...and keeping copies of old service packs and hotfixes so you can build a recovery server at the correct version, and not to mention the necessity of taking a full backup both before and after applying updates.
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP kcCC+I Tech Consultant hp Services Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Chris Scharff Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 12:48 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: E2K Backups and Service Packs Some hotfixes can have this effect as well, which underscores the need for well documented change control. > -----Original Message----- > From: WAISEL, HAROLD B [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 2:12 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: E2K Backups and Service Packs > > > This is an interesting situation we just encountered that I > thought others would be interested in. > > In our test environment, we recently upgraded one of the E2K > servers to SP3. Afterwards, for various reasons, we needed to > go back to an SP2 version of the database, so we tried to > restore the older databases, but were getting JET errors. > After talking with Microsoft, we found out that once an > Exchange Server is upgraded to a newer service pack, you > cannot recover an older-version database using the > later-version Exchange server. This applies to 3rd party > backup software, as well as native Win2K backups. > > This means that if, for compliance or business reasons, you > need to keep older versions of your databases archived, you > need to know which version of the software that database last > ran under. In addition you would need to make sure that when > you restore, you must do so on a server that is patched only > to that level of Service Pack. Apparently this applies to > the Private IS only, and not Public IS. Once you mount the > older-version database on its corresponding server, you can > then dismount it and move it to a newer version server so > that you can use it (if necessary). > > If you have any other information about this, I'd be > interested in reading your responses. > > Harold Waisel > FleetBoston > [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]
