RE: No budget backups of exchange server on a SBS box, How to???

[Brent Hudson]

Title: RE: No budget backups of exchange server on a SBS box, How to???

I agree, you can even write a batch file that stops the services ("net stop bla bla bla") and Xcopies it to another share, then restarts the services. You can schedual it to happen after hours ..

 

worked for me in the bad old days..

 

Later

B

-----Original Message-----
From: Micciche, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 15 January 2002 10:00
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: No budget backups of exchange server on a SBS box, How to???

Williams solution (Stop Exchange, copy databases) is the cheapest and most effective "dirtbag" way of backing up Exchange with no budget.  I highly recommend you stop what you are doing now and try it.  Schedule Exchange to stop with the AT command and a batch file.  The batch file should copy the databases after Exchange stops and then restart exchange.  Remember that Exchange will need a 30 seconds or so to stop.

PS Don't be offended by the "Dirtbag" moniker- it's nothing personal.

-----Original Message-----
From: Howie Pince [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 3:01 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: No budget backups of exchange server on a SBS box, How
to???

Ya right, and what, send mail?

Come on....

We need robust groupware solution.

I like the future of Linux, but send mail is weak.

Howie

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-----Original Message-----
From: Dawn R. Ashford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 1:44 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: No budget backups of exchange server on a SBS box, How
to???

Dump SBS and go to what with ZERO budget.. maybe a reference to Linux?

-----Original Message-----
From: Howie Pince [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 1:31 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: No budget backups of exchange server on a SBS box, How
to???

I have been running NTBackup ON the SBS server while Exchange is running,
but what good will that do if I can't restore it to anything?

Dump SBS and go to what with ZERO budget?

Last resort won't work either, I can't create a vailid restore server?

Thanks for the ideas, but gonna need some more to get somewhere with this
situation....

Howie

IMHO:

SOOO lame that you have to HAVE a "restore" server just to restore a DB?

Suppose THAT ALSO has to have it's own License also huh???

-----Original Message-----
From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 1:20 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: No budget backups of exchange server on a SBS box, How
to???

Preferred:
1) run NTBackup ON the SBS server while Exchange is running.
or
2) dump SBS

Last resort:
2) stop exchange services (net stop MSExchangeSA /y) and copy priv.edb,
pub.edb, and dir.edb to a file location

References:
3)
http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/administration/55/backuprestore.a
sp
http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/administration/55/disaster.asp

William Lefkovics, MCSE-NT4, MCSE-W2K, A+, ExchangeMVP
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-----Original Message-----
From: Howie Pince [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 11:19 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: No budget backups of exchange server on a SBS box, How to???

Hey,

                Here's what I'm doing now and why?

NT 4.0 sp6, Exchange 5.5 sp4.

NO $$$ for backup software, so have been using Exmerge every day to dump out
pst's to dat tape.

Also been running directory export out of the exchange admin prog, so at
least I have something to start a restore with.

Also have been running NTBACKUP to dat, but the restore ALWAYS fails cause
the dir.edb import <restore> on another SBS box has different SID's than the
source box.

MS say's create a "recovery server" and add it as a BDC to get a correct
copy of the SAM BUT SBS can ONLY be a DC, so how can I get a copy of the SAM
to the 2nd box?

As of now I cant see a way around this recovery server issue and am ready to
give up using NTBACKUP all together, cause as far as I can see, it cant be
restored to anything.

Any thoughts on a workaround for this, and using my present method of
Exmerging everyday to DAT?

Remember I have ZERO $$$ to work with here.

Thanks much in advance..........

Howie
 

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