I use Retrospect with the open file backup add-on. PST's, along with the desktop, .nk2 file, and signatures get backed up once a week.
- Andy O. ________________________________________ From: Kevan Dickinson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 11:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Can not open PST files Thank you to all that have replied offering advice. We rebooted the server but still could not access the PST files so we have begun copying the PST Files to users local drives. What can people suggest as the best way to now backup these PST files to the network. As a temporary measure I have installed the Microsoft PST backup tool that copies the PST Files up to the Network when a user closes Outlook. Running a logoff script could also copy the files, but what are other people doing? Regards Kevan Dickinson Network Manager NSF-CMI 23 Lodge Road Hanborough Business Park, Long Hanborough, Oxford, OX29 8SJ, UK T:+44 01993 885661 E:[email protected] W:www.nsf-cmi.com ________________________________________ From: Scott Kaufman at HQ [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 24 March 2009 14:03 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Can not open PST files As other esteemed members have said, get the PSTs off the network server & back to local machine. Follow that up with a backup procedure for just the PSTs. Microsoft never intended for PSTs to be used across the network. For starters, configure your Anti-Virus solution on the file server to exclude .PST files. We ran into the same situation with a large x86 2k3 file server, and the following set of registry key changes has made a considerable performance difference for users. Please note, that if your file server is performing any other role, these changes could adversely affect the functionality of those roles YMMV. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management SystemPages : Reg_Dword Default: 0x3c00 Changed: 0xFFFFFFFF HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager HeapDeCommitFreeBlockThreshold : Reg_Dword Default: 0x0 Changed: 0x00040000 The next two were changed based on http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/312362 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management PagedPoolSize : Reg_Dword Default: 0x0 Changed: 0xFFFFFFFF HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management PoolUsageMaximum: Reg_Dword Default: 0x0 Changed: 0x3c You will have to reboot the server for these changes to take effect. Scott Kaufman Lead Network Analyst ITT ESI, Inc. From: Kevan Dickinson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 8:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Can not open PST files Since Friday afternoon I have been having some people report that they can not open their PST files. All PST files are stored in users home drives on the Network. When trying to open the file from within Outlook they are told that they do not have permission to open the file. However they have full read and write access to the file. I reapplied permissions just in case. If I copy the PST locally then the file can be opened. I know that Microsoft does not support PSTs on a Network drive but we have worked this way for many years and I know that lots of other people do as well. Anyone any idea what may be happening here? Its affecting about 10% of our users at the moment and as I said earlier started happening on Friday afternoon. The clients are running a mixture of Office 2003 and Office 2007. We use Exchange server 2003. 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