You could take a look at what IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack provides for
you - it integrates very well with Exchange:
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/storage-mgr-fastback-exchange/
I've been using FastBack with a customer, alongside the core TSM product, and I
do like it a lot. Its incremental forever block level volume backup is very
smart indeed and could cut down on your backup load. I haven't used it with
Exchange yet, just for filesystem and MS SQL Server. It also provides the
ability to plug in to your core TSM infrastructure to meet any further
regulatory/longer term retention requirements.
Worth a look to see if it's an option - it won't fit into everyone's
environment.
Hope that helps,
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David McClelland
London, UK
On 19 Aug 2010, at 15:49, Del Hoobler <hoobler AT US.IBM DOT COM> wrote:
> Eric,
>
> You definitely do not want to back up just the files
> (unless you stop the Exchange Server for the backup).
>
> You should use a special client that uses the Exchange APIs
> for online backups. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail -
> Data Protection for Exchange has the function that you want.
>
> It supports, FULL, COPY, INCREMENTAL, and DIFFERENTIAL backups,
> as well as offers automated individual mailbox restore (IMR)
> capabilities.
>
> Many customers use a FULL + INCREMENTAL backup scheme.
> INCREMENTAL only backs up the transaction logs
> (i.e. only the changes to the database.)
>
> Take a look here for more details:
>
> http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/storage-mgr-mail/
>
> Thanks,
>
> Del
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu> wrote on 08/19/2010
> 09:57:28 AM:
>
>>> From: Eric Vaughn <EVAUGHN AT STEVENSON DOT EDU>
>>> To: ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
>>> Date: 08/19/2010 10:06 AM
>>> Subject: Backing up Exchange 2007 with TSM
>>> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu>
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>> Can anyone give me insight as to what products TSM has in
>>> conjunction with backing up Exchange 2007 with TSM? We have
>>> migrated off of groupwise and now have implemented Exchange. My
>>> concern with using the windows Baclient that we normally use with
>>> TSM will not back up exchange they way I would like. Since TSM
>>> would be backing up exchanges .edb files and transaction logs my
>>> concern is that the initial 700 gb backup will potentially grow out
>>> of control, even if I stager days. Does ibm offer a product that
>>> reads just the incremental changes of the database files as to
>>> limit the massive amount of space rather than backing up each .edb
>>> file each night, since tsm will see it as a new file and not a
>>> change (since TSM does incremental changes)? Or does anyone have
>>> any guidance as to what they have implemented? I also don't believe
>>> that a snapshot would be a solution either. Any help would be much
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> Eric Vaughn
>>> System Administrator
>>> Stevenson University
>>> 44-334-2301
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> Stevenson University 1525 Greenspring Valley Road, Stevenson MD
>>> 21153-0641 1-877-468-6852
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