You like my phrase ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Ely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MS-Exchange Admin Issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 12:09 Subject: RE: Evault vs. tape backups
> Here is our validation... In the event something goes wrong and either of > us were to call PSS (god forbid), they would most likely tell us "DUDE, You > are so NOT supported". > > The DR Whitepapers are pretty specific. There are many ways to backup an > Exchange server. There are right ways and there are wrong ways. However, > in order to best ensure that you are always able to recover your exchange > server without losing any email, one should follow the DR steps that MS > outlines and one should practice test restores. > > I do online backups of my exchange server with NT Backup right now. Mostly > because my soon to be ex-boss uses ArcCrap to backup the network. When I > migrated them from Send Mail to Exchange I specifically noted that they will > NOT install ArcCrap on my Exchange server that I'll use plain old vanilla NT > Backup. Do I like using NT Backup, no, not really, but I am re-evaluating > our backup solution now so I can put something more reliable to me in place > that backups the entire enterprise... > > D > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 8:47 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Evault vs. tape backups > > > Didn't want this to get into the debate it's becoming. > but: > Although people's "current" environment is being taken care of in the most > reliable manner. that's fine for right now, they've not had any problems, so > they tend to become comfortable/complacent. I respect Don's and William's > opinions', but every once in awhile I (as well as others i'm sure) require > validation as to how they came to those opinions. and that's was the intent > here. > > you are comfortable in your current environment, that may or may not be > alright 6 months down the road. we don't know what Laura's current setup is, > or what it is going to be and she asked the question. and just because the > premier gurus' of the forum here, state it "is" or "is not" a good idea. I > just want to know why? I'm sure it's based on a lot of experience, a Lot of > luck, and proactive administration. but with anything, there's always room > for growth either in knowledge or software. > > Thought it was a pretty simple and generic question actually > > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 10:58 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Evault vs. tape backups > > > Yeah, and I'm pretty sure William mentioned that... "No, I wouldn't trust > such a setup for Exchange. Other file data, perhaps. NTBackup on > Windows2000 backs up to disk." > > He then provided links to various sites. It wouldn't and shouldn't be a > trusted setup. Those links give various options I would imagine. I haven't > read them nor will I as I know how I backup exchange. Which is in the most > reliable manner. > > D > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Zorz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 8:00 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Evault vs. tape backups > > > Yabbut the question was what's wrong with the non-tape solutions. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 8:44 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Evault vs. tape backups > > > He posted links to all the various vendors so one could go to each one and > evaluate how their product works with exchange and see the error in their > original thinking. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 7:40 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Evault vs. tape backups > > > I realize it's friday, and the caffiene levels aren't where they should > be..but i'm Curious, that's a generic statement to make don't you think? you > say "No, I wouldn't trust such a setup for Exchange." but don't go on to say > as to why?... so, i guess the question I'm asking is .. "why" wouldn't you > trust such a setup for Exchange?, but yet as one of the links you post, you > post evault :o) > > curious minds want to know(or at least mine does) > > Dal > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Laura Swartout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 10:18 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Evault vs. tape backups > > > Thank you, William! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 5:31 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Evault vs. tape backups > > Did we digress again? > > No, I wouldn't trust such a setup for Exchange. Other file data, perhaps. > NTBackup on Windows2000 backs up to disk. > > If you like this kind of storage, here are some others to consider: > Connected http://www.connected.com FreeDrive http://www.freedrive.com X > Drive http://www.xdrive.com Driveway http://www.driveway.com Maxisafe > http://www.maxisafe.com Managed Storage http://www.sgii.com E-store > http://www.e-stor.net @Backup http://www.backup.com StoreActive > http://www.storactive.net BackUpNet http://www.backupnet.com eVault.com > http://www.evault.com MySpace http://www.freediskspace.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Laura Swartout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 3:20 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Evault vs. tape backups > > > Okay thank you. But I was curious if anyone has any experience with Evault > and how they liked/disliked it vs. tape backups. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 5:14 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Evault vs. tape backups > > Ahem. > > Lovely weather we're having, eh? > > William > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 3:13 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Evault vs. tape backups > > > Forget to change a tape? [1] > > [1] Hi William > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 15:09 > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Evault vs. tape backups > > > No backups on Sundays. > > The other two... well... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 3:11 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Evault vs. tape backups > > > what happened to the other 54 times? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 15:06 > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Evault vs. tape backups > > > I got it to work 311 times in 2001. > > William > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David N. Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 3:07 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Evault vs. tape backups > > > I heard this backup s/w called NTBACKUP was nice... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Laura Swartout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 17:33 > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Evault vs. tape backups > > > We're looking at replacing our ArcServe backup software with a more reliable > solution such as BackUp Exec or Evault. > > Is anyone using Evault? 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