Uh, I didn't play with Exchange at the time, cuz the company I work for and the location I was at ran Sendmail. I have since resolved most of that. Not to mention, there comes a time in my career when Exchange doesn't do it for me anymore. I personally enjoy the security aspects of networking and designing new ADS networks, not to mention security audits on networks. Being an "Administrator" doesn't pay to well and isn't really that fun.
I can tell you this, I've been working with Exchange since the days of 4.0. I am certified in Exchange 5.5 and soon will be in Exchange 2K and I can install/configure/troubleshoot with the best on this list. My little OOO was a mistake on my part as I wasn't familiar with the servers in the new location I moved to. OOO's were disabled almost instantly after someone's' reply to me. Yes, even though I was out of the office, I checked my email, saw the problem and immediately rectified it. Tell me this "David", have you ever seen me post a question here? I would say not, you can check the archives, I doubt you will find anything in the last 6 years. You wanna know why I don't post questions? Because I know most of the answers or I know where to get them. Like Daniel and the other real Exchange guru's here, I have done hundreds of DR scenario's for clients with a 99% recovery rate. I would imagine my skill set is just fine... Unlike others around here... That said, you can crawl back under the stone from which you crawled from.... D -----Original Message----- From: Michel, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 4:17 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Restoring an old (no longer existing) server Far be it for me to offend the all-knowing but it was you who left your OOA on to this entire list last month. Isn't that one of those "seamless administrative tasks" you don't want to help others with? Maybe that's the real reason behind the rant... Furthermore, when I emailed you in jest about it, the reply from you was "Unfortunately, I don't play with Exchange, but it's fixed now." That sure sounds like someone I want to help me. So Daniel, cash or charge? -----Original Message----- From: Ely, Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 3:39 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Restoring an old (no longer existing) server You apparently don't do much consulting... $225 an hour is rather reasonable if you have any need for your data. You make the choice, I've had many clients willingly pay that much for their data. Oh, and another point to all of you "BAS" (c) trolls, we don't get paid to help your dumb a$$es out so don't expect to have your hand held through every little, seamless administrative task. Do your own research, RTFM, read some books, take a class, and then compose a reasonable, thought out email detailing what you would like to do, what research you have done, and any questions that have resulted due to your findings. I had a link to post for the trolls but it appears someone cried to MS about it. Damn, I hate it when that happens. :o) D -----Original Message----- From: Michel, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 3:27 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Restoring an old (no longer existing) server As I seem to recall you mentioning once that you USED to work for MS, is it really fair to expect the same rates as MS Consulting currently charges? By the way, I don't think my question was posed in such a way as to require a step-by-step answer. I know how to do the restore, I was looking to see if there was an easier way that I had not thought of and if anyone has been through a similar process. I kind of thought that's what these lists were supposed to be about??? -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Chenault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 3:14 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Restoring an old (no longer existing) server I was about to give step-by-step info but realized that that does not put bread on the table. My services are available at $225/hr plus T&E. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michel, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 1:57 PM Subject: Restoring an old (no longer existing) server > Current setup: > - Exchange 2000 sp2 on mailbox servers and a single 5.5 sp4 IMC server > - Currently using NTBackup for backups and Antigen 6.5 for > virus/content filtering > > I was just informed that, due to a lawsuit, I must restore an old 5.5 server > that no longer exists and restore the entire database (not > brick-level) for > a period of about different 8 months. I have the databases on a > month-end tape from each of those months and those tapes were made use > ArcServe. I also have long since reused that server. Once the > database is restored on the new server, I must then go through every > email from every user and search for text in either the subject AND > the body. After this is done for > one month I'm to blow everything away and start all over again with > the next > month's tape. > > My question is how in the hell am I going to accomplish this? > Building the > server and recreating the Exchange environment is easy enough but I'm > confused on the restore and the searching parts. If I have to buy something > like Trend for the searching I guess it could be done and charged to > the client but I prefer not to. As for the backups, since I cannot > bring this server onto our network and the backup server that has > ArcServe is obviously > on the network, how do I do this? My best guess is to use a > cross-connect cable and bring the backup server offline during the > restore time. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. > > David Michel > Ruden McClosky Smith Schuster & Russell, P.A. NOTICE: This e-mail message and any attachment to this e-mail message contains confidential information that may be legally privileged. 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