Re: Backup Microsoft Exchange

2008-10-07 Thread Julian Pace Ross
PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 1:55 AM To: 'Rob Bosch' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: rsync@lists.samba.org Subject: RE: Backup Microsoft Exchange I do the NT backup of the exchange to a .bkf file, then rsync that file. My largest was about 12GB and it took about 1 hour

RE: Backup Microsoft Exchange

2008-10-07 Thread Rob Bosch
The main reason I recommended using vshadow is that you don't have to create the BKF file so the space used is only what the shadow copy requires (300MB minimum). You can delete the shadow copy when you are done so no meaningful space impact on your drive. The shadow copy will also be very fast,

RE: Backup Microsoft Exchange

2008-10-07 Thread Steve Zemlicka
Monroe, WI 53566 (608) 329-4300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Julian Pace Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 3:16 AM To: Brad Farrell; 'Rob Bosch'; Steve Zemlicka Cc: rsync@lists.samba.org Subject: Re: Backup Microsoft Exchange This should

Re: Backup Microsoft Exchange

2008-10-07 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Steve Zemlicka wrote: Thanks Julian and Brad, I will give ntbackup a shot. I've used rsyncrypto but I'm not a huge fan. Off topic, but as the author I'd love to hear why. I don't need the files to be encrypted except during transit which can be done with just rsync, right? Yes. Do rsync

Backup Microsoft Exchange

2008-10-06 Thread Steve Zemlicka
I am looking for a way to backup Microsoft Exchange servers offsite. I am OK offering something like Backup Exec and doing a d2d then subsequently rsyncing those backup files but it doesn't seem to sync those files efficiently. Has anybody found a good solution for something like

RE: Backup Microsoft Exchange

2008-10-06 Thread Rob Bosch
You need to use shadow copies to create a drive you can use with rsync, or you have to take Exchange offline. You can use vshadow.exe (use version 3.0) to create the shadow copy and then expose it as a drive. Then use rsync to sync this point-in-time backup to your offsite location across an ssh

RE: Backup Microsoft Exchange

2008-10-06 Thread Brad Farrell
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Bosch Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 11:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: rsync@lists.samba.org Subject: RE: Backup Microsoft Exchange You need to use shadow copies to create a drive you can use with rsync, or you have to take Exchange offline. You can use vshadow.exe