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"brick level" backups of Exchange will not backup hidden mailboxes as well
as configuration data (connectors, mailbox cleanup, directory, Exchange
service account, etc.).
When you restore a selected mailbox from a "brick level" backup, it needs
to already exist and look exactly like it did before the disaster (unless
this has changed in the last year or so, but I don't think it has). Things
like a space in the name where it didn't use to exist or the mailbox not
existing at all, will cause the restore to fail. I deffinitely wouldn't
want to recreate all my mailboxes by hand before having to restore them.
Also, until recently you couldn't do an incremental backup of this type.
All mailbox backups were fulls. I noticed that this is supposed to change
in FP3, but haven't tested it yet.
- Scott
"Yosifovski, Tammy" <Tammy.Yosifovski AT usfc DOT com>
Sent by: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
07/17/2003 02:10 PM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
cc:
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Exchange 5.5 Mailbox Question
System: Windows 2000 w/NetBackup DataCenter 4.5.3
Library: STK L40 w/4 320 SDLT drives
Question: I am currently backing up 700+ mailboxes on an Exchange 5.5
server. I have Microsoft Exchange Mailboxes:\* under pathname or
directories within the policy. Media multiplexing is set to 20, so
roughly 80 mailboxes can be backed up simultaneously. This has cut my
Exchange backups times down from 8 hours to 2.5. In a disaster
situation I would just recover the whole database and catalog files.
Pros: Faster backup times, Faster restore times of individual mailboxes.
Cons: Larger catalog, slower catalog backups, Locating the mailbox to be
restored takes longer.
My question is, are there additional cons/downfall that I am not thinking
of? I want to make sure I am not doing more harm to my system than
needed.
Is anyone else doing this?
Your comments are appreciated.
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">"brick level" backups of Exchange will
not backup hidden mailboxes as well as configuration data (connectors, mailbox
cleanup, directory, Exchange service account, etc.).</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">When you restore a selected mailbox from a
"brick level" backup, it needs to already exist and look exactly like
it did before the disaster (unless this has changed in the last year or so, but
I don't think it has). Things like a space in the name where it didn't
use to exist or the mailbox not existing at all, will cause the restore to
fail. I deffinitely wouldn't want to recreate all my mailboxes by hand
before having to restore them.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Also, until recently you couldn't do an
incremental backup of this type. All mailbox backups were fulls. I
noticed that this is supposed to change in FP3, but haven't tested it
yet.</font>
<br>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">- Scott</font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>"Yosifovski, Tammy"
<Tammy.Yosifovski AT usfc DOT com></b></font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: veritas-bu-admin AT
mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu</font>
<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">07/17/2003 02:10 PM</font>
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif"> To:
veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu</font>
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif"> Subject:
[Veritas-bu] Exchange 5.5 Mailbox Question</font></table>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">System: Windows 2000 w/NetBackup DataCenter
4.5.3</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Library: STK L40 w/4 320 SDLT drives</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Question: I am currently backing up 700+
mailboxes on an Exchange 5.5 server. I have Microsoft Exchange
Mailboxes:\* under pathname or directories within the policy. Media
multiplexing is set to 20, so roughly 80 mailboxes can be backed up
simultaneously. This has cut my Exchange backups times down from 8 hours
to 2.5. In a disaster situation I would just recover the whole
database and catalog files. </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Pros: Faster backup times, Faster restore times
of individual mailboxes. </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Cons: Larger catalog, slower catalog backups,
Locating the mailbox to be restored takes longer.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">My question is, are there additional
cons/downfall that I am not thinking of? I want to make sure I am not
doing more harm to my system than needed.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Is anyone else doing this?</font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Your comments are appreciated.</font>
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