Yes to both questions.
Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Eric Woodford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 7:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Big log file Are recovery store's an option for SBS? Or standard version? On Feb 6, 2008 3:59 PM, Steven Peck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: We just use the recovery database method.... We planned for enough space on the drives to allow for this. On Feb 6, 2008 3:56 PM, Jim Majorowicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Back it in the "day" when this topic was a an excuse for the Hatfields and > McCoys to start oilin' up the ol' long irons, the consensus that eventually > gained the peace was that proper use of an online backup with deleted item > retention meant never having to worry about an Exchange data corruption. > Outlook corruptions were still a possibility, especially with large OST > files, but they would never effect the actual Exchange store. And besides > even if it did happen Exmerge would never require a fully functional restore > to get what you needed. Yes, you still need a "spare" server, but with > Virtualization that's a breeze. > > > > > > > > From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 3:39 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Big log file > > > > > > > > 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> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
