Out of all brick-level backups, I think CommVault Galaxy does the best job. It actually is not truly brick-level. It maintains the single instance storage. However the mailbox-level backup is significantly slower than database-level backup, no matter what backup software you will be using.
So assume that you go with Galaxy. You could have your users create a rule that will move all voice mail message to a separate folder. Then exclude that folder from backups. Sincerely, Andrey Fyodorov Systems Engineer Messaging and Collaboration Spherion -----Original Message----- From: Steve Iadarola [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 11:29 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]
