Re: Your experience with Tivoli Data Protection for MS Exchange

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Mike,

I have no work to do, Exchange does it  automatically ! It just need time...

Regards,

René Lambelet
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Glassman - Admin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 1:59 PM
> To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:      Re: Your experience with Tivoli Data Protection for MS
> Exchange
> 
> Del,
> 
> From what you say it seems it should be a rather forwards sort of
> backup-while-active and as easy to restore.
> 
> Yet in Rene's email of a short while ago today, it seems that he has to
> work
> rather hard once the restore has been done.
> 
> I am very much questioning the need to drop BE and try the TSM Exchange
> backup, as I have had extremely good results with BE, and the restore is
> easy, fast and no need of manually applying logs to the database in order
> to
> get things in shape. A simple restore, reboot, and sometimes, but rarely,
> an
> ISINTEG.
> 
> One other issue I like with BE today, is the ability to do a full restore
> including OS and have everything work in the time it takes to restore + 1
> hour.
> 
> I am still not so hot on the TSM version of Intelligent Disaster Recovery,
> or Bare Metal Restore as it's called here.
> 
> Mike
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Del Hoobler [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: â ðåáîáø 14 2000 14:38
> > To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject:      Re: Your experience with Tivoli Data Protection for MS
> > Exchange
> > 
> > Mike,
> > 
> > >> Seems that a lot of you are happy with the exchange backup.
> > >>
> > >> So let me ask if I may :
> > >>
> > >> 1. Do you backup Exchange while active or do you shut down the
> services
> > >> prior to backup ?
> > 
> > In order to use Tivoli Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange, your
> > services must be running.  It uses the Microsoft provided APIs that were
> > built to run online backups.  If you bring down the services and
> > run a backup, you cannot use TDP for Exchange.  You could use
> > the standard backup archive client...BUT.... and this is a big BUT...
> > ...you will not get online backup data integrity checking that is built
> > into the Microsoft APIs and thus TDP for Exchange. When you use
> > TDP for Exchange, every page of the database is read and check-summed
> > to make sure it is consistent.
> > 
> > >>
> > >> 2. How many of you have had to restore your whole Exchange from
> backup,
> > and
> > >> how long did it take, and did it work fully or were there any
> glitches
> > that
> > >> had to be retouched to get it all running ?
> > 
> > I want to answer part of this question...
> > You should not have to "retouch" anything.  Any if you do have to
> > use ESEUTIL or whatever your favorite tool is... then we want
> > to know about it because the APIs were built so that you do not
> > have to do this.
> > 
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >>
> > >> Mike
> > 
> > 
> > Del
> > 
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Del Hoobler
> > IBM Corporation
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]