YEA! SAN=GOOD! .... Now if I could just justify one here! Miles
----------------------- Miles Holt Network Engineer Summit Marketing Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] 770-303-0426 ----------------------- "Show me a completely smooth operation and I'll show you someone who's covering mistakes. Real boats rock." - Frank Herbert, "Chapterhouse: Dune" -----Original Message----- From: Herold Heiko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 5:00 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Moving Exchange Database Double Bummer! It seems I had a moment of dyslexia - what I'm about to deploy is a SAN, not a NAS. SANs are supported. As a matter of fact the idea is to keep running only differential backups (logs only, all the logs) every night. Once a month (or less, tuning will be needed, fortunately we have the whole sunday available as a downtime window): - full online backup. - stop exchange services. - detach a mirror of the databases. Offline backup of the whole server (os ecc.) except the databases. Restart of services. - backup the detached mirror of the databases (offline backup of the db files, added with the backup of the previous step this constitutes a whole offline backup). - reattach and sync that mirror to the (already running online) master discs. In case of need for a single mailbox restore (really has been needed only twice in 3 years, the Ed Crowley metod works fine): on a spare identical box (spare network) restore the whole offline os backup and databases. Restore online logs if neccesary, restore mailbox. In case of disaster recovery: Ditto, then move server to main network. Supposed advantage: This should minimize restore time, since there's no need for the reinstallation of OS, service packs, exchange, service packs. Also the restore time of the databases as a offline file restore should be less than a restore of the exchange db. Disadvantage: from time to time (once a month ? once a week) a downtime window is needed, for the time neccessary to stop services, OS backup, start services. Heiko -- -- PREVINET S.p.A. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Via Ferretto, 1 ph x39-041-5907073 -- I-31021 Mogliano V.to (TV) fax x39-041-5907472 -- ITALY > -----Original Message----- > From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 10:44 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Moving Exchange Database > > > > "Microsoft Does Not Support Network Attached Storage (NAS)" > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;317173 > > "Microsoft says it will not support the configuration because it can > cause corruption in Exchange databases and degrade the performance of > the server." http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/0618infra.html > > > William Lefkovics, MCSE-NT4, MCSE-W2K, A+, WLKMMAS, ExchangeMVP > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Herold Heiko > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 1:32 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > > Why ? > Probably I'll have to do a transition to a NAS (Hitachi, > reselled by HP) > sometime soon, so I'm somewhat interested :) > Obviously I will test before moving the production databases, though. > Heiko > > -- > -- PREVINET S.p.A. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Via Ferretto, 1 ph x39-041-5907073 > -- I-31021 Mogliano V.to (TV) fax x39-041-5907472 > -- ITALY > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Matteson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 2:50 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Moving Exchange Database > > > > > > If you are describing a Network Attached Storage device, step > > away from > > the keyboard. > > > > John Matteson > > Geac Corporate ISS > > (404) 239 - 2981 > > Atlanta, Georgia, USA. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Eve Jimah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Posted At: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 4:31 AM > > Posted To: Exchange Discussion List > > Conversation: Moving Exchange Database > > Subject: Moving Exchange Database > > > > > > I am running exchange 5.5 service pack 4 on NT4 > > server. We have just acquired an external storage > > system and a new drive letter is mapped to my exchange server > > pointing at this new storage system with up to 40g assigned for > > exchange . > > > > I now want to move my exchange database from the > > current location on drive d: to the new location which > > is drive E: > > > > I intend using the performance optimizer tool, are > > there any issues involved in moving the database from > > a local drive on the current server to an external > > storage system. > > > > Thanks > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
