Re: Exchange Server Backup

Jim,

  Here is a note that discusses the options for MS exchange backups.  The
ADSM ConnectAgent is due 03/31, so this may be an option if your customers
can wait a short time.
The options listed below only address using ADSM as the storage repository,
there are obviously other alternatives.

Dan T.

Mark,

  The ADSM ConnectAgent for Exchange is something a lot of us are waiting
on with bated breath.  It is due 1st quarter '98.  There is a ADSM
teleconference on 02/25 and I am hoping (without having any inside info)
that they will announce the date then.

Currently, you have 2 options.  Purchase Seagates BackupExec and it's ADSM
and Exchange modules.  BackupExec uses Exchange's APIs to access the
Exchange DB and can access ADSM as a virtual tape drive.

The second option is to stop Exchange nightly and invoke ADSM backups of
the files.  This is not a bad interim solution.  If you have extra hard
drive space on your exchange servers, then you can drop Exchange, copy the
files to another local hard drive, start Exchange and then use ADSM to
backup the copies.  This is handy as you can do a really fast recovery of
Exchange to the last backup version.

Good luck,
  Dan T.

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> From: Mark Evans <MEvans AT CO.SLC.UT DOT US>
> From: Mark Evans <MEvans AT CO.SLC.UT DOT US>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: ADSM and Exchange 5.0?
> Date: Thursday, February 05, 1998 4:30 PM
>
> We are in the middle of setting up our NT backups to the ADSM system
> this week. I understand a client for SQL exists but not for Exchange
> Sever. How are others of you backing up your Exchange servers? Is this
> even possible?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark L. Evans - MCSE
> mevans AT co.slc.ut DOT us
> Network Administrator
> Salt Lake County Information Services


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> From: Jim Graham <jgrah AT HOTMAIL DOT COM>
> From: Jim Graham <jgrah AT HOTMAIL DOT COM>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Exchange Server Backup
> Date: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 11:11 AM
>
> Hi Adsm'ers,
>
> Has anybody got the low down on backing up MS Exchange Server on an NT
> box?
>
> We're using ADSM V2 R1 on an AIX machine.
>
> Thanks in advance....
>
> Jim Graham
> Los Alamos County NM
>
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