Duh! I was mocking those who never test their backups. All who qualify, raise your hands!
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of knightslayer Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 11:20 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup Exec 12 How do you know the backups work until they're tested...? You're not just relying on the "Job Completed Successfully", are you? Backup Exec will only backup what you have selected (or you think you have selected). If, when the time comes, you try to restore something that isn't there because you misunderstood how Backup Exec works, or forgot to select something, or didn't know it was required, or Backup Exec doesn't behave the same way as it did in earlier versions, you can't then say to the company directors/owners/customers when the brown stuff hits the fan and say: 'It's not called Restore Exec, ya know!!' Backups are only good if you can prove they are restorable. Otherwise it's like never opening up a parachute to see if there are any holes in it... Keith -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Crowley Sent: 07 May 2008 18:56 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup Exec 12 Why? It's called "Backup Exec", not "Restore Exec"! Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of knightslayer Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 10:53 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup Exec 12 But that's only half the picture! If you can fully restore from a BE 12 then you can say it is fine. Until then, one must reserve judgement. BE11d v7170 is up to SP2 with several hotfixes. 11d is a mature product with a lot of the support issues having been addressed. BE12 is still wet behind the ears, and in my opinion, it needs to prove it can stand up before you can say it runs. Keith -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard, Pat Sent: 06 May 2008 19:38 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup Exec 12 It seems to be running ok on the installations I've got it running on. -- Pat Richard, MCSE Sr. Messaging Architect Microsoft Exchange MVP ANALYSTS INTERNATIONAL ü Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Dandy Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 2:36 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Backup Exec 12 I'm considering upgrading from Backup Exec 10d to version 12. I would be backing up Exchange 2003, Server 2003 and Server 2008. Have any of you tried V12 and has it worked OK for you? Are there known issues? Thanks for your comments. 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