RE: Building a backup Exchange server

2002-07-11 Thread Newsletter

Tom,
What a great topic, good post.
I shall watch this thread with interest.
Nick (about to revise DR project) Fletcher

-Original Message-
From: Tom Perachio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 12:40 AM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Building a backup Exchange server


I have a situation that management wants me to do with our Exchange Server
which is running fine.

A few months ago our exchange server crashed and I had to rebuild it which
took about a day and a half because of some bad backups, then a few weeks
ago the server again crashed where it would reboot itself continuously, I
then rebuilt a new server on a different machine which is running fine at
the moment, but management came to me and said they wanted me to build
another server in case our present one fails again so that all I would
have to do is reload the backup join it to the domain using the same
computer name, site, and org.  My question is, is it possible to build an
offline backup server to be identical to our online exchange server.  The
offline server is not connected to the network, could anybody tell me what
would be the best way to go about doing this.

We are running NT 4.0 sp6a, Exchange Server 5.5,sp4  
Management is looking for a turn around time of 4 hours in case our server
crashed

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Building a backup Exchange server

2002-07-10 Thread Tom Perachio

I have a situation that management wants me to do with our Exchange Server
which is running fine.

A few months ago our exchange server crashed and I had to rebuild it which
took about a day and a half because of some bad backups, then a few weeks
ago the server again crashed where it would reboot itself continuously, I
then rebuilt a new server on a different machine which is running fine at
the moment, but management came to me and said they wanted me to build
another server in case our present one fails again so that all I would
have to do is reload the backup join it to the domain using the same
computer name, site, and org.  My question is, is it possible to build an
offline backup server to be identical to our online exchange server.  The
offline server is not connected to the network, could anybody tell me what
would be the best way to go about doing this.

We are running NT 4.0 sp6a, Exchange Server 5.5,sp4  
Management is looking for a turn around time of 4 hours in case our server
crashed

List Charter and FAQ at:
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm




RE: Building a backup Exchange server

2002-07-10 Thread Andy David

Better yet, Build a test/firedrill/DR practice/single mailbox server, it can
be any old decent workstation. 
Practice your recovery techniques and verify your tape backups on this
recovery server frequently. Use quality Hardware on your production box.
Read this:
http://www.microsoft.com/Exchange/techinfo/administration/55/BackupRestore.a
sp  and know it like the back of you hand. 
Brush and floss daily and never drop your soap around Martin.



-Original Message-
From: Tom Perachio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 7:40 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Building a backup Exchange server


I have a situation that management wants me to do with our Exchange Server
which is running fine.

A few months ago our exchange server crashed and I had to rebuild it which
took about a day and a half because of some bad backups, then a few weeks
ago the server again crashed where it would reboot itself continuously, I
then rebuilt a new server on a different machine which is running fine at
the moment, but management came to me and said they wanted me to build
another server in case our present one fails again so that all I would
have to do is reload the backup join it to the domain using the same
computer name, site, and org.  My question is, is it possible to build an
offline backup server to be identical to our online exchange server.  The
offline server is not connected to the network, could anybody tell me what
would be the best way to go about doing this.

We are running NT 4.0 sp6a, Exchange Server 5.5,sp4  
Management is looking for a turn around time of 4 hours in case our server
crashed

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http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm


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RE: Building a backup Exchange server

2002-07-10 Thread William Lefkovics

That's a lot of bad luck.  Are you using crappy hardware?  ;)

The disaster recovery whitepapers outline how to create a recovery
server which you should have available to test backups and use in the
event of a disaster to get people into their email as soon as possible.


-Original Message-
From: Tom Perachio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 4:40 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Building a backup Exchange server


I have a situation that management wants me to do with our Exchange
Server which is running fine.

A few months ago our exchange server crashed and I had to rebuild it
which took about a day and a half because of some bad backups, then a
few weeks ago the server again crashed where it would reboot itself
continuously, I then rebuilt a new server on a different machine which
is running fine at the moment, but management came to me and said they
wanted me to build another server in case our present one fails again so
that all I would have to do is reload the backup join it to the domain
using the same computer name, site, and org.  My question is, is it
possible to build an offline backup server to be identical to our online
exchange server.  The offline server is not connected to the network,
could anybody tell me what would be the best way to go about doing this.

We are running NT 4.0 sp6a, Exchange Server 5.5,sp4  
Management is looking for a turn around time of 4 hours in case our
server crashed

List Charter and FAQ at:
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm



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RE: Building a backup Exchange server

2002-07-10 Thread Frey, James

Does anyone know if there's a similar whitepaper for E2K?

-Original Message-
From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 7:52 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Building a backup Exchange server


Better yet, Build a test/firedrill/DR practice/single mailbox server, it can
be any old decent workstation. 
Practice your recovery techniques and verify your tape backups on this
recovery server frequently. Use quality Hardware on your production box.
Read this:
http://www.microsoft.com/Exchange/techinfo/administration/55/BackupRestore.a
sp  and know it like the back of you hand. 
Brush and floss daily and never drop your soap around Martin.



-Original Message-
From: Tom Perachio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 7:40 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Building a backup Exchange server


I have a situation that management wants me to do with our Exchange Server
which is running fine.

A few months ago our exchange server crashed and I had to rebuild it which
took about a day and a half because of some bad backups, then a few weeks
ago the server again crashed where it would reboot itself continuously, I
then rebuilt a new server on a different machine which is running fine at
the moment, but management came to me and said they wanted me to build
another server in case our present one fails again so that all I would
have to do is reload the backup join it to the domain using the same
computer name, site, and org.  My question is, is it possible to build an
offline backup server to be identical to our online exchange server.  The
offline server is not connected to the network, could anybody tell me what
would be the best way to go about doing this.

We are running NT 4.0 sp6a, Exchange Server 5.5,sp4  
Management is looking for a turn around time of 4 hours in case our server
crashed

List Charter and FAQ at:
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm



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RE: Building a backup Exchange server

2002-07-10 Thread Andy David

http://www.microsoft.com/Exchange/techinfo/deployment/2000/E2Krecovery.asp


-Original Message-
From: Frey, James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 8:44 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Building a backup Exchange server


Does anyone know if there's a similar whitepaper for E2K?

-Original Message-
From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 7:52 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Building a backup Exchange server


Better yet, Build a test/firedrill/DR practice/single mailbox server, it can
be any old decent workstation. 
Practice your recovery techniques and verify your tape backups on this
recovery server frequently. Use quality Hardware on your production box.
Read this:
http://www.microsoft.com/Exchange/techinfo/administration/55/BackupRestore.a
sp  and know it like the back of you hand. 
Brush and floss daily and never drop your soap around Martin.



-Original Message-
From: Tom Perachio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 7:40 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Building a backup Exchange server


I have a situation that management wants me to do with our Exchange Server
which is running fine.

A few months ago our exchange server crashed and I had to rebuild it which
took about a day and a half because of some bad backups, then a few weeks
ago the server again crashed where it would reboot itself continuously, I
then rebuilt a new server on a different machine which is running fine at
the moment, but management came to me and said they wanted me to build
another server in case our present one fails again so that all I would
have to do is reload the backup join it to the domain using the same
computer name, site, and org.  My question is, is it possible to build an
offline backup server to be identical to our online exchange server.  The
offline server is not connected to the network, could anybody tell me what
would be the best way to go about doing this.

We are running NT 4.0 sp6a, Exchange Server 5.5,sp4  
Management is looking for a turn around time of 4 hours in case our server
crashed

List Charter and FAQ at:
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm



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RE: Building a backup Exchange server

2002-07-10 Thread William Lefkovics

All in Technet:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodt
echnol/exchange/exchange2000/support/default.asp

-Original Message-
From: Frey, James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 5:44 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Building a backup Exchange server


Does anyone know if there's a similar whitepaper for E2K?

-Original Message-
From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 7:52 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Building a backup Exchange server


Better yet, Build a test/firedrill/DR practice/single mailbox server, it
can be any old decent workstation. 
Practice your recovery techniques and verify your tape backups on this
recovery server frequently. Use quality Hardware on your production box.
Read this:
http://www.microsoft.com/Exchange/techinfo/administration/55/BackupResto
re.a
sp  and know it like the back of you hand. 
Brush and floss daily and never drop your soap around Martin.



-Original Message-
From: Tom Perachio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 7:40 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: Building a backup Exchange server


I have a situation that management wants me to do with our Exchange
Server which is running fine.

A few months ago our exchange server crashed and I had to rebuild it
which took about a day and a half because of some bad backups, then a
few weeks ago the server again crashed where it would reboot itself
continuously, I then rebuilt a new server on a different machine which
is running fine at the moment, but management came to me and said they
wanted me to build another server in case our present one fails again so
that all I would have to do is reload the backup join it to the domain
using the same computer name, site, and org.  My question is, is it
possible to build an offline backup server to be identical to our online
exchange server.  The offline server is not connected to the network,
could anybody tell me what would be the best way to go about doing this.

We are running NT 4.0 sp6a, Exchange Server 5.5,sp4  
Management is looking for a turn around time of 4 hours in case our
server crashed

List Charter and FAQ at:
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm




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