In my experience, I just leave my house exchange server on for long enough and that'll make it go splat :-)
-----Original Message----- From: Mark Harford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 29 October 2001 10:03 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: How to break Exchange in the Lab [Was: NTBackup] Another good one is to let your IS and/or logfile space run out very rapidly from a mail loop (use blat or the reskit simulation tools for the loop). See if you really can get that server back up and running with some extra disks within your SLA period & the mail loop cleared up before it goes down again! -----Original Message----- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 28 October 2001 18:35 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: How to break Exchange in the Lab [Was: NTBackup] You could also use a hex editor to fsk up some bits and bytes on the IS. Take some big chunks out -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Listserver, Exchange MSER:EX Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 8:52 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: How to break Exchange in the Lab [Was: NTBackup] If you mess around with Disk Caching setting for your array controller and fake a power failure, or turn on NT disk compression on your database drive, you should see the dreaded -1018 error on your next backup. Steve Smith MCSE Information Technology Services Division Ministry of Management Services Province of British Columbia email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (250) 387-8698 -----Original Message----- From: Sanborn, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 1:01 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: How to break Exchange in the Lab [Was: NTBackup] Hmmm ... Had not run across that yet. And here I thought I'd been checking out all the resources from the list. :-( Cool stuff in there and in the directory above it: http://www.microsoft.com/Exchange/techinfo/administration/55/ It maybe in there [only took a quick peek], but what I want to do is find ways to realistically break a lab machine that would mimic real-life problems that require the use of the tools in the whitepages and techniques. -----Original Message----- From: Drewski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 12:36 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: How to break Exchange in the Lab [Was: NTBackup] go find the disaster recovery whitepapers. http://www.microsoft.com/Exchange/techinfo/administration/55/BackupResto re.a sp http://www.microsoft.com/Exchange/techinfo/deployment/2000/E2Krecovery.a sp Keep them close to your heart at all times. The methods there are like the Ten Commandments. -- Drew ******************************** Visit http://www.drewncapris.net! Go! Go there now! Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sanborn, John Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 2:23 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: How to break Exchange in the Lab [Was: NTBackup] Thanks to everyone and MSKB[1], I now have backups that I KNOW are good. Next step now, is to learn how to fix Exchange. I know there are a few million ways to break Exchange, but what would be the best for learning the repair tools in a lab environment? The hardware stuff 'should' be straight-forward. Break it - ID it - Repair/ Replace/ Restore - Reboot. The software and DB corruption would need to be more careful to avoid getting into a 'Restore is only option' situation. Any Ideas? Thanks John [1] Q146306 - Exchange Server Backup & Restore Procedures Q179308 - How To Verify Exchange Online Backups Q152313 - Using the AT Backup Command with Microsoft Exchange -----Original Message----- From: Seitz, Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 10:52 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: NTBackup Our bat file reads: "ntbackup backup z:\exchsrvr\tracking.log DS \\curly IS \\curly /b /hc:on /t Normal /l C:\winnt\backup.log ntbackup eject z:\exchsrvr is because we are a clustered enviroment, hence Larry, Moe, Curly, Curly being the virtual node, Larry and Moe are the actual nodes. Our only problem has been lately is that our store has exceeded tape capacity, and we have to click on "OK" the next morning to finish up the backup on the next tape. sorry, no haiku. Peter Seitz Operating Systems Analyst Cubic Corporation San Diego, Ca. 92021 (858) 505-2724 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 10:25 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: NTBackup Iron Chef Haiku [1] Subtle textures not seen here And no steeenking rhymes ntbackup rules I should say in most cases Small vexing problem on just one server all drives don't go on one tape space not the issue when each drive is done wants new tape for the next drive command line follows ntbackup backup c: d: e: ds \\server is \\server /v /r /b /e /l "d:\backup\backup.log" /hc:on /t normal /v verify /r restricts access /b backs up local registry /e log includes exceptions only /l backup log filename /hc:on Hardware compression on /t normal (full) backup not using the slash-a backup acts like it is there three drives specified /a Causes backup sets to be added or appended after the last backup set on the tape. When /a is not specified, the program overwrites previous data. When more than one drive is specified but /a is not, the program overwrites the contents of the tape with the information from the first drive selected and then appends the backup sets for the remaining drives. Exchange alone works Combination doesn't work Drives alone bite too NTSP6 Ex55Sp4 hotfixes as well makes no difference running comand line or bat any help out there? Thanks, Paul [1] in Japanese, the word "haiku" has 3 syllables = ha-i-ku deal with it -Michèle Sharik, October 26, 2001 _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, and any attachment, is confidential. 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