That's like manna from heaven! Thanks Erik.
Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -----Original Message----- From: Erik Sojka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 10:10 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5 Read, understand and read again the MS Exchange Backup and Disaster Recovery Whitepaper. Link to it is in the FAQ or is google-able. Then read it again. If you need to recover a single mailbox (a relatively unlikely occurrence if you follow the Ed Crowley Never Restore Method - also in the FAQ) you can do the full restore to another server, then extract out the needed mailbox and merge it into the live server store, affecting no other users. Read the Whitepaper! > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 9:09 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5 > > > I agree. Although, what happens when an idiot user trashes > their inbox and > then convienently forgets to tell me until after the 1 week retention > period? Restoring the entire store would be a bad idea(tm) > because it was > set everybody back to the state the were in when the backup > was made, right? > > I agree Brick backups are bad idea, I just don't have any > better one's at > the moment. > > Eric Fretz > > L-3 Communications > ComCept Division > 2800 Discovery Blvd. > Rockwall, TX 75032 > tel: 972.772.7501 > fax: 972.772.7510 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 8:06 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5 > > > Ok, but what is BLB going to do for you? If you backup the > whole store at > once the normal way, you are going to be back up and running > a heck of a lot > faster than if you had to restore mailboxes one by one. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Fretz > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 6:01 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5 > > Murphy's law says that any working device can crap out and > any moment. This > box is running on a gateway 1U server with no RAID drives. > All it takes is > one hardware failure on a drive to take out the Private store and I am > screwed. This company doesn't even have any tape drives that > are large > enough to hold a backup of the mailboxes. I've had to use > Backup-to-disk > folders on other servers to get space to hold the backups. > Yes, I know I > need tape drives. Yes, I know that I need backup exec 9 (and > the exchange > agent). Those are all planned purchased in Q1 of '04. > > > > Eric Fretz > > L-3 Communications > ComCept Division > 2800 Discovery Blvd. > Rockwall, TX 75032 > tel: 972.772.7501 > fax: 972.772.7510 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Hlabse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 7:41 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5 > > > It could tank at any moment then this means you should use > brick level > backups. Where did you hear that or am i missing something > > > From: Eric Fretz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5 > Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 07:35:21 -0600 > > I've inherited this IT environment and I can't spend any > money until Jan. > 5th. Oh, by the way, this exchange box as not been backed up > since it was > built 2.5 years ago! Brick backups are start because this > box could tank at > any moment. I'm purchasing Veritas BE 9 in January, but I > cannot get it > until then. > > I might have a trial copy of BE 9 and I can use until then, though. > > > Eric Fretz > > L-3 Communications > ComCept Division > 2800 Discovery Blvd. > Rockwall, TX 75032 > tel: 972.772.7501 > fax: 972.772.7510 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ed Crowley [MVP] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 10:14 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5 > > > You're not going to like this answer, but brick backup is a > great big kludgy > crutch for administrators who insist on managing their > Exchange environment > like they would a Microsoft Mail environment. Quit depending on it. > > http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq_appxb.htm > > Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP > Freelance E-Mail Philosopher > Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Fretz > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 2:16 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5 > > For those of you with Veritas (Or Seagate) Backup Exec, I > have a problem > with restoring individual user mailboxes. Everytime I try to > restore an > individuals mailbox, the job copies 9088 bytes and then > hangs. It never > fails or gives an error message. > > My mail server is Exchange 5.5 standard running on a Windows > 2000 Server > (SP4) with Veritas Backup Exec v8.5. > > Thanks, > Eric Fretz > > L-3 Communications > ComCept Division > 2800 Discovery Blvd. > Rockwall, TX 75032 > tel: 972.772.7501 > fax: 972.772.7510 > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t ext_mode=&lang > =english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t ext_mode=&lang > =english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t ext_mode=&lang > =english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > Set yourself up for fun at home! 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