Thanks for that.
It sounds like the ntbackup option is the best as it will truncate the
log files.
Do you have some examples of the ntbackup scripts that you use to backup
the mailboxes.
The next questions is, what is the procedure for getting the mailboxes
back onto the Exchange server if it died?
Thanks for your help so far.
Reuben
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Hello Reuben,
Exchange database files are lock. You have several options.
1)
The easy one is to backup exchange to the local disk using ntbackup
and then the rsync the backup file.
2)
Stop Exchange, rsync the files and then start it. The drawback is
that you will have dowm time.
The command should be some thing like his:
net stop MSExchangeMSMI /y
net stop MSExchangePCMTA /y
net stop MSExchangeFB /y
net stop MSExchangeDX /y
net stop MSExchangeIMC /y
net stop MSExchangeMTA /y
net stop MSExchangeIS /y
net stop MSExchangeDS /y
net stop MSExchangeSA /y
rsync ...
net start MSExchangeSA
net start MSExchangeDS
net start MSExchangeIS
net start MSExchangeMTA
net start MSExchangeIMC
net start MSExchangeDX
net start MSExchangeFB
net start MSExchangePCMTA
net start MSExchangeMSMI
3)
Use windows shadow. More info on this page:
http://www.nasbackup.com/index.php?name=Web_Links&req=viewlink&cid=1
4)
Use St Bernard Software to rsync open/lock files"
http://www.nasbackup.com/index.php?name=Web_Links&req=viewlink&cid=1
Please note that option 1 have other advantage, ntbackup will also
truncate your exchange log files. So the log will not full your disk.
Regards,
Milutin Voinivich
http://www.NasBackup.co.il/
Reuben Pearse wrote:
Hi all,
Has anyone got any advice on the best way to backup Exchange
mailboxes (Exchange 5.5) running on a Windows 2000 server? We already
use rsync on a number of other Windows boxes for general file backup.
I've read that even if you get backups of the Exchange mailbox files,
then it's really tricky to get the mailboxes back into Exchange if
the server dies. Anyone got any tips on this?
Thanks in advance
Reuben
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