Thanks. I tried that ;( I'll try again to be sure though. Cheers, Marty
-----Original Message----- From: Tipirneni Prasad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 3:29 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Exchange 2000 Backup permissions? create a new user and add to the Backup operators group and also make the user to the domain admin group this will work I am running online backups for E2k sp1 on Win2k sp2 -----Original Message----- From: Marty Richards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 31 October 2001 3:25 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2000 Backup permissions? Hi All, I have a weird one. I "inherited" this one around 20 hours ago. Its Exchange 2k (build 4417.5 - what SP is that?) on Win2k server SP1. The server has not been backed up since March 2000, if at all. The priv.edb is 3.5Gb, the log files are 15.5Gb - they ran out of drive space yesterday. Backup Exec gives "access denied to directory" when trying to backup the information store. NTBackup completes in 1 sec and skips all files, saying they cannot be restored. BE runs as local system on the same machine. I tried creating a new user, adding it to Exchange Servers group and fed it to backup exec - same error. I also tried - for troubleshooting purposes - delegating full control of the exchange organisation to the everyone group with no luck. I have reversed these changes. Any thoughts on where I should look? I suspect active directory might be broken - I don't know the history to be sure. Cheers, Marty List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
