Pat
Thu Jul 08 10:53:01 CDT 2004
"Kevin Weilbacher" <kweilbacMVP@gte.net> wrote in message
news:OrKnW8NZEHA.2432@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Are you using the version of Tapeware specific for SBS that is 'Exchange
> aware'?
>
http://www.tapeware.com/?PID=150
>
> Check your \Program Files\ExchSrvr\MDBDATA directory and see if you have a
> ton of .log files. If you do, then your tape backup software is not
properly
> backing up Exchange. Furthermore, without a proper backup, you may have
> issues in restoring your Exchange database.
>
> It has never been necessary to shut down Exchange in order to do a full
> backup, with either SBS2000 or SBS2003, as long as you are using a proper
> backup solution. Furthermore, with SBS2003 you also have Volume Copy
Shadow
> Services to handle some of the 'file in use' issues.
>
> Finally, are you aware the the built in backup utility that comes with
> SBS2003 *is* Exchange aware?
>
> --
> Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
> "The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"
>
>
>
> "gwilliams3" <gwillaims3@btconnect.com> wrote in message
> news:uQxsq%23MZEHA.712@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Hi
> >
> > We are running sbs2003 - we are backing up with the software
'Tapeware'.
> > We do a full backup !
> >
> > Somebody mentioned that you may want to stop exchange to do a full
> backup?
> >
> > Does Exchange back up OK with out stopping it ? Has anybody had to do
an
> > Exchange restore, full or partial from a back up tape?
> >
> >
> > Would be interested in procedure which has been tried and tested.
> >
> >
> > Tony
> >
> >
So one option if you backup software is not exchange aware is to use the
SBS2003 backup to backup exchange to a file on a local drive and then have
your 3rd party backup backup that file. A bit convoluted but it should work.