Robert,

To date, we have not seen any confirmed corrupted Exchange
databases when backing up with the Exchange Agent
that were caused by the Exchange Agent itself.
We have seen some caused by disk I/O problems and
Exchange Server bugs that have been fixed in the Exchange
Server itself.  I do recommend that you apply all Microsoft
recommended Exchange Server HOTFIXES.

In many cases, the customer simply needed to restore
with the "Erase Existing" option and that cleared the problem.
YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO USE THE DATABASE REPAIR TOOLS!

If you have seen actual corruption, we want to know about this.
If you see it, please call IBM support.

Thanks,

Del

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Del Hoobler
Del Hoobler
IBM ADSM Agent Development
hoobler AT us.ibm DOT com

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>

ADSM Admins,
>
> We use the ConnectAgent for Exchange to back up our Exchange 5.5 server,
> and on more than one occasion, this has resulted in a corrupted Exchange
> database file. We've always been able to fix the damage with Exchange's
> database repair tools, but this takes time.
>
> Is anyone else having problems with this ConnectAgent, and does anyone
> know if there are any patches or updates for this. I haven't found any
> on IBM's web site.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert Henderson
> U.S. FDA - National Center for Toxicological Research
> RHendeson AT nctr.fda DOT gov