RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-07 Thread Preston Jeffares
earn otherwise. -Original Message-From: Ely, Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 12:47 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec And as one who has worked with Exchange for 7 years for various sized companies and did

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-07 Thread Preston Jeffares
them frightened. -Original Message-From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 1:08 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec Bravo! Great story! And you did the censors good so they would pass the mighty f

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2002-05-07 Thread Matthew Carpenter
Title: Message Bravo! Great story! And you did the censors good so they would pass the mighty filter   -Original Message- From: Ely, Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 11:56 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

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2002-05-07 Thread Kevin Miller
: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec Me too -Original Message-From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 3:40 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec *sniff*   A

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2002-05-07 Thread Ely, Don
PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec Sounds right to me...with the exception of a few accidental email deletions, people should know that when Outlook says "Permanent" that they should expect it to be permanent.  I have run into severa

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-07 Thread Ely, Don
Title: Message Me too -Original Message-From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 3:40 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec *sniff*   A wonderful story.   I'm

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-07 Thread Ely, Don
Title: Message I love it -Original Message-From: Preston Jeffares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 3:33 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec True story:   I was working for the corporate offices

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-07 Thread Ely, Don
al Message-From: Jay Ploughe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 2:24 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec I have been watching this thread seeing the all the "Avoid BLBrestore the IS and do Exmerge" comments w

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-07 Thread Ely, Don
n IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec Hopefully the products will just get better all the way around, with restoration part of the design. -Original Message-From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-07 Thread Ely, Don
Title: Message RTFM -Original Message-From: Leone, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 10:40 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >I do a full backup

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2002-05-07 Thread Ely, Don
e doing backups correctly.   No, I don't have specific numbers.   William   -Original Message-From: Kelly Leavitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 6:54 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup E

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2002-05-07 Thread Ely, Don
Title: Message You ever heard of Deleted Items Recovery? -Original Message-From: Leone, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 10:05 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec > From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:[EM

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-07 Thread Stefan Jafs
, 2002 12:30 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec Stefan, If you are using Exchange 5.5, here's a good starting point: http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/administration/55/BackupResto re.a sp -Jim Jim Holmgren MCSE, CCNA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Eng

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-07 Thread Jim Holmgren
g.com -- Superior Technology. Superior Performance. -Original Message- From: Stefan Jafs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 12:13 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec Ok, I'm converted. Can some one point me to white pap

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2002-05-07 Thread Stefan Jafs
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec Ok, I’m converted.   Can some one point me to white papers or url for setting up a backup server.   Stefan Jafs Amico Corporation Tel: 1-877-GO-AMICO www.amico.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]     -Original Message- From: Rose

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread William Lefkovics
Title: Message Thank you for that.   William -Original Message-From: Ray Zorz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 7:34 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec As evidenced by some that are using BLB's just

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Rose, Adrian
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec For what it's worth.IMHO Any reasonably sized business should not waste their time with BLB it causes more problems than it solves. (And can become very costly) All the downsides of BLB's have already been covered in this t

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Wayne Hanks
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec Yes but the problem with kludges is that the first time you really need it to work will be the time that it will not work.  I subscribe to the "Computers are living proof of Murphy's Law" school of thought and prefer a known and pr

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Ray Zorz
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec As evidenced by some that are using BLB's just fine, why go into all the negatives.  It's working for them just fine.  They are not carrying an extra 30, 60, 90 whatever days extra data in their Priv that they have to now backup daily.

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Wayne Hanks
EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, 7 May 2002 3:33To: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec True story:   I was working for the corporate offices of a large men's clothing retail chain.  There was one buyer who was particularly high-strung and loved

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Wayne Hanks
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec not to get into the whole" I said, You said" thing, but your reasoning below is understandable even if it is a little confused.  If you looked at the link that William provided, you would have seen that it referred to the "Ed

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread William Lefkovics
Title: Message *sniff*   A wonderful story.   I'm moved. -Original Message-From: Preston Jeffares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 12:33 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec True story:   I

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2002-05-06 Thread Preston Jeffares
ing garbage."    I could hear my VP laughing as he walked back to his office.  *sighs* Oh the days of being invincible. -Original Message-From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 3:01 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mail

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread William Lefkovics
ou sitting down) to store important emails that they want to keep.   Nick -Original Message-From: Jay Ploughe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 2:24 PMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec I have bee

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread William Lefkovics
o:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 11:29 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec Outstanding.  Nice to hear the other side. -Original Message-From: Jay Ploughe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 11:24

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread William Lefkovics
Original Message-From: Jay Ploughe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 11:24 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec I have been watching this thread seeing the all the "Avoid BLBrestore the IS and do Exmerge" co

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Ray Zorz
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec Outstanding.  Nice to hear the other side. -Original Message-From: Jay Ploughe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 11:24 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec I have

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Nickolaos Fotopoulos
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec Sounds right to me...with the exception of a few accidental email deletions, people should know that when Outlook says "Permanent" that they should expect it to be permanent.  I have run into several user that use the Deleted Items fo

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Jay Ploughe
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec I have been watching this thread seeing the all the "Avoid BLBrestore the IS and do Exmerge" comments with interest. I do use Deleted Item Retention (10 days) and I do perform a full backup of the stores for disaster recovery. I al

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Preston Jeffares
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec Ick... man please just avoid the BLB.  You'd be better off just doing what william said and keeping around an old trash machine to do full restores to.  It will give you DR practice anyway.  All you do is recover the full store... the exmerg

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Leone, Michael
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec >Honestly... I would tell the users about it.  Some of them can try and be extra smart and then go in to the Recover Deleted >Items box and delete their mail there too... and still complain about wanting it back.  My suggestion... keep

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Steve Ens
06, 2002 11:39 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec Honestly... I would tell the users about it.  Some of them can try and be extra smart and then go in to the Recover Deleted Items box and delete their mail there too... and still complain about wanti

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Preston Jeffares
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec Honestly... I would tell the users about it.  Some of them can try and be extra smart and then go in to the Recover Deleted Items box and delete their mail there too... and still complain about wanting it back.  My suggestion... keep it to

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Leone, Michael
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec From: Preston Jeffares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >On 5.5 go to the properties of the Private Information store and set the option in the General Tab. Thanks. OK. I had zero; I now have 45. Do I need to stop and start the IS, or does it t

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Precht, David
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec You are right.  Outlook install on an Exchange server = BAD Mailbox backup = not really worth it -Original Message- From: James Lockley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 03:17 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject

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2002-05-06 Thread Jim Holmgren
-- Superior Technology. Superior Performance. -Original Message- From: Leone, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 10:40 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >I do a f

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread William Lefkovics
Title: Message Perhaps.  -Original Message-From: Ray Zorz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 8:05 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec Hopefully the products will just get better all the way around, with

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Preston Jeffares
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec On Exchange 2000 go to the Mailbox Store level properties.  Go to the limits tab.  Set your retention time there.   On 5.5 go to the properties of the Private Information store and set the option in the General Tab. -Original Message

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2002-05-06 Thread MHR(Michael Ross)
: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec You know, I used a few little email applications that were granular like that, but they didn't have the collaborative properties of an Exchange.  In some ways I have accepted this perceived limitation as a price for SIS and

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Ray Zorz
William -Original Message-From: Ray Zorz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 7:07 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec And yet, the one thing that most of us wish worked better was single mailbox restore.  The DR

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread William Lefkovics
-From: Ray Zorz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 7:07 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec And yet, the one thing that most of us wish worked better was single mailbox restore.  The DR procedure is a workaround for the in

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Leone, Michael
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >I do a full backup of the information stores every night as part of the backup jobs on my tape library.  >I have a workstation-class machine that is sitting on a shelf pre-configured with Ex

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread William Lefkovics
essage-From: Leone, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 7:02 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec >Most businesses that deploy Exchange do not implement a brick-level backup solution. No, but most business

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Preston Jeffares
*yawns* Man maybe I just missed it in all the other responses, but in response to: >So that when the CEO wants her individual mail she deleted to come back from the >dead, you can get back just that, rather >make her wait while you do a whole restore of the IS, and then (I presume) an ExMerge

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Jim Holmgren
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec I do a full backup of the information stores every night as part of the backup jobs on my tape library.  I have a workstation-class machine that is sitting on a shelf pre-configured with Exchange and Win2K server, just in case I ever need to

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread William Lefkovics
have specific numbers.   William   -Original Message-From: Kelly Leavitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 6:54 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec As I put on my asbestos underwear (and not that I do

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2002-05-06 Thread Ray Zorz
]Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 6:54 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec Most businesses that deploy Exchange do not implement a brick-level backup solution.   -Original Message-From: Leone, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROT

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Leone, Michael
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec > From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > I too am a recovering BLB admin.  I've been BLB free for > almost a whole year now.  > Its so nice to receive the "Exchange Backup - Successful" emails every > morn

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Clark, Steve
lark Systems Support, LLC. -Original Message- From: Jim Holmgren [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 10:02 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec HI STEVE! I too am a recovering BLB admin. I've been BLB free for almost a whol

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Jim Holmgren
nt: Monday, May 06, 2002 9:56 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec Caveat - unless they don't understand. I had BLB's for a while (hi, my name is Steve and I'm a recovering BLB administrator). I feel much better now. Steve Clark Cla

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Leone, Michael
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec >Most businesses that deploy Exchange do not implement a brick-level backup solution. No, but most business expect that they can retrieve the contents of just one (or several) mailboxes, if necessary. That either means BLBs, or some sort

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Kelly Leavitt
: Monday, May 06, 2002 9:54 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec Most businesses that deploy Exchange do not implement a brick-level backup solution.   -Original Message-From: Leone, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Clark, Steve
en permission of Clark Systems Support, LLC. -Original Message- From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 9:54 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec Most businesses that deploy Exchange do not implement

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread William Lefkovics
Title: Message Most businesses that deploy Exchange do not implement a brick-level backup solution.   -Original Message-From: Leone, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 6:47 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Leone, Michael
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec >>We do a full backup of all systems every night, so extra tape costs by doing BLBs are immaterial. >At my last job, I did full backups each night as well.  extra tape costs are immaterial for you?  Well, I had 8 servers >run

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread William Lefkovics
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 5:57 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec >Regarding the BLB's, you still have to justify the cost of doing that with the added expense of backup tape and server >performance d

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Leone, Michael
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec >Regarding the BLB's, you still have to justify the cost of doing that with the added expense of backup tape and server >performance degradation (during the long and arduous backup process).  We do a full backup of all systems ever

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread William Lefkovics
ed most important as a brick level backup alternative.   Or just follow: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq_appxb.htm   :o)   William -Original Message-From: Leone, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 5:20 AMTo: MS-Exchange Admin IssuesSubject: RE:

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Leone, Michael
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec > I have Exch 5.5 and am backing it up with Backup Exec 8.5.  I > cannot connect to backup individual mailboxes because there is no MAPI client on the > server.  Any information I can find on it says to install Outlook. > Somewhere on

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Leone, Michael
Title: RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec >I'm glad someone has got the "Brick-Level Backups =BAD" out of the way quickly ;).  I suggest you also look at the disaster >recovery papers at Microsoft which mention recovering from full backups but never from brick leve

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread Wayne Hanks
I'm glad someone has got the "Brick-Level Backups =BAD" out of the way quickly ;).  I suggest you also look at the disaster recovery papers at Microsoft which mention recovering from full backups but never from brick level backups. (Watch for line wraps)http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodte

RE: backup mailboxes with Backup Exec

2002-05-06 Thread William Lefkovics
1) It is not recommended to put the full-blown Outlook client on the server. A MAPI client API exists on the server in the form of mapi32.dll. 2) What you are attempting is known as 'brick level backups', which is seldom recommended as a feasible method of Exchange backups. It is flawed on many