Have you considered getting an external USB HDD? For many small businesses they make a lot more sense than backing up to tape and if you later go with a more 'robust' backup solution those drives still can serve a number of useful functions within an organization? We use a number of those drives for backup (taking them off site on a rotating schedule) and if an emergency arises we can repurpose one quickly for a task such as dumping the CEO's laptop data in order to upgrade him to the latest shiny machine.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of John Aldrich > Posted At: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 12:58 PM > Posted To: swynk > Conversation: Fixing Exchange 5.5 after log file gets "eaten" > Subject: RE: Fixing Exchange 5.5 after log file gets "eaten" > > > IF you have the space. I don't. I don't have space for ANY > sort of backup right now, unfortunately! > Thanks, though. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fyodorov, Andrey FTL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 1:44 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Fixing Exchange 5.5 after log file gets "eaten" > > > Full daily is the best. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of John Aldrich > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:51 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Fixing Exchange 5.5 after log file gets "eaten" > > Don't I wish! > Just wondering... would it be enough to make a "full" backup > on say a weekly basis and then an "incremental" backup on a > daily/nightly basis? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fyodorov, Andrey FTL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:47 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Fixing Exchange 5.5 after log file gets "eaten" > > > Step 0: Make good backups, every day. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Andrew Blevins > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:34 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Fixing Exchange 5.5 after log file gets "eaten" > > You absolutely MUST follow the exclusion list specified here: > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;328841 > Exclude the following folders from both "on-demand" and > "memory resident" file-level scanners: * The Exchange 2000 > Server drive M. > * Exchange databases and log files. By default, these are > located in the Exchsrvr\Mdbdata folder. > * Exchange MTA files in the Exchsrvr\Mtadata folder. > * Additional log files such as the Exchsrvr\server_name.log file. > * The Exchsrvr\Mailroot virtual server folder. > * The working folder that is used to store streaming > temporary files that are used for message conversion. By > default, this folder is located at \Exchsrvr\MDBData, but you > can configure the location. > * The temporary folder that is used in conjunction with > offline maintenance utilities such as Eseutil.exe. By > default, this folder is the location where the .exe file is > run from, but you can configure where you run the file from > when you run the utility. > * Site Replication Service (SRS) files in the > Exchsrvr\Srsdata folder. > * Microsoft Internet Information Service (IIS) system files > in the %SystemRoot%\System32\Inetsrv folder. > > When a log file goes missing, and an Exchange Database is in > an inconsistent, or "Dirty Shutdown" state you have two options: > 1. Recommended: Restore from Backup. > 2. Last resort: Run eseutil /p on the database, then run > eseutil /d on the database, then isinteg -fix -test alltests > > Running through step 2 multiple times is going to land you in > more trouble than you'd ever want to have, because eventually > (probably sooner rather than later) your database will be > unrecoverable, and then ALL YOUR MAIL WILL BE GONE FOREVER. > > Let me know if you have any questions. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of John Aldrich > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:23 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Fixing Exchange 5.5 after log file gets "eaten" > > Already did that, however, I would prefer to know the > solution, in case something happens and Symantec ignores my > instructions on that. > Thanks > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Wahlers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 10:17 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Fixing Exchange 5.5 after log file gets "eaten" > > > Just exclude the log file directory from your Antivirus > product. There may be other directories as well - others here > will no doubt point you to them. > > -- > Larry Wahlers > Concordia Technologies > The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of John Aldrich > > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 8:49 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Fixing Exchange 5.5 after log file gets "eaten" > > > > We've had a couple problems where the Exchange 5.5 log file > > will get "eaten" > > by our Antivirus or something and the mail server will crash > > shortly after. > > Each time this has happened, my boss has fixed it, but now > > he's leaving and > > I will be responsible for fixing it. I know part of the > > solution to fixing > > it is to run eseutil, but I'm told that there is another app > > you have to run > > and you have to run it and eseutil in the correct order with > > the correct > > switches. I'm hoping someone here will either point me to a > > FAQ or provide > > me with instructions on how to fix this next time it > happens. For the > > record, we're running some commercial undelete software that > > will hopefully > > allow us to recover the log file when it gets eaten, but in > > case it doesn't > > work, I'd really appreciate some of the more knowledgeable > people here > > helping me out... My boss doesn't recall exactly what he had > > to do or where > > he found the instructions, but he said he found a website out > > there. I'm > > hoping someone on this list will know what website he's > talking about! > > Thanks > > John > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > 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: 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