Funny... I got the privilege of doing some Exchange DR the other night and they were using BE with the Exchange agent. They had NO good backups at all. However, they were backing up the exchsrvr directories, doing "supposed" online backups, BLB's, AND they had Circular logging enabled. Geee.... I wonder why the backups failed.
At any rate, it was one of the worst DR's I have ever encountered. I thought about calling PSS, but I knew what they were going to tell me... I was fscked. Anyway, I had to upgrade the firmware on the RAID controller to get eseutil to run as they have a Dell 2400 with the PERC2 RAID card (known issues with disk I/O processes for those who don't know). Of course, when I asked about the reasoning for their backup strategy, they told me they wanted the ability to restore individual emails. I asked if they'd ever heard of "Deleted Items Retention". Got the server back online and running, reconfigured their backups to do REAL online backups and all is peachy now. That said... As poor of a product as CA is, backups are only as good as the backup operator. -----Original Message----- From: Martin Tuip [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 2:46 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Opinion on Backups You gotta be kidding I hope? Choose Veritas or Commvault ... -------------------------- Martin Tuip MVP Exchange Exchange2000 List owner www.exchange-mail.org www.sharepointserver.com -------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Van Huissteden, Adriaan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 10:52 PM Subject: RE: Opinion on Backups > I like the Computer Associates products... > > www.ca.com > > Bye > > -----Original Message----- > From: Craig Manske [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, 18 October 2001 7:45 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Opinion on Backups > > > I've been looking at Backup software for out NT/2000/Exchange servers. > Right now we run Veritas Backup Exec but because of the poor support > (Pay support sucks) and horriable Customer Service (They didn't have > any information on file about my company or purchases). I've decided > to choose > another brand of tape software. What I'd like to know is what you're > opinion is on the best software (Other then BE) to use with NT/2000 > including Exchange support. > > Thanks > -- > Craig Manske <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > IS Manager > Stanek Tool <www.stanektool.com> > New Berlin, WI > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Disclaimer: The information in this message or attachments (if any) > may be confidential or legally privileged material. It is intended > solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is > unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, and disclosure, > copying or distribution of the message, or any action or omission > taken by you in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If > your receive this communication in error, > please contact the sender immediately and delete this e-mail and associated > material from any computer. Any views expressed in this communication are > those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states > them to be views of CONNECT Credit Union. Whilst virus scanning software > is utilised by CONNECT, no responsibility is taken for virus damage > that may > originate from this transmission > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
