What does your NT Backup log file say when you do the Exchange backup? Are you just backing up the files, or are you doing a streaming or VSS backup of Exchange? If you are doing a full backup of Exchange, then the necessary log files are absolutely backed up.
From: David Lloyd [mailto:da...@future-support.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 4:17 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Both disks fail RAID1 The OS is backed up at the same time. However, my concern is that the directory structure of Exchange won't be complete as the log file directories are omitted. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]<mailto:[mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]> Sent: 01 August 2012 21:10 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Both disks fail RAID1 So you don't back up Exchange at the same time you back up the OS? You should restore the OS and then restore Exchange. Otherwise you open yourself to the chance of data loss via a repair. From: David Lloyd [mailto:da...@future-support.com]<mailto:[mailto:da...@future-support.com]> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 3:57 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Both disks fail RAID1 NT Backup was used to run the backup. A full backup of Exchange was performed a few hours before the failure. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]<mailto:[mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]> Sent: 01 August 2012 20:51 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Both disks fail RAID1 What do you use to do the system backup? Most backups that backup exchange do backup the necessary log files as well. From: David Lloyd [mailto:da...@future-support.com]<mailto:[mailto:da...@future-support.com]> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 3:15 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Both disks fail RAID1 Hi Guys, Windows 2003 SP2, Exchange Server 2003 SP2 Arrived on site to find a Dell Windows 2003 exchange member server down. Both disks in RAID 1 configuration failed. This Exchange server is the second exchange server in the same site, but holds all the mail boxes and public stores on a RAID 5 volume, this looks intact. Backup looks to have completed a few hours before failure and from what I can see the exchange databases were also backed up. Plan to restore the system volume from tape, however, there will be no log file directories as these are not backed up as part of the system backup. The rest of the exchange installation is backed up, and looks like just the log file directories where omitted. My question. Is it possible to recreate these or will I have to re-install exchange in DR mode and then try to mount the databases? David --- 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<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 7347 (20120801) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com --- 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<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 7347 (20120801) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com --- 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
