Re: Restoring and Image File

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Have you tried re-running the CEICW and then reinstalling GFI..
This is a bit odd

"Richard Wagstaff" <wag@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:C9B01726-5164-480C-94F5-824A229DA45D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello Chris,

Yes we have both types - a lan & .co.uk

Richard
"Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]" <crisnospamhanna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:e96fv3I0HHA.5800@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I don't use GFI but I've typically heard good things about them.
But Henry is correct, internal mail and external mail is all going via SMTP...its all about how it routes it.

If you go to AD Properties for your account and go to email addresses
Do you have a .local and a .com address??

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"Richard Wagstaff" <rwagstaff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uSVEKoG0HHA.1204@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello Chris,

Yes, when I uninstall (or stop the GFI services) all returns to normal (with the exception of hundreds of spam mails!). However, the GFI support person tells me that our Exchange setup is wrong and that SMTP is handling all of our internal e-mail - hence the problem. Hence my thought to do a quick 20 minute image restore to see what, if anything, has changed.

Richard


"Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]" <crisnospamhanna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23FcoShG0HHA.1184@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Richard,
Have you tried uninstalling GFI to see if things "return to normal"?

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"Richard Wagstaff" <rwagstaff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:el2GeeF0HHA.4816@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Marina - Thanks for the feedback.

I appreciate that the C drive changes, but I'm figuring that restoring to a
known good state would be OK. As I see it, the only think I would then need
to update is Exchange (as all of our other data is on a different server
accessible from mapped drives).

The problem I have is that GFI Mail Essentials is intercepting our internal
e-mail and refusing to pass it through to the end users. I've spoken to GFI
and they seem to think that the problem is with Exchange. All I know is
that when the GFI services are stopped all is well and when they're
restarted the problems re-appear.

My knowledge is pitifully low, but GFI seem to think that Exchange is
sending the internal mail via SMTP.

Moving onto our disaster recover method, what would you advise? Our
strategy has always been to backup our volatile data each night and if the
worst happened we would re-install SBS from scratch (bearing in mind it
would probably be on different hardware) and restore the data.

I, perhaps foolishly, though that an image of Drive C would save a lot of
time when restoring to exactly the same hardware, with a Backup Exec restore
of the Exchange data.

Even if I did a full tape backup of Drive C & D each night, the Exchange
data could be several hours out of date if I had to restore back wouldn't
it? With this in mind, would there be very much difference in restoring 5
hours worth of Exchange data as opposed to 5 weeks?

Richard





"Marina Roos [SBS-MVP]" <marina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eqRZi%23E0HHA.1188@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Richard,
>
> You are wrong in thinking that the C drive won't change at all during 5
> weeks. It is changing every minute. So trying to restore the way you
> describe is very dirty and might end up in having bigger problems than you
> have now.
> What exactly are your problems with Exchange? And I would seriously
> rethink
> your disaster recovery method.
>
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> "Richard Wagstaff" <rwagstaff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
> news:eYyUJhE0HHA.3768@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sorry Henry - Let me re-phrase....
>>
>> Drive C has only the SBS system files.
>> Drive D has the Exchange database.
>> Exchange (and the rest of our data) is backed up every night and Drive C
> is
>> imaged every few weeks.
>>
>> It looks as if I've messed up my Exchange settings so I was thinking of
>> restoring the image of C in order to revert back to Exchange's original
>> settings. I would then have to restore the current Exchange Data back to
>> bring it up to date (it's backed up using Backup Exec 11d). However, as
>> Drive D (containing the current Exchange data) is untouched and current,
>> I
>> was wondering if, by deleted the log files in the MDBData directory
>> before
>> restoring the system files, I could fire up the restored system and have
>> Exchange running happily.
>>
>> My other alternatives seem to be:
>>
>> 1. Get onto Microsoft to figure out what on earths gone wrong with
> Exchange
>> and try to get it fixed.
>> 2. Restore the Drive C image (System) and Drive D image (Exchange) and
> then
>> restore the latest Exchange back up to bring the Exchange up to date
> again.
>> 3. Re-install SBS 2003 from scratch and exmerge that exchange data back
> in.
>>
>> We are only a small operation with a few workstations and we don't have
> any
>> SBS experts on-site.
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}" <sme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:C6043147-17F9-481E-BE61-C1B73228C44E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > The question doesn't make sense to me...
>> > If you restore the 5 week old image, you Exchange Data will be 5 weeks
> old
>> > no matter what you do to the log files.
>> >
>> > Restore the image by all means if you do not have a full backup or more
>> > recent system state. ( you'll then need to re-do any changes you made
>> > to
>> > the AD etc... )
>> >
>> > As you have a nightly backup of Exchange delete the 5 week old
>> > databases
>> > and log files after the restore and replace or overwrite with the
> Exchange
>> > DataStores from the previous night's backup.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Richard Wagstaff" <rwagstaff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> > message
>> > news:u3uV$HE0HHA.1212@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> Not at all... we back up our data every night - However, restoring an
>> >> image of the system partition is, I'm guessing, very much faster than
>> >> a
>> >> re-install and restoring the data from tape.
>> >>
>> >> Would you happen to know if deleting the log files will work?
>> >>
>> >> Richard
>> >
>>
>>
>
>


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