yeah ... that is one thing we were thinking of .. another is setting up a big beefy box with VMWare ...
I was looking for other options ... one I found was http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811063 Thanks Mike -----Original Message----- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 11:23 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Test Recovery Scenario Do you have enough spare equipment to setup a test lab? If so, testing should be pretty straightforward. I keep enough spare high-end desktop machines around that I can mimic my servers to test backup strategies. Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -----Original Message----- From: Wohlgemuth, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 10:16 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Test Recovery Scenario Before I am chided for my lack of testing an Exchange recovery scenario (I hope the exchange gods don't curse me with a crash for writing this ...) ... anyway chide away ... here goes ... Infrastructure: Windows 2000/sp4 Forest (non-native mode); 7 domains; users in 4 of the domains; 5000 users (don't ask why .. not my decision ...) 2 Exchange 2000/sp3 back end servers; 2 front end servers; all are member servers in one of the domains (a domain that does not have any users in it ...) Problem: How would you all set up a test lab to do test recoveries of my Exchange backups? Thanks in advance .... Mike _________________________________________________________________ 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] _________________________________________________________________ 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]
