Re: NTBackup for Exchange 2003
From: Mark Arnold [MVP] (mark_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/24/04
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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:38:19 +0100
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:54:41 GMT, Nordic <spamaway@yahoo.com> wrote:
>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).
Do the drives first to capture the log files in a different file on a
different job in case you ever need to get the logs/
>
>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)?
The bks file isn't the backup, it's the information file and should
never change.
>
>Also,
>- do I need to kill services prior to backing up? (I know you used to
>have to do this under 5.5)
Kill no services, you didn't do this in 5.5 (when I talked about drive
letter backups I would expect you to accept the obvious skipped files
in the exchsrvr tree)
>- are there directories that I should exclude from the drive-letter
>backup
No, it'll just skip the ones. You can do a couple and then see what
was skipped and then edit the job, but I can never be bothered and it
detracts from valuable drinking time.
>- is backing up the info stores sufficient for the Exchange.bks backup
When you create the job for the Exchange you just need to make sure
everything is ticked under the Exchange tree in ntbackup.
>
>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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