Re: I'm having two problems with SBS
From: Dave Nickason [SBS MVP] (gwdibble_at_NOSPAM.frontiernet.net)
Date: 08/11/04
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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:57:10 -0400
Here's a possibility. Let's say you and I share a computer. I log in with
my account and set up offline, with the option to automatically sync at
logout (for example). You log in to your account. When you log out, my
files synchronize. This happens even though you have not set up any offline
files. How you fix this is to clear the option in your profile to
automatically sync at logout. What you're seeing is my files synchronizing,
so the fact that you have not enabled any offline content doesn't matter.
Here's another possibility:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811660
For backup, the built-in program will back up your Exchange Server databases
as well as anything. "Bricks level" is a feature that allows backup/restore
of individual mailboxes or public folders, as opposed to the entire
database. It's not included in the native program - you need a 3rd party
backup like Veritas or Arcserve.
The only time I've used bricks level is when a user of a public Contacts
folder accidentally deleted the data from one field of 2000+plus contacts.
I restored the prior night's backup of that one folder to recover the
information in that one field. I'd suspect this would be a rare occurrence.
You can (and definitely should) set up deleted item retention times in the
properties of your public and private stores. I would guess that deleted
items would be the #1 cause of restore requests, particularly at the level
of individual mailboxes. Another thing you can do to protect the data of
individual mailboxes is to have Outlook synchronize the mailboxes to an OST
on the workstations. Waiting for synchronization is a minor annoyance when
the user logs out of Outlook, but the OST can serve as an extra layer of
protection for the data in individual mailboxes.
IMO the best backup media is tape, in the least expensive format that will
include all your server data on one tape, with a little room for growth.
Use native capacity - you will almost surely not get as much compression of
server data as the mfr's would like you to think. I use DDS4 on my SBS and
it works fine. On a server with more data, I just put in a VXA drive and
that's great too - about twice as fast as DDS, and much higher capacity.
Make sure you have enough tapes for several days worth of off site backups
(I use a 14 tape rotation, with 11-12 tapes offsite at all times). There
are lots of other good options, and you'll get a variety of opinions. Just
make sure you're backing up, testing your backups, taking some offsite, and
using a server-quality solution (preferably not travan or DVD).
"Precision (student)" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:419e01c47fcf$43976690$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> When I say sync, I mean that Windows synchronizes a list
> of offline files with the SBS2003 server. If you're in a
> folder like Control Panel and then click Tools >
> Synchronize, you'll see what program it runs. I have
> most of my users in an OU and the rest in the regular
> Users container. Only the users in the OU appear to
> suffer from the fact that, when they logoff, some script
> forces the sync process to start. I've thoroughly looked
> through gpmc.exe and see no settings reflecting this
> action. Just trying to figure out how I can make this
> stop. Even going into Synchronization setup and
> unchecking every folder that it's scheduled to sync, does
> nothing. That's one issue. The other is that when I
> make any changes to the desktop of my computer or to
> Outlook 2003 the settings will remain for a day or two
> through reboots and all... However, after this small
> amount of time, the settings that were deleted/changed
> and any icons, or docs that I've deleted will show up
> once again. I dont know whether this is a result of some
> ShadowCopy effect or a glitch im SBS2003. By the way,
> this only happens to the users that have roaming
> profiles. Hope my rephrasing of the questions help. -
> Lydell
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