Forgot one thing - The only thing I haven't tried is stopping the information store while the backup is running.
> Our store.exe is running at 100%. I know this is normal that NT is > supposed to take the resources from that as it needs it. > > But for the past 3 weeks, it is now taking over 10 hours for the backup of > the exchange server when it used to be done in about 3. > > The priv.edb is only 565M and the pub.edb is 21 M. The backup is only > backing up about 4.5G in total (user directories). > > Response time in Outlook 2000 is not slow. > The queues are not backing up. > Trend Serverprotect is running on that server, but the exchange > directories are being skipped. > Nothing new has been added or removed from the server. > There is no delay when stopping or starting the information store. > No errors (Dr. Watson) have happened and it has not "not responded". > Nothing out of the ordinary in the event logs > > Nt server 4.0 sp6a > Exchange 5.5 sp3 > NTbackup using AT command for backup with the following .bat file: > > ntbackup backup c: e: ds \\server1 is \\server1 /v /b /e /l > "c:\backup\backup.log" /hc:on /t normal > > I have also started receiving about 80-100 blank e-mails with no body and > no subject starting at the time the backup starts > > 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]

