Sal, The level of granularity for Exchange backups is at the Storage Group level. That means you can run backups of separate Storage Groups simultaneously. For example: start tdpexcc backup SG1 full start tdpexcc backup SG2 full start tdpexcc backup SG3 full start tdpexcc backup SG4 full
However, I am guessing that a single instance backup over a WAN is probably more than enough to saturate the available bandwidth. FWIW, running a full backup to a TSM Server that takes over a week is something you want to avoid since it probably wreaks havoc on the TSM Server transaction log. You may want to look at alternatives like getting a higher bandwidth connection or creating a TSM Server local to the Exchange server itself. Thanks, Del ---------------------------------------------------- "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/03/2004 12:47:15 PM: > > Data Protection for Exchange will only create one session > > for each instance that you run. If there is an error > > during a backup, it will retry up to a maximum of 4 attempts. > > Del, > > Can you run multi-session Exchange backups? > Do you just start multiple full backups? > > We have a 23GB Exchange Server backed up over a WAN that takes almost a > week for a full backup. Any help to reduce this would be great. > > Sal
