Re: ARCserve brick level restore

In news:943906E0-1923-4CC6-9024-4210EB76E4B6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Ajay <Ajay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
Thanks!

As an updated, I ran more tests and found that I can restore the
built-in Exchange folders (Inbox, Contacts, etc.) fine. It just won't
restore ad hoc folders I've made for test purposes. A rights issue,
maybe, with the account used with the Exchange backup agent?


Doubtful. Brick-level backup and restore are fraught with dangers and will
not usually work very well. It can lull you into a false sense of security.

I'm looking into it.



"Andy David - MVP" wrote:

On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 01:46:01 -0700, Ajay
<Ajay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

And if I want to do a full online backup, should that be done from
ARCserve or within Exchange server?

Arcserve or NTBACKUP will work!


I'll go and find some detailed docs on actual prodedures.

Thanks,

Ajay

"Andy David - MVP" wrote:

On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 08:17:03 -0700, Ajay
<Ajay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

A slight clarification:

The entire Exchange Program Files folder is backed up in full,
weekly.

Is that any better or...worse?

There is no reason to back up that folder.
Do an online backup. Really!


"Andy David - MVP" wrote:

On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 06:48:01 -0700, Ajay
<Ajay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

We run a weekly full offline backup of the Exchange database
files.

That's okay (though perhaps not great) isn't it?

No, its not ok if you arent doing online backups as well. THe
transaction logs will not get purged otherwise.


What I've read on numerous posts is that the built-in Exchange
message retention feature should be used for quick restoration
of selected files/folders.

Sure, and if you need to go to backup, the recovery storage
group is your friend.



"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:


"Ajay" <Ajay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0588D3A2-397B-42E2-8570-0FF3AC53569A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Everyone,

I've read plenty of reasons why brick level backups shouldn't
be used, and they are compelling...but they used where I am,
and I need help with a problem.

We run a daily, brick level backup of our Exchange 2003
server through an agent. According to the logs for ARCserve
11.1 Build 3060 the data is physically backed up to tape
autoloader.

These are differential backup jobs that also backup files and
folders from that same (and other) servers.

As I understand it, the fact that this backup is set to
differential shouldn't matter as the brick level data isn't a
file with an archive attribute but information in the
Exchange database. Is that correct?

Say if I delete a folder from within my Outlook mailbox using
Outlook 2003 and then attempt to restore that file and its
data, I get the folder back but
not its contents.

I've checked with my restore options to make sure I have the
folder and the
INFO/MESSAGES within it selected. The restore job reports
that data has been
read from the media.

What could be the issue?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for your time,

Ajay

You might contact CA for support on this.
(I sure hope you're also doing full online backups of Exchange
in addition to brick-level).



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