I'm not saying that it happened Don, I'm simply trying to figure out what/how I should be backing up my Exchange, in order to provide the best and easiest recovery options. Joe Heaton
________________________________ From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 3:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Big log file The entire mailbox got corrupted??? Exmerge and recreate... If the entire mailbox is corrupt, how far back in your backups are you going to go to find out where the corruption began? On Feb 6, 2008 3:11 PM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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> ~
