Here is what I would do for starters. Figure out the cost of additional hardware and software. Figure out how long it would take you to restore everything to that box and get folks up and running.
Frankly you cant find a solution to every scenario. Like was said before, even clustering which while troublesome with Exchange already is still probably the best solution, even it wont save you from a IS issue. Present that to management and see what they say. Essentially tell them that they will have to pay to play. -----Original Message----- From: Brien Mayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 7:33 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Server I know!! But like I said,they want to know what their options are with what we currently have. I was hoping someone on this list would be in the same predicament & had a crazy idea that could work. -----Original Message----- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:25 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Server But that isn't going to help you if you have IS corruption. You still need to restore from a backup. Frankly it sounds like your company wants the greatest, but doesn't want to pay a dime for it. -----Original Message----- From: Brien Mayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 7:16 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Server I wouldn't have to replicate. I would just bring the new server up clean. No restore or anything just enough so they can receive their mail & I can rebuild the old one. Then switch them back over. Question is how can I do this? Bring the server up with the same name. I have had problems with this in the past. I received messages like account already exits. I tried the /disaster recovery switch & it did help either. So is this possible ? -----Original Message----- From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:04 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Server You could look at a product called Double Take. But there is really no supported Exchange replication system. -----Original Message----- From: Brien Mayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 6:29 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Server What if it is with the database? I want to be able to fire up the spare & allow the users to receive mail. This way it will give me the time I need to repair the store & not have vp's hounding me. -----Original Message----- From: Morse, George [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 9:25 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Server Every time we had failures it's been with the RAID card not the drives. George -----Original Message----- From: Neil Hobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 9:20 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Server That's what RAID is for. :-) Neil -----Original Message----- From: Mark Kelsay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: 15 July 2002 14:17 Posted To: Sunbelt Exchange List Conversation: Backup Server Subject: RE: Backup Server supposed the problem is the disks? -----Original Message----- From: Neil Hobson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 9:13 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup Server Have a spare server of the same hardware standing by. If the production server dies, bung the disks in the standby server. Neil -----Original Message----- From: Brien Mayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: 15 July 2002 14:10 Posted To: Sunbelt Exchange List Conversation: Backup Server Subject: Backup Server Someone posted the question last week about a backup server & I didn't get the reply. 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