You need to read the disaster recovery white paper (search on support.microsoft.com) and get daily online backups working properly. When you have this worked out, get a recovery server (any old box will do, just get a big IDE disk in it for the IS) and do some test restores. Also configure deleted item retention properly, including public folders.
When you can confidently restore and get whatever data you need out of the IS with your recovery box, demonstrate this to your management and stop doing brick level backups. Really, stop it... > -----Original Message----- > From: Karon Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 20 November 2002 15:34 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Backing up Exchange 5.5 > > We're trying to backup one in particular Exchange 5.5 server and we keep > getting tons of "corrupt file" errors and we're told that we have a > corrupt database. We use Veritas Backup Exec 8.6, we have an Outlook 2002 > client loaded on the server because yes, we're doing brick level backups. > We cannot get the online defrag to run it runs for a few minutes and then > terminates I don't think it's really doing anything because it would take > longer if it was. Is there a way to force an online defrag? I have tried > over and over to convince my management to NOT do bricklevel backups but > to no avail. So, since I'm forced to do them we need a better way to do > them if there is a better way. We only back up the IS once a week if that > and we've never backed up the pub.edb and priv.edb because you have to > stop the services to truly back those files up. I've also tried to > convince them to let us take it offline to perform offline defrags which > will create new clean databases but in order to do so I'm told it will > delete alot of messages any message that it thinks is corrupt and so they > don't want to do that. This server is hanging on by a thread. Please > help with any suggestions that you have other than "Don't do bricklevel > backups". > > So, is there anything we can do other than rebuilding this server? How do > you backup the pub and priv without shutting down the services? We do not > use the open file agent it's don't work and never has. > > > Thanks, > Karon Miller > E-Mail Administrator > Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, LLP > [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]
