Re: What to backup before installing E2K SP3?
From: John Oliver, Jr. [MVP] (jcoliverjr_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/07/04
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Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 14:41:47 -0500
I am not sure you can just remove manually an Exchange Service Pack install.
Since there is no Uninstall for the Service Pack it is my understanding that
the SP changes so many files and registry entries it would not be wise.
This is what I was told when I asked the Product Team on why they do not
have an unistall for Exchange Service Packs. I have never heard of anyone
performing an uninstall of an Exchange Service pack, only restoring from
Backup. You can call Microsoft to confirm but my guess is that they will
tell you the same thing.
-- John Oliver, Jr. MCSE, MCT, CCNA, Exchange MVP Microsoft Certified Partner "David" <David@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5AF129A8-635E-4A40-957D-F65502ED2695@microsoft.com... >A general statement to do a backup doesn't help much. In addition to the >E2K > data base and logs, what other files are updated by SP3? I run E2K on my > W2K > DC, so restoring the entire system isn't really feasible. I need more > granular information about which "files (executables) and registry > (entries)" > are updated. I'm reading the "Disaster Recovery for Exchange 2000" > document > now, but it too mostly contains info about the E2K data, not the E2K > executables/DLL's (etc). > > DT > > "John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote: > >> Installing Exchange SP3 should not cause any issues but as I always >> suggest >> have a good backup of Exchange. You will need to backup your Exchange >> Server with an Exchange Aware program, such as NTbackup or Veritas >> Backup. >> In the case of a restore, you would need to restore from this type of >> backup >> since the Service Pack does alter exchange files and registry. >> >> -- >> John Oliver, Jr. >> MCSE, MCT, CCNA, Exchange MVP >> Microsoft Certified Partner >> >> "David" <David@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:6A13A46D-AA9D-4C7C-B6F2-59C21244221C@microsoft.com... >> > I'm preparing to upgrade E2K from no-service-pack to SP3 on a >> > production >> > server. The SP3 Deployment Guide says that if SP3 must be removed, I >> > must >> > "restore the original system state, file system, transaction logs, and >> > databases". >> > >> > OK, but... >> > >> > What exactly gets updated by SP3? (eg, what should I backup?) >> > >> > And I assume that I should stop the Exchange services before doing this >> > backup... but what ARE all the "Exchange services"? Is it sufficient to >> > just >> > stop the services named "Exchange xxx", or are there other W2K services >> > that >> > might be updating the Exchange files/databases that I'm backing-up? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > DT >> >> >>
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