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[Fwd: ADSM connect agent for Exchange server]

2000-07-13 09:42:14
Subject: [Fwd: ADSM connect agent for Exchange server]
From: Leandro Carneiro Torres <ctorres AT SERVICE.COM DOT BR>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:42:14 -0300
People,
Anybody knows if is this problem below resolved ??? I have any problems with
Cheyenne ArchServer and now with BackupExec.

Thanks any help,
Leandro.

Rodrigo Cordovil Gazzaneo wrote:

> Hi Del,
>
> Sorry to say, but I am having problems with Cheyenne ArchServer for
> Exchange. Their new release is able to backup/restore messages and
> mailboxes, and Exchange Administrators are really upset with the lack of
> this capability for ADSM Agent.
>
> Any news ? It is a critical point for ADSM in the Exchange market.
>
> best regards,
> Rodrigo
>
> >Clarence,
> >This question has been discussed a number of times on this list.
> >To get a full explanation, please search the archives of this list.
> >In short, the ADSMConnect Exchange Agent does not do mailbox
> >level granularity for backup and restore since the
> >backup/restore API that Microsoft supports does not offer it.
> >Mailbox level backup and restore for Exchange is a candidate
> >for a future release of our Exchange agent but it is not
> >currently in plan. That function is NOT supported by the
> >Exchange backup APIs and the alternative means of providing
> >that capability have poor performance implications.
> >In addition, Exchange 5.5 includes a feature called
> >"item recovery" which allows for retention of deleted
> >messages and folders for some configurable period of time
> >and recovery of these deleted items through the exchange
> >client interface (sort of an undelete function).
> >This provides a quick and easy solution for recovery of
> >items lost due to accidental deletion which is the most
> >common type of loss.
> >There are ways to accomplish this through APIs not
> >designed for backup and restore but the scalability
> >of the solution becomes the issue.
> >Thanks,
> >Del
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >Del Hoobler
> >IBM ADSM Agent Development
> >hoobler AT us.ibm DOT com
> >> Morning Clarence,
> >> I did some reading on the web site for ADSM regarding the above menti
> >> because we want to install the software again. We only test it the fi
> >> time for a short period. The request from our side is when somebody l
> >> their mailbox, in other words individual mailbox, we want to restore
> >> individually without affecting the Exchange server at all. Unfortunat
> >> ADSM software only allows a full restore of the Exchange server datab
> >> a separate machine and then to select the individual mailbox required
> >> then to copy it to the original server. Can you please get some
> >> clarification on this because we know of two products that can suppor
> >> individual mailbox restore function without needing a full database r
> >> and it is very strange to me that IBM did not develop the software in
> >> same matter. See the information from the web site attached.
> >> Thanks
> >> <<Exchange detail.doc>>
> >> Corrie Viljoen
> >> Senior System Programmer (ADSM support)
> >> 359-1731 / 083 294 2405
> >> CorrieV AT Transnet.co DOT za
> >>
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