You might want to look at the archives before making a statement like that. This is a dead horse. Anyone that has been working with Exchange for any length of time knows the BLB sucks and provides no value to an organization.
-----Original Message----- From: Derrick Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 3:13 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: FW: Tivoli I wouldn't speak in such ABSOLUTE terms. Mailbox level backups as your primary backup is not prudent, but it may be worth a companies time and other resources to do mailbox level backups in addition to daily full backups to better serve their customers. However, I've become accustom to restoring mailboxes the Tivoli way (full IS restore) because of the speed of the restore. > Brick level backups are generally a "bad" idea. > > > Michael Semiglia > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Derrick Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 12:23 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: Tivoli > > > We switched from BackupExec to TSM. For us, it took awhile to get it setup > properly because it was completely new to us, and the documentation Sucks. > You will quickly get tired of "See System Administrator" as the books > solution to most problems. But, it has its pros and cons like everything > else: > > Pros: > -Faster backup/restore than BackupExec (We use disk pools and migrate to IBM > MagStar 3590 tape library) -TDP 2.2 GUI is pretty simple. -The TSM database > makes it easy to do Point-in-Time restores and eliminates the need for doing > individual catalogs or inventories of tapes. > > Cons: > -We have had problems restoring Exchange after data has been migrated from > disk pool to tape pool. -Documentation sucks -No mailbox level backup > (compared to Backup Exec). Have to restore to test/alternate server and > export mailbox, though process is much faster than a full restore w/ > BackupExec. > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
