Hi Wes,

How are you getting those fabulous numbers?  If I can get at least 8 to 10
Gig an hour I'd be happy as a clam.

Do you have a separate network for backing up?

How many MS Exchange servers are you backing up?

If you're backing up multiple Exchange servers, are they all done at the
same time?

Thanks.

--Gene
> -----Original Message-----
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wes Lewison [SMTP:WesLewison AT WINN-DIXIE DOT COM]
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 1999 10:37 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: ADSM and MS Exchange
>
> Well I can definitely answer some of these questions...
>
> Our Config: (for exchange)
> IBM PC Server 325 (handles all SQL and EXCH)
> ADSM for NT 3.1.2.13
> 256meg of RAM
> 100mb Ethernet (ADSM)
> 18gig disk pool (Exchange only)
>
> 4 Exchange Servers:
> IBM Netfinity 5500
> Dual 450's
> 896meg of RAM
> 155mb ATM
> 50gig Exchange storage space provided by an EMC disk array
>
>
> 1.      Excellent quality, backups are always flawless and rather speedy.
> (11-12gig an hour)
> 2.      Restoring a exchange database that is 14gig to a recovery server
> takes approx. 1 hour 5 min.
> 3.      The backup and restore GUI is extremely easy to use, the Exchange
> admin learned it in under 2 min.
> 4.      Configuration is somewhat clunky...  more steps than setting up
> the
> regular client, but the same is true for SQL agent's that we use also
> 5.      No experience, sorry.
>
> As far as I know exchange itself doesn't allow restore of signal
> mailboxes..
>
> We have had to restore to a different server, and export the mailbox out
> to
> a pst file and then import it into the production servers
>
> I don't think logging method matters if you do full backups every night...
> which we do, but we have our servers set to normal logging.  (and have
> tested incrementals this way, and found no problems)
>
> Please feel free to email me if you would like more information on our
> setup.
> WesLewison AT winn-dixie DOT com <mailto:WesLewison AT winn-dixie DOT com>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Gerard Diep [mailto:Gerard.Diep AT PEDICO DOT DE]
> Sent:   Thursday, April 22, 1999 5:28 PM
> To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:        ADSM and MS Exchange
>
> Dear Collegues!
>
>
> As we haven4t found ADSM Newsgroups in Germany we may ask you, if someone
> of
> you has experience in using the actual version of ADSM exchange agents as
> main Backup& Restore and Disaster&Recovery strategy in your MS Exchange
> environment.
> Can someone tell me about:
> Backup&Restore
> 1.      Quality of Backup&Restore of MS Exchange Server via ADSM, online
> Database
> Backup
> 2.      Performance of Backup&Restore of 10-12 GB Exchange Databases
> 3.      Handling of Backup&Restore GUI
> 4.      Configuration "smartness"
> 5.      Experience in ADSM Backup for Exchange in a Storage Area Network
> environment
> Brick Level Backup&Restore
> Does ADSM in the actual Version support brick level Backup&Restore of
> Exchange. Can we restore single mail or public Folders? Can we restore
> single connectors?
>
> Disaster Recovery
> Does someone have experience about Disaster & Recvorey experience?
> Is that possible to restore Exchange Databases with or with no circular
> logging?
>
>
>
> Many thanks for your hints
> Gerard Diep
> mailto:Gerard.Diep AT PEDICO DOT DE