I could change my spark plugs weekly, but I don't. What kind of failure would take out both the store and the logs? An extremely rare and weird event.
There's nothing wrong with what you're doing, my point is just that you're not getting much extra protection. 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 Paul Hutchings Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 9:30 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Backup rituals I do mostly "cause i can", my strategy purely from a "how quick can i get this working if it breaks" p.o.v is to do a full backup nightly using ntbackup to dump to a file on a removable SCSI drive wihch then gets dumped to tape. I also do an incremental to get the logs at lunchtime, the store and logs are on separate physical raid volumes so i figure that covers most scenarios without being over the top.. regards, Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 03 December 2003 22:35 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Backup rituals > > > Those of you that do a daily full backup are you doing a diff or > incremental during the day? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David, Andy > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:41 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Backup rituals > > Incrementals flush the logs. Differentials do not. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:42 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Backup rituals > > > While most any other system is quite happy with incremental backups, > Exchange is one of those that you want to do full backups on always. > The reason being is that incremental do not commit and flush the > transaction logs. Only a full backup will do that. In addition, you > will want to familiarize yourself with this: > http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/administration/55/B > ackupRestore.a > sp > Unless you use a different version of Exchange in which case you will > what to find the appropriate DR whitepaper. You should setup a DR > server to test these processes on. By server I mean any spare PC that > has enough disk space. Just to learn it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Fretz > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 7:27 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Backup rituals > > What backup rituals do you guys use on your Exchange sites? > I've looked > through the FAQs and read most of the relevant Microsoft Qxxx articles > on Exchange administration, but I haven't found "the" way to do good > backups. > My first blush is to backup the entire databases + logs once a week > and then backup the incremental changes to the logs daily. > > All suggestions, snide remarks and pithy one-liners are welcome... > > Thanks, > Eric > > Eric Fretz > > > The information contained in this message is confidential and is > intended for the addressee(s) only. If you have received this message > in error or there are any problems please notify the originator > immediately. The unauthorized use, disclosure, copying or alteration > of this message is strictly forbidden. Badger Meter, Inc. will not be > liable for direct, special, indirect or consequential damages arising > from alteration of the contents of this message by a third party or as > a result of any virus being passed on. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t ext_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] _________________________________________________________________ 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]
