I'm not saying it did, my shock was that the "entire" mailbox was corrupt. Usually messages are corrupt or a store is corrupt, NOT a mailbox...
On Feb 6, 2008 3:39 PM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not saying that it happened Don, I'm simply trying to figure out > what/how I should be backing up my Exchange, in order to provide the best > and easiest recovery options. > > Joe Heaton > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 06, 2008 3:32 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Big log file > > > The entire mailbox got corrupted??? Exmerge and recreate... If the > entire mailbox is corrupt, how far back in your backups are you going to go > to find out where the corruption began? > > On Feb 6, 2008 3:11 PM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > So, how would you restore an entire mailbox, if it somehow got > > corrupted? I don't have a server laying around that I could restore the IS > > backup to, then export the mailbox in question. Obviously, if that was the > > only way I could do it, we'd find a way, but with the second backup that we > > do, I can simply restore the mailbox, at least I'm guessing I could, don't > > know how happy Exchange would be with it though, as we don't test our > > recovery options...lol. > > > > > > BTW, I do have DIR in place, but only for 7 days at the moment. I've > > spoken with my manager, and I'm thinking we'll bump that up to 30 days. > > > > Joe Heaton > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 06, 2008 10:22 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > > *Subject:* Re: Big log file > > > > > > You should look more into DIR versus wasting tape on BLB's... > > > > On Feb 6, 2008 10:09 AM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Yes, we are doing a normal store backup also. They do the brick level > > > in order to be able to restore a single message if needed. I think > > > it's > > > more fluff than anything, but I didn't set it up. > > > > > > > > > Joe Heaton > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 9:30 AM > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > > Subject: Re: Big log file > > > > > > On Feb 6, 2008 10:17 AM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Well, the issue is that this particular backup is the ExchMapi$ > > > > backup, of all the individual mailboxes and messages. > > > > > > FYI: That sounds like a "brick level backup" (BLB). Make sure you're > > > backing up the Information Store separately if you're doing a BLB. > > > You > > > can ask the guys on the Exchange list why BLB = BAD. > > > > > > -- Ben > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > > > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > > > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
