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I was under the (probably incorrect) impression that directory replication
was a file by file thing and wouldn't work on open files (being a copy type
operation.) Will it work on a "live" information store that is very large
(>4GB). I have restored our exchange server from tape once, and am willing
to go to just about any length to avoid doing that again (keeping the store
on mirrored drices, offline backups, etc.)
jbh
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel L. Schwartz [mailto:expresso@snip.net]
> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 2:57 PM
> To: winmac@lists.best.com
> Subject: RE: [WinMac] NT backup for Registry/Exchange
>
>
>
> Try Directory Replication for backing up Exchange stores...
>
> At 09:04 AM 4/3/00 -0600, you 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.
> >
> >2. Seagate Backup Exec. This may be a great solution, but I
> decided that I
> >liked my current daily activities and didn't want to spend
> so much time
> >learning to use Backup Exec. It is also fairly expensive and
> AFAIK will also
> >require a tape drive. It was a far to complicated colution for our
> >situation.
> >
> >3. A cheap HP Surestore T20i. The drive costs less than $500
> with some
> >tapes. Each tape hold 10 GB which is plenty for our information store
> >(approx 5GB). Others will have to comment on the reliability
> of these tape
> >drives/tapes, I haven't had any problems but haven't been
> using it all that
> >long either.
> >
> >Let's hope Dantz does get into this area with Retrospect.
> >
> >jbh
>
>
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