Re: NTBackup for Exchange 2003

From: Nordic (spamaway_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/23/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:54:41 GMT

Thanks, Mark. Yes, the tape drive should have the capacity.

A question on the timing you propose: shouldn't the stores go first since
the drive-letter (by this I think you mean backing up files off the
drives) backup is to tape (and would capture the bks file).

How would you handle subsequent backups of the Exchange.bks file? I
assume I need to do a full each day. Do you just script and schedule a
batch to delete the previous days .bks (or maybe let it sit a day)?

Also,
- do I need to kill services prior to backing up? (I know you used to
have to do this under 5.5)
- are there directories that I should exclude from the drive-letter
backup
- is backing up the info stores sufficient for the Exchange.bks backup

thanks.

"Mark Arnold [MVP]" <mark@mvps.org> wrote in
news:bc56l0t1uqm66kt4snq88na3k3g9p25gar@4ax.com:
> I kind of agree.
> I'd comment (from a point of ignorance because you don't tell us) that
> your tape drive should be large enough to do a full backup onto a
> single tape, unless you've bought enterprise Edition.
>
> Next is, if you've got a spare 32GB (max) then I would indeed backup
> to a BKF file on the machine and then spool that off to tape. If you
> need to do a restore of the box, and remember you can use the Recovery
> Storage Group to do quick single item restores, then having the bkf
> file from yesterday is quicker than digging the tape back from the
> data warehouse. As far as timings go, I tend to suggest that the
> system state goes off at 10pm, the drive letter level goes at 10:30
> and then the stores at 11:30. It's less complex and you can see what's
> going on in the logs as all times are a known known (apols to Mr
> Rumsfeld)
>
> As far as the bks files go, since you create the job on a schedule
> you'll only have to do one navigation away from the profile (which I
> agree is ridiculous)
>
>

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