Hi, ok I now deleted ALL File = ** definitions in both places, include AND exclude, and there we are it works perfectly now I have to deal with the issue of restoring.
Any hints concerning the restore ? You to repeat it, I am running an Exchange Server 2007 and backing up 2 Storage Group ( First Storage Group and Second Storage Group) .... How would you tackle that challenge in terms of a backup strategy ?! Many thanks at this point. Best Regards Torsten -- Torsten Maus torsten.m...@dass-it.de dass IT GmbH Phone: +49.221.3565666-98 http://www.dass-IT.de Fax: +49.221.3565666-10 Sitz der Gesellschaft: Köln | Amtsgericht Köln: HRB52500 Geschäftsführer: S. Dühr, M. Außendorf, J. Steffens, Philipp Storz On Tuesday 29 September 2009 17:38:30 Richard Kuhns wrote: > Kevin Keane wrote: > > Graham Keeling wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 02:46:40PM +0200, Torsten Maus wrote: > >>> I configured the client and job in backup, than I specified the fileset > >>> which looks like this: > >>> > >>> > >>> FileSet { > >>> Name = "exchange" > >>> Enable VSS = no > >>> Include { > >>> File = C:/Program Files/Microsoft/Exchange Server/Mailbox > >>> Plugin = "exchange:@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store" > >>> > >>> } > >>> > >>> > >>> Exclude { > >>> > >>> > >>> File = C:/Program Files/Microsoft/Exchange Server/Mailbox/First > >>> Storage Group/Mailbox/E00.chk > >>> > >>> > >>> File = C:/Program Files/Microsoft/Exchange Server/Mailbox/First > >>> Storage Group/Mailbox/E00.log > >>> > >>> > >>> File = C:/Program Files/Microsoft/Exchange Server/Mailbox/First > >>> Storage Group/Mailbox/E000000F.log > >>> > >>> > >>> File = C:/Program Files/Microsoft/Exchange Server/Mailbox/First > >>> Storage Group/Mailbox/E0000010.log > >>> > >>> > >>> File = C:/Program Files/Microsoft/Exchange Server/Mailbox/First > >>> Storage Group/Mailbox/E0000011.log > >>> > >>> > >>> File = C:/Program Files/Microsoft/Exchange Server/Mailbox/First > >>> Storage Group/Mailbox/E00tmp.log > >>> > >>> > >>> File = C:/Program Files/Microsoft/Exchange Server/Mailbox/First > >>> Storage Group/Mailbox/priv1.edb > >>> > >>> > >>> } > >>> > >>> > >>> } > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I swichted off VSS because I red in an other mail comment on the list, > >>> that VSS should be disabled, or at least it makes it easier to identify > >>> whether the exchange plugin is working or not. > >>> > >>> So but if I run the job the plugin does nothing, because in the report > >>> E-Mails I red: > >>> > >>> 29-Sep 13:45 exchange-fd JobId 19648: Cannot open "C:/Program > >>> Files/Microsoft/Exchange Server/Mailbox/First Storage Group/Mailbox > >>> Database.edb": ERR=The process cannot access the file because it is > >>> being used by another process. > >>> > >>> I do not know what I did wrong, or where is my mistake, helpfully you > >>> can help me because I am quite frustrated. > >> > >> This is what the fileset that I've been using looks like: > >> > >> FileSet { > >> Name = "Windows Exchange Server data" > >> Ignore FileSet Changes = yes > >> Include { > >> Options { > >> signature = MD5 > >> compression = GZIP9 > >> IgnoreCase = yes > >> } > >> Plugin = "exchange:/@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information Store" > >> } > >> Exclude { > >> } > >> } > >> > >> I have also left VSS turned on. > >> I don't think that you need all the random excludes that you listed. > > > > Not only that, these random excludes are actually harmful. > > I've been following this discussion with some interest, since I'm most > likely going to have to backup Exchange Server 2007 in the very near > future. Looking at the page > <http://www.bacula.org/3.0.x-manuals/en/concepts/concepts/New_Features.html >#SECTION003200000000000000000>, I found the following: > > <quote> > By default, a normal VSS fileset containing all the drive letters will also > back up the Exchange databases using VSS. This will interfere with the > plugin and Exchange's shared ideas of when the last full backup was done, > and may also truncate log files incorrectly. It is important, therefore, > that the Exchange database files be excluded from the backup, although the > folders the files are in should be included, or they will have to be > recreated manually if a baremetal restore is done. > > FileSet { > Include { > File = C:/Program Files/Exchsrvr/mdbdata > Plugin = "exchange:..." > } > Exclude { > File = C:/Program Files/Exchsrvr/mdbdata/E00.chk > File = C:/Program Files/Exchsrvr/mdbdata/E00.log > File = C:/Program Files/Exchsrvr/mdbdata/E000000F.log > File = C:/Program Files/Exchsrvr/mdbdata/E0000010.log > File = C:/Program Files/Exchsrvr/mdbdata/E0000011.log > File = C:/Program Files/Exchsrvr/mdbdata/E00tmp.log > File = C:/Program Files/Exchsrvr/mdbdata/priv1.edb > } > } > </quote> > > My current plan (in my copious spare time) is to install bacula and > Exchange 2007 on a virtual machine and crash test as hard as possible, > unless someone else has (multiple!) success stories already. > > - Rich > > > The reason the original poster was having problems is that he was trying > > to back up FILES. Exchange, by design, runs 24/7, and therefore keeps > > the database locked. Thus the error. Enabling VSS would probably work > > around that and let you back up the files, but that is still not the > > proper way of backing up Exchange. > > > > By excluding the log files, the original poster did two things. First, > > he excluded an important part of the database. Second, he failed to > > exclude all log files. Exchange will regularly create new ones, so this > > Exclude will only leave out a few random ones out of the middle of the > > database. > > > > Exchange, like most databases, writes changes first to the log files > > before it updates the actual database. The log files stay around until > > the next backup of the database. > > > > Doing a file-level backup of Exchange really doesn't do all that much > > good. First, even if you can take a snapshot of the files, it still has > > not been cleanly shut down. Second, Exchange never finds out about this > > type of backup, and therefore never cleans up the log files. So the > > number of log files (and the amount of disk space they take up) keeps > > growing. I believe this will also slow down Exchange. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
