RE: Exchange 2010 backup using native tools

2012-01-31 Thread Reimer, Mark
Thanks Michael. I wonder why I didn't see that in any documentation that I read.

Mark

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com]
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 3:55 PM
To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Exchange 2010 backup using native tools

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\x (where x 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
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RE: Exchange 2010 backup using native tools

2012-01-30 Thread Michael B. Smith
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\x (where x 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.edumailto:mark.rei...@prairie.edu
www.prairie.eduhttp://www.prairie.edu/



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