The mailbox backup speed never exceeds 850KB, the Info server screams -
thtats OK -

-----Original Message-----
From: Ungaro, Matt
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Sent: 12/23/2004 7:56 AM
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Slow Exchange backups

Hello All,
        I am currently using NB 5.1MP1 on Windows Server 2003. I am
backing
up Exchange 2000 post SP3 rollup. We are using a single Information
store,
and I am performing mailbox level backups, not just backing up the info
store. The Exchange server is running Symantec Antivirus for MS Exchange
version 8. My question is, I am getting extremely horrible throughput
backing
up my user mailboxes. The backups are running somewhere around 800 to
900
KB/s. My theory is that Symantec AV is slowing down the process,
scanning
each e-mail as it leaves the system, but I'm not sure on this. At first
I was
just backing up "Microsoft Exchange Mailboxes:\", then I split it up
into
[0-9]*, [a-m]*, and [n-z]*. With each process, it stays at a steady
800-900KB/s, so it's not an overall bandwidth issue (This is going
Gigabit to
Gigabit.) Would shutting down SAV before backups and bringing it up
afterwards improve the performance? As a side note, SAVFMSE sometimes
will
not stop, it will just hang. Thanks in advance for any assistance that
can be
provided.

Matt Ungaro (mjungaro AT capitolindemnity DOT com)
Network Specialist
Capitol Indemnity Corporation
Ph: (608)232-5654
Fax:(608)232-5671 

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