You have to add "-vssfull" and put the path to the log files in the "-include" parameter.
So Wbadmin start backup -vssfull -include:d:,c:\program files\microsoft\exchange server\v14\mailbox\ Depending on how you are calling wbadmin, that might take some fancy quoting to get right. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Reimer, Mark [mailto:mark.rei...@prairie.edu] Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 4:12 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2010 backup using native tools My google fu isn't working well today. Exchange 2010 on Windows 2008 R2. Drive C: System drive, and E2k transaction logs (in c:\program files\microsoft\exchange server\v14\mailbox\xxxxx (where xxxxx is the mailbox name)). Drive D: EDB files When I do a full backup (I use command line wbadmin with -include c:,d: ) the files all get backed up, transaction logs are truncated, and everything appears to work as expected. This runs weekly. I'm trying to do a daily full backup of just the EDB files, which will also truncate the log files. If I run wbadmin with -include d:, it just backs up the EDB files, and does nothing with the transaction log files. Should I move the transaction log files to d:? Would that fix my problem? I don't think we get enough traffic through Exchange for this option to be a performance problem. There is lots of space on D:, so that's not an issue either. Is there another alternative (not using 3rd party backup solutions)? Thanks in advance. Mark Reimer, A+, MCSA Servers & Networking Admin Prairie Bible Institute Box 4000 Three Hills, AB T0M-2N0 Canada Tel: 403-443-5511, Ext. 3476 Fax: 403-443-5540 Email: mark.rei...@prairie.edu<mailto:mark.rei...@prairie.edu> www.prairie.edu<http://www.prairie.edu/> --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist