If you have the reg hack "dumpster always on," you can still recover those emails that were 'hard-deleted.'
From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:16:00 -0500 Subject: RE: Exchange brick level backup software Options / soultion? Talk to me about item 5… I’m using Exchange 12.5. In my backup job, I have an option I can check to enable “Granular Recovery Technology.” GRT lets me restore individual messages and mailboxes. You’re saying that when I check that option, I’m no longer doing a “normal IS backup” and need, in essence, to create a second backup job in which GRT isn’t enabled? We can live with item 1. Our Exchange backups take a few hours, but in our environment that’s acceptable (we’re not an overnight operation here, so long backups at night are fine). But you’ve piqued my curiosity; I may disable GRT and see how big a difference that makes in the time. On item 2, can’t users permanently delete items from their Deleted Items folder, even it retention is enabled? I thought retention forced those items to be permanently deleted after a period of time, but I didn’t know if also forced them to NOT be permanently deleted for that same period. But I’m not an Exchange wiz by any means; I’m a generalist, not a specialist. :-) John From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 8:48 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange brick level backup software Options / soultion? 1] it takes a long time – typically 2 or 3 times longer than a full Information Store backup 2] if you have properly configured and know how to use deleted item retention and deleted mailbox retention, BLB provides you with no added benefits 3] it makes mailbox auditing worthless 4] you lose visibility to “last accessed by” for the mailbox 5] if you are doing a BLB INSTEAD OF a normal IS backup (usually happens because of item [1]), it will give you a false sense of security – a BLB does NOT replace a full IS backup That being said – there are times and places and environments where it makes sense. Very few and far between. But they exist. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 8:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange brick level backup software Options / soultion? Is there a downside to doing brick-level backups, though? We’re doing this with BackupExec, and I see only potential benefits to it—no drawbacks. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us From: Ben Schorr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 6:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange brick level backup software Options / soultion? Oh, don’t do Brick Level backups. :-( Try Ed’s method instead: http://www.exchangefaq.org/faq/Exchange-5.5/The-Ed-Crowley-Never-Restore-Method/sectionID/1009 Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer ______________________________________________ Roland Schorr & Tower www.rolandschorr.com [email protected] From: justino garcia [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 13:37 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Exchange brick level backup software Options / soultion? Exchange brick level backup software, Anything beside NT-backup, has scheduling, can backup to NAS or DISKS, and that is Simple, and under 500USD? 30 mailboxes, about 60 gig store, needs to be backed-up daily, and restored just in case, to test, has scheduling, and how long it can retain a backup before it does a cleanup?? Any suggestions? Thanks NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure. NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
