backup files to tape). Each full was kept in its own folder: Good >(1 day old), Bad (2 days old), Ugly (3 days old). We just scripted it >so that after NTbackup did its thing we rotate the backups out and what >was in Ugly goes to tape. > >If you can afford to keep your Exchange fulls on disk and rotate them >like this, it speeds up recovery time quite a bit (being on gigabit >ethernet helps as well). > > >On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:37:47 -0500, Fyodorov, Andrey FTL ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Oh, then that changes everything. >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim >>Vander Kooi >>Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:24 AM >>To: Exchange Discussions >>Subject: RE: Backup software >> >>Actually, if the historical data needed for the restore is still on >>disk it significantly decreases your restore time, as no tape is >>needed. I backup to disk on our SAN here, saving to separate daily >>files and only overwriting those files weekly. The disk backups are >>still written to tape daily, but doing it this way decreases your >>restore times in MOST instances, and lengthens your backup window >>since you can have your mail store being backed up to disk at the same >>time as other data is written to tape. >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>Fyodorov, Andrey FTL >>Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 8:56 AM >>To: Exchange Discussions >>Subject: RE: Backup software >> >>The only thing is it doubles your restore time and effort. >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >>Chris H >>Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 6:09 AM >>To: Exchange Discussions >>Subject: Re: Backup software >> >>for Exchange NTBackup! Works like a charm . . .we use that for all >>Exchange servers and backup to a file and then pluck it off of a drive >>with our "Enterprise" backup software to tape. >> >>Tony Nguyen wrote: >> >> >> >>>I need some recommendations on Backup software. We are still running >>>Arcserve 2000 for backup. I have been having some problem with the >>>backup and try to call for support but they wanted $95 for then just >>>to >>> >>> >>>tell me to upgrade. I am thinking about going with Backup Exec. Is >>>this >>> >>> >>>one of the best out there? >>> >>>Thank >>>Tony >>> >>>_________________________________________________________________ >>>List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm >>>Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange >>>To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ >>>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. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm >>Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange >>To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ >>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. >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm >>Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange >>To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ >>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. >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm >>Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange >>To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ >>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. >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm >>Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange >>To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ >>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. >> >> >> >> > >_________________________________________________________________ >List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm >Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange >To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ >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. > >_________________________________________________________________ >List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm >Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange >To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ >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. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ 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. 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