So, how would you restore an entire mailbox, if it somehow got corrupted? I don't have a server laying around that I could restore the IS backup to, then export the mailbox in question. Obviously, if that was the only way I could do it, we'd find a way, but with the second backup that we do, I can simply restore the mailbox, at least I'm guessing I could, don't know how happy Exchange would be with it though, as we don't test our recovery options...lol. BTW, I do have DIR in place, but only for 7 days at the moment. I've spoken with my manager, and I'm thinking we'll bump that up to 30 days. Joe Heaton
________________________________ From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 10:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Big log file You should look more into DIR versus wasting tape on BLB's... On Feb 6, 2008 10:09 AM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes, we are doing a normal store backup also. They do the brick level in order to be able to restore a single message if needed. I think it's more fluff than anything, but I didn't set it up. Joe Heaton -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 9:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Big log file On Feb 6, 2008 10:17 AM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, the issue is that this particular backup is the ExchMapi$ > backup, of all the individual mailboxes and messages. FYI: That sounds like a "brick level backup" (BLB). Make sure you're backing up the Information Store separately if you're doing a BLB. You can ask the guys on the Exchange list why BLB = BAD. -- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
