Just my two pennorth. I just used to back up my servers as-is without shutting down. Initially I ran a ManageWise graph on disk IO to pick a quiet period after the nightly GW maintenance which defasults to midnight. I've always been able to restore our POs and extract deleted mails and restore deleted mailboxes by restoring the Domain from the same backup, changing the access to Direct and accessing the user's mailbox. Never had any problems once I got the quiet period. The largest PO was 35GB
I suggest that you check it out - it just might work! Now we're on Exchange. I leave the rest to your imagination! Regards Neil Bowen Ofcom Server Team LogicaCMG UK Ltd Riverside House 2A Southwark Bridge Road London SE1 9HA Phone: 020 7981 3249 -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hougaard.Flemming FHG Sent: 01 April 2004 20:53 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SV: GroupWise backup Hi all First of all... Kevin - have you ever restored anything???? You will most likely fail.... you can't backup Post Offices online! There is a reason to the fact, that Novell implemented GWTSA.NLM. It's possible to backup the domain... correct! Solution stated by Novell is to use the DBBACKUP.EXE - only drawback on this, is the workstation needed to use it! There is a OFM from StBernard... Novell won't recommend it (we have some problem for the time being), and StBernard and Novell can't seem to agree to which files is neccessary to back up... I'll keep you posted! In fact.... IBM/Tivoli could make a whole lot of campers happy if the pulled their thumbs out of their behind and implemented support for GWTSA.NLM!!! Regards Flemming CNE -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Kevin Kinder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 1. april 2004 18:44 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: GroupWise backup You don't have to shut down GroupWise to back it up. We back up about 15 GroupWise servers, and you don't have to do anything to back up user databases, POs. Domains, or anything. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/1/04 11:20:51 AM >>> Hi Everybody, I have a potential customer with Novell GroupWise. Is there TDP for GroupWise (I guess there isn't; I couldn't find it) Only solution that I can think of is by using Presched and Postsched commands to stop and start GroupWise agents. Is there any other way to backup GroupWise (hot-online backup); I don't like the idea of shutting down e-mail system in the middle of the night, and than pray that after postsched command it will wake up again. Joe Crnjanski Infinity Network Solutions Inc. Phone: 416-235-0931 x26 Fax: 416-235-0265 Web: www.infinitynetwork.com ___________________________________________________________________ www.kmd.dk www.kundenet.kmd.dk www.eboks.dk www.civitas.dk www.netborger.dk Hvis du har modtaget denne mail ved en fejl vil jeg gerne, at du informerer mig og sletter den. KMD skaber it-services, der fremmer effektivitet hos det offentlige, erhvervslivet og borgerne. If you received this e-mail by mistake, please notify me and delete it. Thank you. Our mission is to enhance the efficiency of the public sector and improve its service of the general public. *********************************************************************************** Ofcom is the regulator for the UK communications industry, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services. Ofcom exists to further the interests of citizen-consumers as the communications industries enter the digital age. Ofcom has taken over the responsibilities and assumed the powers of the five former regulators it has replaced - the Broadcasting Standards Commission, the Independent Television Commission, Oftel, the Radio Authority and the Radiocommunications Agency. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the originator of the message. This footer also confirms that this email message has been scanned for the presence of computer viruses. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifies and with authority, states them to be the views of Ofcom. ***********************************************************************************
