Hi Andy! As far as I know, only MSMail uses a mspst.ini. It's not used by Outlook, but please correct me if I'm wrong! Kindest regards, Eric van Loon KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 19:44 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: I found some info via a Google search: ================================================== There is exclusive lock on PST file and backup software cannot even read this file - MSPST.INI should be used for setting locking mechanism : [ndb] DisconnectDelay=60 DisconnectDisable=2 ================================================== I moved the following comments from the text above in order to avoid line wrapping: Notes for DisconnectDelay: seconds till disconnect, default is 15min Notes for DisconnectDisable: 0 = disallow disconnect to occur 2 = allow disconnect, default is 2 I have not verified the information, only passing it along. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. I have never seen it timeout on Outlook 98, Outlook 2000, or Outlook XP. -----Original Message----- From: Sutch, Ian (London) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 3:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mailbox.pst The later versions of Outlook, (I think Version 98 onwards) has a timeout on the .pst file lock after 30 minutes of inactivity, so you can back it up that way if users are leaving Outlook running and going home for the evening. I'm not sure if its configurable. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Stapleton > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 4:39 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: mailbox.pst > > >>>>Does anyonw know how to bakcup the mailbox.pst while the Outlook > >>>>98 is running under a W98. I'm running ADSM 3.1.2.50 under an > >>>>OS/390. > Regards > > > >>>Can't be done. Outlook takes an exclusive lock on the file. You > >>>will > need > >>>to close Outlook in order to backup the .pst file. If you are on a > >>>WinNT/2000 platform, you can run St. Bernard Open File Manager > >>>which > will > >>>allow you to backup the file. > > > >>Yes you can, in certain case. > >>I have about 1000 PC as TSM Client. Backup run during the day > >>(between > 08:00 > >>AM and 08:00 PM). We have a specific management rule for PST (Only > >>once > a > >>week). We are able to backup PST File (On Win9x, NT, 2K Client and > >>with Office9x, 2000, XP). It doesn't works each time you try to > >>backup. But globaly it works. You will not have the last version > >>but one. You don't loose every thing. You have to write it down on > >>your SLA (Service Level > >>Agreement) with your client. > > > >Yes, the certain case being that Outlook isn't running. Yes, over > >time, perhaps, you will get a copy of the .pst file. But you can't > >guarantee > it. > > As discussed back a month or two ago: > > 1. Load kill.exe from the appropriate Windows resource kit. 2. Create > a preschedcommand line that runs > <drive>:\<path>\kill.exe outlook.exe > 3. Run the backup. The .pst file will be available for backup. > > Those pesky users. How dare they keep Outlook open when they lock the > workstation for the night... > > -- > Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. **********************************************************************
