Exchange 2003/NTBACKUP
I had NTBACKUP running a backup of one of our storage groups yesterday, a VSS job, and it seems to have delayed deliveries from mailboxes in that group for the few hours the job was running. Doesn't seem as if this should be the case, or is this normal? Had to run the backup, as my log drive was almost out of space. Thanks. Philip --- 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
Re: Exchange 2003/NTBACKUP
Does ntbackup use VSS for backing up Exchange? I don't think that it does by default. How did you set it up to do so? On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Phil Hershey wrote: > I had NTBACKUP running a backup of one of our storage groups yesterday, a > VSS job, and it seems to have delayed deliveries from mailboxes in that > group for the few hours the job was running. Doesn’t seem as if this should > be the case, or is this normal? Had to run the backup, as my log drive was > almost out of space. > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > *Philip* > > > > --- > 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 > --- 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
RE: Exchange 2003/NTBACKUP
Apparently it does it by default. I didn’t see a VSS option, I just drilled down as normal under Exchange to the storage group I wanted to back up and ran it. The log shows this: Backup Status Operation: Backup Active backup destination: File Media name: "M5_1stSG.bkf created 12/7/2010 at 1:19 PM" Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1. Backup of "M5\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage Group" Backup set #1 on media #1 Backup description: "Set created 12/7/2010 at 1:19 PM" Media name: "M5_1stSG.bkf created 12/7/2010 at 1:19 PM" Backup Type: Normal Backup started on 12/7/2010 at 1:19 PM. Backup completed on 12/7/2010 at 5:13 PM. Directories: 5 Files: 85 Bytes: 73,670,921,960 Time: 3 hours, 53 minutes, and 45 seconds It seems that while this job was running, messages were not delivered to the other Exchange 2003 server in our other site. I’m trying to determine if this is why some messages were delayed 2-3 hours. I’ve understandably got some upset users. From: RS [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 9:27 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Exchange 2003/NTBACKUP Does ntbackup use VSS for backing up Exchange? I don't think that it does by default. How did you set it up to do so? On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Phil Hershey wrote: I had NTBACKUP running a backup of one of our storage groups yesterday, a VSS job, and it seems to have delayed deliveries from mailboxes in that group for the few hours the job was running. Doesn’t seem as if this should be the case, or is this normal? Had to run the backup, as my log drive was almost out of space. Thanks. Philip --- 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 --- 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 --- 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
RE: Exchange 2003/NTBACKUP
Not really a definite answer, but have you installed Server 2003 VSS related hotfixes on the server? KB940349 followed by KB951568 is in our list ~JasonG > -Original Message- > From: Phil Hershey [mailto:phers...@agia.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 12:35 > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Exchange 2003/NTBACKUP > > Apparently it does it by default. I didn’t see a VSS option, I just > drilled down as normal under Exchange to the storage group I wanted to back > up and ran it. The log shows this: > > > > Backup Status > > Operation: Backup > > Active backup destination: File > > Media name: "M5_1stSG.bkf created 12/7/2010 at 1:19 PM" > > > > Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1. > > Backup of "M5\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage Group" > > Backup set #1 on media #1 > > Backup description: "Set created 12/7/2010 at 1:19 PM" > > Media name: "M5_1stSG.bkf created 12/7/2010 at 1:19 PM" > > > > Backup Type: Normal > > > > Backup started on 12/7/2010 at 1:19 PM. > > Backup completed on 12/7/2010 at 5:13 PM. > > Directories: 5 > > Files: 85 > > Bytes: 73,670,921,960 > > Time: 3 hours, 53 minutes, and 45 seconds > > > > It seems that while this job was running, messages were not delivered to > the other Exchange 2003 server in our other site. > > > > I’m trying to determine if this is why some messages were delayed 2-3 > hours. I’ve understandably got some upset users. > > > > > > > > From: RS [mailto:rich...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 9:27 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Exchange 2003/NTBACKUP > > > > Does ntbackup use VSS for backing up Exchange? I don't think that it does > by default. How did you set it up to do so? > > > > > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Phil Hershey wrote: > > I had NTBACKUP running a backup of one of our storage groups yesterday, a > VSS job, and it seems to have delayed deliveries from mailboxes in that > group for the few hours the job was running. Doesn’t seem as if this > should be the case, or is this normal? Had to run the backup, as my log > drive was almost out of space. > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > Philip > > > > --- > 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 > > > > --- > 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 > > --- > 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 --- 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
