Maybe I worded it wrong. Has anyone used the native utility NTBackup, to perform a *Remote* Exchange Server recovery? And am I wrong, or is there an easier way than what I describe below?
A remote Exchange Server expects to be able to get a hold of the log and patch files from a directory given in NTBackup, by the user, during the restore process. If this remote Exchange Server, and the remote NTBackup do not share the same named directory, such as a common shared directory to both machines named the same, such as "T:\RestoreTemp", then you will not restore. If, in NTBackup, I indicate a directory for these log and patch files as "C:\RestoreTemp", the Exchange Server will try to look on its local "C:\RestoreTemp" directory and fail. -----Original Message----- From: Rosenbaum, Fred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 1:00 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup/Restore using Windows 2000 NTBackup >Or maybe I should ask. If you do remote backups of Exchange Server, with >NTBackup, how do you do a recovery to any one or more of these Exchange >Servers with NTBackup? >[Once you have successful backup, the information store and directory can be >restored to the same Exchange Servers where the backup was performed from >before OR any other Exchange Servers, during the restore process, NTBackup >will let you choose those options.] A remote Exchange Server expects to be able to get a hold of the log and patch files from a directory given in NTBackup, by the user, during the restore process. If this remote Exchange Server, and the remote NTBackup do not share the same named directory, such as a common shared directory to both machines named the same, such as "T:\RestoreTemp", then you will not restore. If, in NTBackup, I indicate a directory for these log and patch files as "C:\RestoreTemp", the Exchange Server will try to look on its local "C:\RestoreTemp" directory and fail. -----Original Message----- From: Dan Phan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 12:32 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup/Restore using Windows 2000 NTBackup -----Original Message----- From: Rosenbaum, Fred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 11:55 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup/Restore using Windows 2000 NTBackup How do you do a remote recovery with NTBackup? [this simply means that you have the machine with the tape drive and want to do backup to an Exchange Server that is on another location, local backup is just having the tape drive in the same server where Exchange Server resides.] Or maybe I should ask. If you do remote backups of Exchange Server, with NTBackup, how do you do a recovery to any one or more of these Exchange Servers with NTBackup? [Once you have successful backup, the information store and directory can be restored to the same Exchange Servers where the backup was performed from before OR any other Exchange Servers, during the restore process, NTBackup will let you choose those options.] Have you performed a "Real" or "Test" recovery with NTBackup, from a backup that was performed remotely? [Since the beginning of this post, I have tried my Exchange Server at home and it works beautifully! To stimulate a disaster for this Exchange Server, I deleted the following files: \exchsvr\DSADATA\* \exchsvr\MDBDATA\* And the restore brought everything in these folders back....hence Exchange Server is once again working! Everyone feel free to comment. As it seems to me, that with out some sort of shared drive between the backup file (lets say it is a tape device on this machine) and NTBackup, to a remote Exchange Server. (That may not have a tape drive Just follow this mini howto and you are all set. Thanks to everyone who replied to my post. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q243380 -----Original Message----- From: Salvador Manzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 12:25 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup/Restore using Windows 2000 NTBackup I do remote backups of Exchange 5.5 using NTBACKUP regularly, from both NT 4 and 2000 machines. -----Original Message----- From: Scot Parsons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 10:17 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup/Restore using Windows 2000 NTBackup If I remember correctly, the NTBackup that is included with NT 4.0 is a "lite" version of Backup Exec. It will perform an online backup of Exchange. I think 2000 is the same. I'm not sure if this can be done remotely without the Veritas version. Someone please jump in if I'm wrong. -----Original Message----- From: Dan Phan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 12:00 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Backup/Restore using Windows 2000 NTBackup Hi everyone, I am just wondering if anyone has experience in working with NTBackup that comes with Windows 2000. Does it perform online backup of the Exchange Server 5.5? NTBackup, developed by Veritas (the same people who developed Backup Exec) for Microsoft specs claims that it does "Online Microsoft Exchange Server Protection" both locally or remotely. We have Arcserve 2000 and I am hesitant to use their Exchange Backup Agent because of it is a pain to work with. Any sucessful/unsucessful stories using this tool for backup/restore Exchange Server 5.5 will be greatly appreciated. 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