RE: Cygwin: Back up open files?

2005-10-14 Thread Ronan Guilfoyle
Yes, the file is substantially re-arranged each night. This is the default for Exchange 2000 and 2003 and seems to be strongly recommended. I'm sure it would be possible to map the changes in the .edb file before and after a defrag, I can't say how much changes. Can anyone give me a hint how I

RE: Cygwin: Back up open files?

2005-10-13 Thread Ronan Guilfoyle
I'm going a little further than that; The script backs up all open files on the server, but I sync them directly to a standby server with Exchange installed (services are shut down to allow me to write to the databases). The same scripts also transfer SQL databases and general office docs. My

Cygwin: Back up open files?

2005-10-13 Thread Ronan Guilfoyle
e and so the whole file starts to transfer.  I'm syncing over a 256Kbp link so the transfer cannot complete overnight.   Anyone with Exchange Rsync options? I'll post some of my (plagarised) batch files if anyone wants them   Regards,       Ronan Guilfoyle       -- To unsubscribe or