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While ARCserve has an option for backing up live databases we've never
purchased it as it's an add-on. So, to backup our Point of Sale,
Inventory Management database for our computer store it's been set to
automatically shut itself down at 8:00 pm every day. Nightly backups
begins at 8:02 pm. When ARCserve is done backing up the server (and
before it starts PC workstation backups) it issues the command to start
up the database again. Of course if you need 24/7 availability on the
database then this won't work for you.
Taking the Exchange Services off-line temporarily as you've done sounds
like the only option.
> John Hanks wrote:
>
> Retrospect does not do live exchange backups, but even without that option,
> it is IMO the best backup software around for the price. I have used several
> apporaches to exchange backups, with varying levels of success.
>
> 1. Offline Backup. For a while I had a scheduled offline backup which shut
> down the exchange services and copied the mail store and associated files to
> a separate drive. This drive was then backup up using retrospect. Upside is
> that this is IMO the easiest backup to recover with. Downside is that file
> copies take a long time if your information store is large and you may not
> want your server offline for that long. I can send you the cmd file that
> will do this if you are interested.
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Tel 336.716.4493 Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1011
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