Full backups daily. Anything else is a PITA to restore. If you don't have the tape (or the time) to do this, a full on a weekly basis and a daily differential is the least sucky alternative. Make sure you have the disk space available to support a week's worth of transaction log files.
Missy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Fretz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:27 AM Subject: Backup rituals > What backup rituals do you guys use on your Exchange sites? I've looked > through the FAQs and read most of the relevant Microsoft Qxxx articles on > Exchange administration, but I haven't found "the" way to do good backups. > My first blush is to backup the entire databases + logs once a week and then > backup the incremental changes to the logs daily. > > All suggestions, snide remarks and pithy one-liners are welcome... > > Thanks, > Eric > > 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&text_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&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
