I totally agree with Ed. Exclude these from your backup routines. For DR of our Exchange box, I just make sure that I use the Exchange agent from Arcserve to backup Exchange part of the box (in Arcserve). Then I make a duplicate server (down to the name, SP, and all) and restore just the Exchange data via the agent. Worked flawlessly three different times in 2 years (scheduled testing every 6 months).
Damian MCSE+I, CCNP Senior Technical Analyst -----Original Message----- From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 11:06 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Arcserve 2000 and MSX 5.5 Well, I would highly suggest that you test and practice that! You should exclude the \exchsrvr\*data directories from any file-based backup. 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 Tim Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 9:02 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Arcserve 2000 and MSX 5.5 I guess my concern is that I haven't had to do a full recovery of a server with Arcserve and am not 100% sure the exchange agent saves all the transaction logs before purging them. I am afraid if a drive fails I will not have all the logs necessary to get back to current. Does everyone else simply exclude the entire DSADATA and MDBDATA folders from their backups? _________________________________________________________________ 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]
