We use St. Bernard's Open File Manager which gets us around the problem of
open files during backups. It works well with NT 4.0 and BackupExec.
----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Donnelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] nightly backups
> Andy,
>
> It should not be necessary to stop the services. Backup software can
usually
> be set to ignore open files, or retry after some time (better choice!).
> Mailboxes maybe open when new mail is arriving and when users are logged
in
> (usually only when checking for new messages) so the retry time can be
just
> a few minutes.
>
> Do not forget to backup the registry!
>
> Daniel Donnelly
> Ipswitch Technical Support
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "andy schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 10:51 AM
> Subject: [IMail Forum] nightly backups
>
>
> A quick question, when I do my backups, is it necessary to stop the imail
> services or can i do a live backup?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Andy
>
>
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