Set the Deleted Item Retention on the server to a time that best suits your organization (30 days or whatever) After that, you can always restore a backup to your recovery server and spit out the mailbox to a pst.
-----Original Message----- From: Mike Tonazzi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 8:16 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: AW: Online backup of Exchange 5.5 with Veritas BE 8.5 If you should forget the mailbox stuff - how do you proceed if a user deletes any mails permanently and you have to restore them wihtout bothering the other users? > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. März 2002 13:48 > An: Exchange Discussions > Betreff: RE: Online backup of Exchange 5.5 with Veritas BE 8.5 > > > Yes. > And forget the mailbox stuff. Waste of time and tapes. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Niki Blowfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 7:46 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Online backup of Exchange 5.5 with Veritas BE 8.5 > > > Hi > > Thanks for the response > > Well, we do have the exchange agent > > I've altered the selection list to include the 3 Exchange options > (Directory, Information Store, and Mailboxes) do I now > exclude the exchsrvr > folders on the normal backup folder selections? > > Thanks > > Nik > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Tonazzi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 07 March 2002 12:24 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: AW: Online backup of Exchange 5.5 with Veritas BE 8.5 > > > I don't know what advice you were given, but you cannot just > do a normal > backup without stopping the exchange services. The services > are accessing > these files while beeing online. That's why the backup > program cannot save > them to the tape. > > If you install the Veritas Exchange Agent you will be able to > backup your > exchange files while your exchange service is online. > Furthermore you can > backup and restore user's postoffices. If you backup the > whole database as > you think of now, you will only be able to restore the whole > thing at once. > > Mike > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Niki Blowfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. März 2002 10:13 > > An: Exchange Discussions > > Betreff: Online backup of Exchange 5.5 with Veritas BE 8.5 > > > > > > Dear All, > > > > I got some advice here earlier in the week with regards > > backing up Exchange > > with Veritas Backup Exec 8.5 without the Exchange Agent. > > > > I have altered our backup setup here by putting a DAT drive > > in the Exchange > > server (used to be across network, offline file copy backup > to another > > backup server) and allowing Backup Exec to simply backup all > > local drives, > > without doing anything to specifically identify the Exchange > > folders. I have > > cancelled the batch file that stopped the services, so that > > Exchange runs > > continuously. > > > > After backup, I receive the following errors in the backup > > log. Also, when > > simulating a restore, I can select the Priv and Pub > > databases, but Dir.edb > > is not available. > > > > Backup Type: NORMAL - Back Up Files - Reset Archive Bit > Backup started > > on 07/03/02 at 02:01:03 . The item > \exchsrvr\DSADATA\edb.log in use - > > skipped. The item \exchsrvr\DSADATA\temp.edb in use - skipped. > > > > Backup Type: NORMAL - Back Up Files - Reset Archive Bit > Backup started > > on 07/03/02 at 02:57:01 . The item > \exchsrvr\DSADATA\dir.edb in use - > > skipped. > > > > Any advice on how to get dir.edb backed up, and any other > > problems the logs > > suggested? Also, what added functionality does the Exchange > > Agent provide? > > > > Thanks > > > > Nik > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > 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] > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > The information contained in this email message is privileged > and confidential information intended only for the use of the > individual or entity to whom it is addressed. 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