Hi Del

Thank you once again for your prompt replies :)


On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Del Hoobler wrote:

|1. The Microsoft Exchange Server has a bug that once a backup
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|   time out.  The command-line client is "supposed" to time out
|   within 4 - 10 minutes. Microsoft has acknowledged the bug.

It hadn't timed out after as much as a few days - all the while reporting back
to the ADSM server (AIX version) that the backups were successfull.  It was
only when I had a look at the log files on the Exchange server that I
discouvered that there were no backups since the last successfull one a few
days ago.

I use the scripted EXCSDSMC.EXE program to run my backups unattended on the
Exchange 5.5 server.


|2. The Microsoft Exchange Server has another bug that occasionally
|   "hangs" a backup (mostly seen on single-CPU machines).
|   This hang can only be fixed by terminating the
|   Exchange backup process (EXCDSM.EXE or EXCDSMC.EXE).
|   This fix is available as a hot fix from Microsoft.

Scott Susi replied as well and he gave me the Bug numbers that I need to
forward to Microsoft in order to obtain the bugfix.


|1.) Stop the Exchange Agent GUI and any versions of the
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When I tried this - I got an `Access Denied' message and I had to go as far as
shutting the exchange server down.  On the ADSM server (AIX) there was no
sessions active (backups), so I could not cancel them there - according to the
server, it had completed the backup successfully.

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|    long enough.  In extreme situations, you may have to
|    recycle the Information Store or Directory service.

I will remember this the next time it happens.


-- Salvatore Greco | salvo AT reaper DOT org | http://salvo.reaper.org
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