> Hi there
>
> I couldn't help notice'ing that you have a quite big Exchange database,
we
> are currently moving our Exchange backups to ADSM backup, and we keep
> wondering if one really has to restore the whole database to recover one
> mailbox, or even one item.  I know this is a limitation in Exchange, but
> isn't there a way around it?  For example, some dopehead delete's his
> mailbox, would you restore 100GB of data?
>
>
> best regards
> Arni Snorri Eggertsson
> Iceland Telecom
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marco Bartolucci [SMTP:marco AT CAE DOT CA]
> > Sent: 21. oktsber 1999 14:01
> > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject:      Re: ADSM and Exchange
> >
> >   We are presently moving to Exchange and the powers that be decided on
> > going with two Exchange servers of 100GB.  In order to keep the restore
> > times respectable we have had no choice but to do full backups every
> > night.
> > This not only costing us a small fortune on 3590 tapes but is chewing up
> > quite a few tape slots in our 3494 tape library.  We have tested
restores
> > and figure we can restore a 100 GB database in 6 hours.  The Exchange
> > servers are also hooked up to a high performance storage server (VSS
from
> > IBM).
> >
> >
> > Marco Bartolucci
> > Senior Storage Specialist
> > CAE Electronics
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joel Cooper [mailto:jocooper AT DTTUS DOT COM]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 5:59 PM
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: ADSM and Exchange
> >
> >
> > We are soon to move over to Exchange for mail and, with over 21,000
users,
> > we
> > expect huge DB sizes.
> >
> > Is anyone out there backing up Exchange with ADSM to the tune of over
> > 100GB?
> > Your input would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Joel Cooper
> > Deloitte & Touche LLP
> > jocooper AT dttus DOT com