You can use a non-exchange-aware backup program. You need to stop the Exchange services. Backup MDBDATA and DSADATA folders, then restart them etc. etc. More can be found in the Exchange DR Whitepaper. It's far more advantageous to perform online backups (via Exchange-aware backup utility. Oh look! There's a free one! It's called NTBackup).
DON'T TOUCH THE LOG FILES! They do contain data until they are committed to the database. You really need to get one of the fine books recommended and start reading. Serdar Soysal -----Original Message----- From: David Parker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 5:38 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Logfiles So what's the disadvantage of running a non-exchange-aware backup program? Is it still possible to successfully restore mailboxes or exchange databases? Could we potentially restore that entire MDBDATA directory, and get everything back, if it were somehow lost? Also, if we were not running an exchange-aware backup program, is it ever safe to delete those logs? Are they really just logs, or are they actually part of the storage database? Thanks David Parker -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Martin Blackstone Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 2:50 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Logfiles Those are the logfiles. Do not delete them. You need to run an Exchange aware backup program. That will commit the logs and then flush them after the backup. What are you using now to backup, and is it Exchange aware? -----Original Message----- From: Mike Tonazzi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 8:08 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Logfiles I have a Xchange2000 Server running on a W2K Server SP2. I have found in the program folder under .\MDBDATA dozens of logfiles named Exxxxxx.log. They use a huge amount of my Disk. I cannot find any explanaiton for these logfiles in MS's knowledgebase. What are they for and how can I remove them or make them smaller? Thanks for any help Mike _________________________________________________________________ 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] _________________________________________________________________ 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]
