Sounds like a bargain. I'm sure the law firm can somehow write it off or pass it off on the client.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Daniel Chenault Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 12:44 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Restoring an old (no longer existing) server MCS charges 275/hr (last I checked, may have gone up since then) for 225/hr you get the same expertise for fifty bucks less you also don't get a herd of consultants all charging the same rate X the number in the herd. I'm not sure I understand the relevance of used to work for MS (eight years tenure as of last Nov); does having a big company name make a consultant worth more? Or does it make it easier for the customer to swallow the higher rates? I dunno; I'm new to consulting insofar as setting rates and such. I'm far from new to Exchange (first installed it when it was called Touchdown) and come to think of it I did a presentation on Disaster Recovery (which includes what you're doing) at the MEC in Boston with Joseph Pagano, the MCS guy who wrote the DR document and Laurion Burchall, the chief architect of the JET database. Far be it from me, though, to toot my own horn. You said, "My question is how in the hell am I going to accomplish this?" That doens't sound like "I know more or less what I'm doing I just need a few pointers" now does it? I dont' wish to get into a flame war, or a contest to see who can wet the wall highest up. I'm a consultant with a ponytail, a Harley, an attitude and the ability to make an Exchange server sit up and beg. But, no, I don't have a big company name backing me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michel, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 2:26 PM Subject: RE: Restoring an old (no longer existing) server > As I seem to recall you mentioning once that you USED to work for MS, is it > really fair to expect the same rates as MS Consulting currently charges? By > the way, I don't think my question was posed in such a way as to require a > step-by-step answer. I know how to do the restore, I was looking to see if > there was an easier way that I had not thought of and if anyone has been > through a similar process. I kind of thought that's what these lists were > supposed to be about??? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Chenault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 3:14 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: Restoring an old (no longer existing) server > > > I was about to give step-by-step info but realized that that does not put > bread on the table. > > My services are available at $225/hr plus T&E. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michel, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 1:57 PM > Subject: Restoring an old (no longer existing) server > > > > Current setup: > > - Exchange 2000 sp2 on mailbox servers and a single 5.5 sp4 IMC > > server > > - Currently using NTBackup for backups and Antigen 6.5 for > > virus/content filtering > > > > I was just informed that, due to a lawsuit, I must restore an old 5.5 > server > > that no longer exists and restore the entire database (not brick-level) > for > > a period of about different 8 months. I have the databases on a month-end > > tape from each of those months and those tapes were made use ArcServe. I > > also have long since reused that server. Once the database is restored on > > the new server, I must then go through every email from every user and > > search for text in either the subject AND the body. After this is done > for > > one month I'm to blow everything away and start all over again with the > next > > month's tape. > > > > My question is how in the hell am I going to accomplish this? Building > the > > server and recreating the Exchange environment is easy enough but I'm > > confused on the restore and the searching parts. If I have to buy > something > > like Trend for the searching I guess it could be done and charged to the > > client but I prefer not to. As for the backups, since I cannot bring this > > server onto our network and the backup server that has ArcServe is > obviously > > on the network, how do I do this? My best guess is to use a cross-connect > > cable and bring the backup server offline during the restore time. Any > > other suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. > > > > David Michel > > Ruden McClosky Smith Schuster & Russell, P.A. > > > NOTICE: This e-mail message and any attachment to this e-mail message > contains confidential information that may be legally privileged. If you are > not the intended recipient, you must not review, retransmit, convert to hard > copy, copy, use or disseminate this e-mail or any attachments to it. If you > have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by return > e-mail or by telephone at 954-764-6660 and delete this message. 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