Give users two mailboxes on two separate databases, one for voice mail and one for e-mail. Don't back up the voice-mail store and set it to use circular logging. Heaven help you if there's a failure on that database.
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Iadarola Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 8:29 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Excluding specific email message types from backups Background: Running Exchange 2000 with Cisco Unity's Unified Messaging. Management wants us to continue to use Cisco Unity to deliver voice messages left on our IP phones to our email. However, they do not want us to backup the voice messages. We are currently using Veritas Datacenter for backups. We have looked at the Veritas client, Leggato Exchange client, and the Microsoft Backup Utility. None of them allow you to exclude specific messages. They will allow you to exclude specific folders inside the mailbox but not the object or message level. Questions: Does anyone know of a backup client specific for Exchange 2000 that will allow you to exclude all .WAV files from backups? Is there anyone else that is not backing up voice messages within their message stores? Is there a way to do this with a script? How are others handling unified messaging in their environment? Any help or thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Steve Iadarola Senior Support Specialist Information Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 65 Hayden Ave Lexington, MA 02421 _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
