RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-12 Thread East, Bill
I love my Gammy but I won't let her sit on a freshly-upholstered sofa. -- be - MOS > -Original Message- > From: Ronald Mazzotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 4:28 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Best backup software for Ex

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Shotton Jolyon
MAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 December 2003 15:04 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Best backup software for Exchange I concur. We have TSM here at Spherion and I am growing to like it. The back-end of TSM is taken care of by *nix guys, so I don't know how easy it is to configure and maintain

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Jim Sullivan
In the past 5 years we went from CA ArcServe to Veritas BackupExec to CommVault Galaxy. We are very happy with the CommVault solution. We backup over SAN fiber fabric, a dedicated GB backend server network and the user's 100MB network. It is very fast and resilient. It is worth your ti

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
He should change the direction of his scope. :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 11:24 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Best backup software for Exchange We are very happy with Commvault Galaxy, but your

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread ehansen
We are very happy with Commvault Galaxy, but your not looking at that. -Original Message- From: Tigue Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 11:42 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Best backup software for Exchange We are looking at Networker and

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Roger Seielstad
so well. Roger -- Roger D. Seielstad - MTS MCSE MS-MVP Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis Inc. > -Original Message- > From: Ronald Mazzotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:25 AM > To: Exchange Discussions

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
I think Netbackup allows tape multiplexing which greatly increases backup speeds, but could be a pain during restores - data would need to be de-multiplexed. Sincerely, Andrey Fyodorov, Exchange MVP Systems Engineer Messaging and Collaboration Spherion -Original Message- From: Jason

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2003-12-11 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
on a SAN, and we have recently implemented SAN backup, with the tape drives residing on the SAN fabric. This way the backup/restore data is not sent via the Ethernet, but rather via fiber - it is very fast. Sincerely, Andrey Fyodorov, Exchange MVP Systems Engineer Messaging and Collaboration Sph

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Jason Rader
We use Netbackup Datacenter 4.5 and while the interface is clunkier than backup exec imo, the speeds have been tremendous and the system itself has been very reliable. Supposedly it will back up straight from a san but we haven't hooked it up to ours yet. Jason From: "Ben Winzen

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Orin Rehorst
nzenz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 8:29 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Best backup software for Exchange If you haven't used the latest version of BackupExec, then you haven't really used it. I also used Arcserve and detested it. The speeds wit

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Ben Winzenz
e. I much prefer my BackupExec 9.0. Ben Winzenz Network Engineer Gardner & White (317) 581-1580 ext 418 -Original Message- From: Ronald Mazzotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:25 AM Posted To: Exchange (Swynk) Conversation: Best backup software for Ex

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Ronald Mazzotta
inal Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger Seielstad Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:01 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Best backup software for Exchange Have you seen a mental health professional lately? I had the decidedly unfortu

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Roger Seielstad
Have you seen a mental health professional lately? I had the decidedly unfortunate experience to have inherited ArcServe when I started here. And I'll freely admit that I was able to get it to both backup and restore both files and Exchange databases. It took 10 times longer to set u

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Eric Fretz
lto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 7:43 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Best backup software for Exchange First off, don't drink the Koolaid that says BCV snaps of Exchange are a good idea. At least not yet - not until there is native (i.e. written by Microso

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-11 Thread Roger Seielstad
that an online backup provides - because the database IO must be halted to bring about a consistent database state prior to creating the snapshot. IIRC, Ex2k3 or one of its service packs is supposed to support this functionality. Add to the above reasons the aspects of what are lost on your produ

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-10 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
rom: Tigue Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 1:42 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Best backup software for Exchange We are looking at Networker and NetBackup for enterprise backup solutions. We would like to so the usual mailbox backup and also snap backups from

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-10 Thread Martin Blackstone
You are officially black listed -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronald Mazzotta Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 1:28 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Best backup software for Exchange Funny you should say that. I love my CA

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-10 Thread Ronald Mazzotta
sday, December 10, 2003 4:27 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Best backup software for Exchange Anything not from CA. John Matteson Geac Corporate ISS (404) 239 - 2981 Atlanta, Georgia, USA. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of T

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-10 Thread John Matteson
Conversation: Best backup software for Exchange Subject: Best backup software for Exchange We are looking at Networker and NetBackup for enterprise backup solutions. We would like to so the usual mailbox backup and also snap backups from SAN BCV's. I would like to hear from the members about thes

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-10 Thread Eric Fretz
- From: Dickenson, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 3:06 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Best backup software for Exchange if (mailboxbackup == bricklevelbackup) { mailboxbackup = bad; } else { buy(backupexec); } Steven --- Steven Dickenson

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-10 Thread Dickenson, Steven
nesday, December 10, 2003 1:42 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Best backup software for Exchange We are looking at Networker and NetBackup for enterprise backup solutions. We would like to so the usual mailbox backup and also snap backups from SAN BCV's. I would like to hear from the members

RE: Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-10 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
Fuggetaboutmailboxbackup. -Original Message- From: Tigue Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 1:42 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Best backup software for Exchange We are looking at Networker and NetBackup for enterprise backup solutions. We would

Best backup software for Exchange

2003-12-10 Thread Tigue Williams
We are looking at Networker and NetBackup for enterprise backup solutions. We would like to so the usual mailbox backup and also snap backups from SAN BCV's. I would like to hear from the members about these two products before we actually go ahead with the purchase. We are using 5.5 and

RE: Backup Exec 9.0 and 9.1 does not see Exchange 2003 Stores?

2003-12-10 Thread Simon Butler
nance. I too thought it was odd that I required a different key, but that was what I was told. Simon. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ml.exchange Sent: 10 December 2003 14:55 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup Exec 9.0 and 9.1

RE: Backup Exec 9.0 and 9.1 does not see Exchange 2003 Stores?

2003-12-10 Thread ml.exchange
than a weird bung on their end. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Butler Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:17 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup Exec 9.0 and 9.1 does not see Exchange 2003 Stores? Have you got an

RE: Backup Exec 9.0 and 9.1 does not see Exchange 2003 Stores?

2003-12-10 Thread ml.exchange
-Original Message- From: Holt, Miles Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:49 AM To: 'Exchange Discussions' Subject: RE: Backup Exec 9.0 and 9.1 does not see Exchange 2003 Stores? Yes. In the case of the 9.1 install (no hot fixes needed), I actually migrated the two mailbo

RE: Backup Exec 9.0 and 9.1 does not see Exchange 2003 Stores?

2003-12-10 Thread Simon Butler
hange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup Exec 9.0 and 9.1 does not see Exchange 2003 Stores? Yes, Exchange Admin and System Manager from Exchange 2003 are on both of my production backup servers AND on the Exchange 2003 server I installed BE 9.1 on. The exchange agent is also installed. -Original Me

RE: Backup Exec 9.0 and 9.1 does not see Exchange 2003 Stores?

2003-12-10 Thread David, Andy
Did you re-install the backup agents after installing the hotfixes to all the servers? -Original Message- From: ml.exchange [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 6:33 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup Exec 9.0 and 9.1 does not see Exchange 2003 Stores

RE: Backup Exec 9.0 and 9.1 does not see Exchange 2003 Stores?

2003-12-09 Thread ml.exchange
Yes, Exchange Admin and System Manager from Exchange 2003 are on both of my production backup servers AND on the Exchange 2003 server I installed BE 9.1 on. The exchange agent is also installed. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Akerlund

RE: Backup Exec 9.0 and 9.1 does not see Exchange 2003 Stores?

2003-12-09 Thread Akerlund, Scott
Did you install the Exchange Admin with the same SP on the backup systems? Scott -Original Message- From: ml.exchange [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 3:22 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Backup Exec 9.0 and 9.1 does not see Exchange 2003 Stores? We are

Backup Exec 9.0 and 9.1 does not see Exchange 2003 Stores?

2003-12-09 Thread ml.exchange
We are currently running a Ex 5.5 mixed mode environment with our First Exchange 2003 server deployed for testing with our IT department. For the life of me I can not get Backup Exec 9.0 4454 (with E2k3 hot fix) or 9.1 to see and backup the private and public info stores. It WILL see and

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-07 Thread Jees
ot;Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Backup rituals > Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 17:21:38 -0800 (PST) > > Eric, i get an error msg when following this link > > < continue to see this message when trying to access > this download, you might t

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-07 Thread Tony Hlabse
The link is wrapped From: Jees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Backup rituals Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 17:21:38 -0800 (PST) Eric, i get an error msg when

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-07 Thread Jees
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 3:12 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Backup rituals > > > > I finally found the Disaster Recovery Whitepaper > Erik was talking > > about. I will stop asking questions about DR > methods. > > > > Eric Fretz

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-05 Thread Ed Crowley [MVP]
ey MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Hutchings Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 9:30 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-05 Thread Eric Fretz
.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -Original Message- From: Hank Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 3:12 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals > I finally found the Disaster Recovery Whitepaper Erik was talking > about. I will stop asking questions a

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-05 Thread Eric Fretz
The whole guide is priceless.) Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -Original Message- From: Hank Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 3:12 AM To: Exchange Discussions S

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-05 Thread Couch, Nate
This is our plan as well. Fulls every day plus the transaction logs has worked well for us. Nate Couch EDS Messaging -Original Message- From: David, Andy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 10:47 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals Full plus

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2003-12-05 Thread Hank Arnold
ery night to hard drive. We then do a tape backup every night (full on Fridays and incremental other night) _ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-04 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
I think what he meant by "to the hour" was not to the point of failure but to any time within any day of the week. I have seen a number of backup programs (Legato for example) where you can pick a day and time to which you want to restore. If you were doing full+incremental or full+di

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-04 Thread Paul Hutchings
I do mostly "cause i can", my strategy purely from a "how quick can i get this working if it breaks" p.o.v is to do a full backup nightly using ntbackup to dump to a file on a removable SCSI drive wihch then gets dumped to tape. I also do an incremental to get the logs at lunc

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-04 Thread Dickenson, Steven
apolis Maryland -Original Message- From: HOLLIDAY, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 11:47 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals Wouldn't doing a diff/incremental + weekly full give you a tighter restore point window (restore

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-04 Thread Woodruff, Michael
ember 04, 2003 11:47 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals Wouldn't doing a diff/incremental + weekly full give you a tighter restore point window (restore to the hour instead of to the day)? Eric Holliday - "PST's? We don't need no stinkin' P

Re: Backup rituals

2003-12-04 Thread Missy Koslosky
ussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 11:47 AM Subject: RE: Backup rituals Wouldn't doing a diff/incremental + weekly full give you a tighter restore point window (restore to the hour instead of to the day)? Eric Holliday - "PST's? We don't n

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-04 Thread David, Andy
Full plus replaying the trans logs will restore you to the point of failure. -Original Message- From: HOLLIDAY, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 11:47 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals Wouldn't doing a diff/incremental + w

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-04 Thread HOLLIDAY, Eric
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Crowley [MVP] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 9:26 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals Why bother? The only value I would see in that would be if you were backing up off-site. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protect

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2003-12-03 Thread Ed Crowley [MVP]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 2:35 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals Those of you that do a daily full backup are you doing a diff or incremental during the day? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Ed Crowley [MVP]
artin Blackstone Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:42 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals While most any other system is quite happy with incremental backups, Exchange is one of those that you want to do full backups on always. The reason being is that incremental do not commi

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread David, Andy
Nope. Too much work. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 5:35 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals Those of you that do a daily full backup are you doing a diff or incremental during the day

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2003-12-03 Thread mcary
Those of you that do a daily full backup are you doing a diff or incremental during the day? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David, Andy Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:41 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals

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2003-12-03 Thread John Matteson
Backup Exec, Full backups daily. Mask, rattle.. Opps, that in case I have to use the backup tapes. John Matteson Geac Corporate ISS (404) 239 - 2981 Atlanta, Georgia, USA. -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:27

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2003-12-03 Thread Arch Willingham
ubject: RE: Backup rituals At this point, the name of this discussion thread should be changed from "Backup rituals" to "Back up, fell over in a drunken stupor and disgusting kareoke rituals". --E Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Arch Willingham
But then they get in the original bad mood referenced in the "December 03, 2003 9:43 AM" e-mail below . -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Dixon Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 11:25 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject:

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Ken Cornetet
iscussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals Tequila! -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 December 2003 16:20 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals Real men drink Stout! Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Eric Fretz
At this point, the name of this discussion thread should be changed from "Backup rituals" to "Back up, fell over in a drunken stupor and disgusting kareoke rituals". --E Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.750

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2003-12-03 Thread Jim Helfer
I'll have an Anchor Porter and a Jameson's on the rocks and get the lady whatever she wants. Jim -Original Message- From: Scott Weston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 12:07 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals whiskey. ---

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Scott Weston
whiskey. -Original Message- From: Mike Dixon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:25 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals Tequila! -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 December 2003 16:20 To

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread David, Andy
Agreed. -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:58 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals That's it! My bad. ::turns in MVP card:: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Mike Dixon
It makes you Happy!! -Original Message- From: Mike Dixon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 December 2003 16:25 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals Tequila! -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 December 2003 16:20 To

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Mike Dixon
Tequila! -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 December 2003 16:20 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals Real men drink Stout! Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Bowles, John (OIG/OMP)
change Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals Real men drink Stout! Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -Original Message- From: Arch Willingham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Eric Fretz
Subject: RE: Backup rituals Oh yeah...I forgot to add that we do a full backup with Backup Exec each night. Also, beer is good for you. Arch -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Martin Blackstone Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 11:17 AM To

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Arch Willingham
Oh yeah...I forgot to add that we do a full backup with Backup Exec each night. Also, beer is good for you. Arch -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Martin Blackstone Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 11:17 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject

Re: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Missy Koslosky
es. Missy - Original Message - From: "Eric Fretz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:27 AM Subject: Backup rituals > What backup rituals do you guys use on your Exchange sites? I'

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Martin Blackstone
Totally valid question -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dickenson, Steven Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:16 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals Agreed. Particularly seeing as how I did weekly full, daily

Re: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Missy Koslosky
"Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:27 AM Subject: Backup rituals > What backup rituals do you guys use on your Exchange sites? I've looked > through the FAQs and read most of the relevant Microsoft Qxxx articles on > Exchange

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Dickenson, Steven
Agreed. Particularly seeing as how I did weekly full, daily incremental, and am now switching Backup Exec to daily full as I write this! Tony, might I suggest a nap. ;) Steven --- Steven Dickenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Network Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland -Or

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Arch Willingham
I thought it was a good question. Arch -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eric Fretz Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:42 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals I'm not asking how to administer my infrastructure.

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
I had a few bad experiences with incremental restores, like one of the transaction logs did not get restored correctly and caused the whole transaction log replay impossible, threw everyone a week back in time (the last full backup) I'd rather spend extra time and tape space on a full b

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Martin Blackstone
That's it! My bad. ::turns in MVP card:: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David, Andy Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:41 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals Incrementals flush the logs. Differentials d

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2003-12-03 Thread Eric Fretz
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 9:42 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals I'm not asking how to administer my infrastructure. I've got my ways of doing things and I'm asking my peers if they have better ideas. If I started asking you guys how to add user accou

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Erik Sojka
Move towards the light, Carol Anne. Read the whitepaper, Carol Anne. All is explained in the whitepaper, Carol Anne. > -Original Message- > From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:42 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE:

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Eric Fretz
-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -Original Message- From: Tony Hlabse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 9:43 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals If you have a issue

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2003-12-03 Thread John Parker
I do a full backup nightly. I do a flat file backup using the Dantz Exchange utility. And then I also use a routine with a firewire drive that grabs the flat file as well as my sql backups and most of my relevant files that have changed every 4 hours. The tapes are rotated daily as well as the

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread David, Andy
Incrementals flush the logs. Differentials do not. -Original Message- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:42 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals While most any other system is quite happy with incremental backups

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Tony Hlabse
ns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Backup rituals Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 09:36:47 -0600 I'm using DLT 80/160 drives and tapes, so I've got the Tape space. I thought that daily full backups would just be a waste of tape sp

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread David, Andy
Fulls are always preferred. Additionally, online backups perform checksum validity checks of the database. You should test your backups frequently on your DR server as well. How do you know you are getting a good backup otherwise? -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Martin Blackstone
How can you waste tape space? Isn't that what you bought them for? The waste is in not using the space. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Fretz Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:37 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: B

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2003-12-03 Thread Martin Blackstone
While most any other system is quite happy with incremental backups, Exchange is one of those that you want to do full backups on always. The reason being is that incremental do not commit and flush the transaction logs. Only a full backup will do that. In addition, you will want to familiarize

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Eric Fretz
Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -Original Message- From: Fyodorov, Andrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 9:35 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals I prefer f

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2003-12-03 Thread Mike Dixon
I always do full. Far quicker restore procedure if necessary. -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 December 2003 15:27 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Backup rituals What backup rituals do you guys use on your Exchange sites? I've looked throug

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Tony Hlabse
Keep in mind that full and incremental Exchange aware backup software will delete trans logs. Diffs do not. And re-read the disaster recovery papers for backup scenarios that fit your site From: Eric Fretz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTEC

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2003-12-03 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
I prefer full backup every day. -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:27 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Backup rituals What backup rituals do you guys use on your Exchange sites? I've looked through the FAQs and

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Woodruff, Michael
If you have the space and time, do a full every night. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Fretz Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:27 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Backup rituals What backup rituals do you guys use on your

RE: Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Erik Sojka
7 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Backup rituals > > > What backup rituals do you guys use on your Exchange sites? > I've looked > through the FAQs and read most of the relevant Microsoft Qxxx > articles on > Exchange administration, but I haven'

Backup rituals

2003-12-03 Thread Eric Fretz
What backup rituals do you guys use on your Exchange sites? I've looked through the FAQs and read most of the relevant Microsoft Qxxx articles on Exchange administration, but I haven't found "the" way to do good backups. My first blush is to backup the entire databases + logs

RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5

2003-12-02 Thread Dean Cunningham
ic Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -Original Message- From: Fyodorov, Andrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:42 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Problems with Ba

RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5

2003-12-02 Thread Eric Fretz
, Andrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:42 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5 He was fired even though the server has not crashed?! Sincerely, Andrey Fyodorov Systems Engineer Messaging and Collaboration Spherion -Original

RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5

2003-12-02 Thread Eric Fretz
: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -Original Message- From: Scott Weston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:25 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5 So I take it that your predecessor wasn't very far up on that chain e

RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5

2003-12-02 Thread Dean, Nathaniel, V.
-Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 5:16 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5 For those of you with Veritas (Or Seagate) Backup Exec, I have a problem with restoring individual user mailboxes

RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5

2003-12-02 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5 So I take it that your predecessor wasn't very far up on that chain either? -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 2:02 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5 That only

RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5

2003-12-02 Thread Scott Weston
So I take it that your predecessor wasn't very far up on that chain either? -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 2:02 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5 That only works when you ar

RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5

2003-12-02 Thread Eric Fretz
PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 1:59 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5 Crossing fingers and praying is pretty cheap in my book ;) -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:50 PM To

RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5

2003-12-02 Thread Scott Weston
Crossing fingers and praying is pretty cheap in my book ;) -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:50 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5 Yes, they do, actually. The problem is that my employer

RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5

2003-12-02 Thread Eric Fretz
mmunications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -Original Message- From: Fyodorov, Andrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:49 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5 "

RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5

2003-12-02 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
"This company doesn't even have any tape drives that are large enough to hold a backup of the mailboxes. I've had to use Backup-to-disk folders on other servers to get space to hold the backups." Do they expect you to pull miracles out of your you-know-what? -Origin

RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5

2003-12-02 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
You could give ExMerge a shot if you insist on individual mailbox backup. Sincerely, Andrey Fyodorov Systems Engineer Messaging and Collaboration Spherion -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 9:01 AM To: Exchange Discussions

RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5

2003-12-02 Thread Fyodorov, Andrey
So now you see with your own eyes that you should not rely on brick level backups. -Original Message- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 5:16 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5 For those of you with Veritas (Or

RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5

2003-12-02 Thread Eric Fretz
with Backup Exec 8.5 -Original Message- From: Erik Sojka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:27 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5 It's raining Manna! Hallelujah! > -Original Message- > From: Eric Fr

RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5

2003-12-02 Thread Eric Fretz
, 2003 11:32 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Problems with Backup Exec 8.5 Is this what Manna is? http://theory.stanford.edu/people/zm/ From: "Erik Sojka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discuss

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