Title: RE: No budget backups of exchange server on a SBS box, How to???
Read the white paper thanks, thats is where I found out why my restores to another box that don't have the same SAM will stop the dir service from starting on the target box.
 
Agree it's a good read........
 
But still need to hear about the exmerge option from you guys?
 
Thanks for your input
 
Howie
 
Howie Pince
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Higher Dimension Research Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Micciche, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 2:14 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: No budget backups of exchange server on a SBS box, How to???

BLB's are specific Backup Software that use MAPI to individually log into mailboxes and back them up one box at a time.  Nothing to do with pst's.  I highly urge you to go to:
 
http://www.microsoft.com/exchange
 
Go to the 5.5 section and find the MS Exchange 5.5 Disaster Recovery White Paper.  I believe you will find that White Paper to be invaluable. 
-----Original Message-----
From: Howie Pince [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 3:12 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: No budget backups of exchange server on a SBS box, How to???

Sherry,
 
Nothing besides, exmerging everday, and NTBACKUP to a dat tape that can only be restored to a recovery server that I cant create.
 
Question, so is backing up pst's concidered a BLB or what is?
 
Thanks.....
 
Howie
 
Howie Pince
Network Administrator
A+, MCSE 2000
Higher Dimension Research Inc.
651-256-1987
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Abercrombie, Sherry [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???

Or if you want to get $$$ to get a real Exchange backup solution stop doing what you're doing & wait til someone in management says they need something restored and then tell them it's not available....

Out of curiosity, what are you using to backup data files?  With most backup software, adding agents for specific types of backups like Exchange, are usually not that cost prohibitive if you already own the main package...

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 1:19 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: No budget backups of exchange server on a SBS box, How to???


Honestly, if I had no money, I would ask management what value they place on lost mail, and what they would be willing to pay to recover it. If they say 0, then don't back it up.

-----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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