And I am right behind you Erik on Don't do BLBs and do a little reading. Jeesh. If you have been on this list even just lurking in the background, you would see how many times we say NO BLBs with that hamburger.
Geoff....... -----Original Message----- From: Erik Sojka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 4:24 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backing up Exchange 5.5 I'm not trying to be an @$$hole here, but I stand behind my statement. As others have said: - Don't do BLBs - Don't use any vendor's OF agent on your Exchange server. - Perform a proper Exchange backup. How? Read the WPs and report back tomorrow with any additional questions. > -----Original Message----- > From: Karon Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 4:09 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Backing up Exchange 5.5 > > > I don't get it. What gives you the impression I don't know > what Circular > Logging is? Just because I have it turned on. I would turn > it off if we > could figure out how to back up the edb files and could flush the log > files. > > > > It sounds like you don't really know what circular logging > is, or what > the > > impact is. > > > > Please, for the sake of your job, your company and your > company's mail > > resources, locate and print out the Exchange 5.5 Backup and Disaster > > Recovery whitepapers from MS' website. > > > > Do not leave the building without having the printouts in > your hands. > > > > Do not go to sleep tonight until you have read them. All > will be explained > > in those whitepapers. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Karon Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 2:39 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: RE: Backing up Exchange 5.5 > > > > > > > > > I know what circular logging is and that's why we have it > > > turned on. > > > > > > My plan is to just stop the services and backup the pub.edb > > > and priv.edb > > > until we can get the OF Agent working. As far as BLB's, the > > > FIRM has to > > > do those I've tried to get them to not do them but they want > > > to be able to > > > restore a mailbox. This is a law firm remember the Lawyers > > > are in charge > > > not IT. > > > > > > Flushing the log files are I guess removing them or renaming them. > > > > > > > > > Do you know what circular logging is? Do you know what the > > > logfiles are > > > > for? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Karon Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 1:30 PM > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > Subject: RE: Backing up Exchange 5.5 > > > > > > > > > > > > On this particular server we are doing circular logging but > > > that shouldn't > > > > hurt anything. We were using BE's OFO but my Sys MGR again > > > made us shut > > > > it off because we were having constant problems with it. > > > > > > > > When you say flush the logs does, what exactly do you mean? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > OH MY GODS AND GODDESSES!! No wonder you have trouble with > > > this server. > > > > > Stop the BLB and do it the right way - pub and priv and > > > flush logs when > > > > > complete. You aren't doing circular logging too, are you? > > > > > > > > > > Just use the exchange agent from BE and you never > have to stop ANY > > > > service. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Karon Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 1:20 PM > > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > > Subject: Backing up Exchange 5.5 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I know this has come up before but how is everyone else > > > backing up their > > > > > Exchange servers. We're using Backup Exec and only > backing up the > > > > > mailboxes not the pub.edb or priv.edb. Is it wise to > > > stop those services > > > > > periodically to back those up? And how often? 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