Two Databases totaling ~35GB, for now. Based on my calculation, I should let the consistency check run for at least 20 minutes then.
Since i'm new to WSB and Exch2k10 for that matter, I have to ask -- the backup process won't bring down access to Exchange or any related services before, during or after it's performed its business, right ? Not running DAG here yet. Thanks, On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com>wrote: > How big is your exchange database? > > > > A consistency check on one of my client’s databases, 90 GB, takes about 50 > minutes. > > > > The parameter you are referring to is primarily for controlling WHERE you > take a backup in a DAG environment (passive, active, or both). > > > > See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd876851.aspx > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* Harry Singh [mailto:hbo...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 02, 2010 12:13 PM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Windows Server Backup and Exchange 2010 > > > > All: > > > > I have an single Exchange 2010 STD with Update Rollup 3 installed on a > Windows 2008 SP2 VM on vSphere ESX 4. I attempted to run a Windows Server > Backup but the process was stuck on the Consistency check for Exchange.I > waited for about 15 minutes until i cancelled the job to do some research. I > followed the following steps here: > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd876854.aspx and found the > following forum post here: > http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/exchange2010/thread/88adaae6-2930-4785-a85f-9ae4d837eca2 > > > > In short, there is a post at the above forum that indicates to enable the > following key: > > > > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ExchangeServer\v14\Replay\Parameters] > > > Create new: > > > "EnableVSSWriter"=dword:00000000 > > > > My question is, will the above key disable VSS functionality all together ? > I plan on introducing Symantec BE 2010, will it also break BE's, or any > VSS-reliant/aware app's ability to run a backup of Exchange? > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Harry. > > >
