Quoting the M$ article mentioned: However, .pst files are not meant to be an enterprise network solution. Although it is possible to specify a network directory or a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path as a storage location for a .pst file, network usage is not meant to be a long-term, continuous-use method of storing messages in an enterprise environment.
We use offline files with the folder redirection to keep a "local" copy that would alleviate any " long-term, continuous-use." Thanks, Shaun ----------------------------------------------------------- Shaun Mickey 270net Technologies Phone: 301.663.6000 x28 Fax: 301.663.4410 www.270net.com "Internet/Technology Solutions for Business and Government" ----------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Post Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 12:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT: PST Problems... This sounds great, but why does M$ say thay don't support storing a pst on a network drive? http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;297019 Probably to try & rope you into an Exchange server? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shaun Mickey Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 9:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT: PST Problems... We use folder redirection on our AD domain ( you can setup via local group policy editor as well). We setup a \\server\redirection$\<username> share for each user, in that directory we have a "my documents' folder and "outlook" folder. We then move the outlook pst file into the outlook, start outlook and point it to the share to find the missing pst and then it gets included in every backup we have of the server. Does almost the same thing as what James wrote below, but saves on all the Veritas licensing... Thanks, Shaun ----------------------------------------------------------- Shaun Mickey 270net Technologies Phone: 301.663.6000 x28 Fax: 301.663.4410 www.270net.com "Internet/Technology Solutions for Business and Government" ----------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Horne Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 10:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] OT: PST Problems... James Robb <> wrote on Thursday, August 25, 2005 10:09 AM: > Hi Mike > > I know this is not going to help now, but once you have Outlook back > together again you should install the program Pfbackup. This is a > good tool that is on the MS web site that will backup the entire PST > file on a schedule that you set. On my Outlook program I have it > running once every 7 days so if I were to lose my pst file I have a > file that is pretty current to replace the damaged file. > > > Regards, > James Robb Here we use Veritas' Backup Exec to back up our servers. We also sprung for the Desktop Laptop Option. It will create on-the-fly backups of your PST files. It monitors for changes in selected directories and files and automatically backs those up to a central storage server either on a schedule or as soon as the change is detected. We use it to keep our users' PST files backed up and also to back up the "My Documents" folders of our laptop users (desktop users have their "My Documents" located on a file server). It even does revisioning. I think the minimum amount of licenses we could buy for it was 100, though. To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
