We are about to try BackupExec and ADSM but not to backup Exchange.
We are planning on using BackupExec for NetWare to backup a Oracle database
running on a NetWare Server and use ADSM as a output device to BackupExec.
We would have used ADSM but they don't have a NetWare/Oracle agent.

Mark


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Weeks, Debbie [SMTP:debbie AT ADMIN.USF DOT EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 7:20 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: ADSM ,Backupexec and Exchange
>
> We had tried this configuration initially, and had a lot of problems with
> it.  ADSM was defined as an output device to Backup Exec.  We had a lot of
> unexplained delays in startups of scheduled backups, and then problems
> with
> the Backup Exec catalog caused us to lose about 6 months worth of backups.
> They may have improved in subsequent versions, but we are not willing to
> invest the time to find out.
>
> I wouldn't want to go this route again, but of course we have no interest
> in
> doing individual mailbox backup/restore.  It is too slow, our backup
> window
> would not allow for anything but a selective backup of individual
> mailboxes,
> and we would probably never have selected the one we would need to
> restore.
> We can restore a 6-7 gig Exchange database, and recover a mailbox, within
> about an hour (when it goes well), and that is good enough for us.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: malkit [SMTP:malkit AT UDI.CO DOT IL]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 7:55 AM
> > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject:      ADSM ,Backupexec and Exchange
> >
> > Hello
> >
> > I read somewhere , and I can't find it anymore, about ADSM and
> > backupexec integration through ADSM API.
> > Since backupexec can restore exchange single mailbox I was wondering if
> > any of you implement ADSM and Backupexec to work together.
> > If so, do you have any recommendation for the implementation ? Do you
> > recommend to work with this method ?
> > --
> > Regards
> >
> > Malkit Hayun , UDI
> > Storage Products Manager
> > IBM Certified Specialist-ADSM
> > Office: 972-3-9233440
> > Fax:    972-3-9233441
> > Mobile: 972-52-834575
> > Email: malkit AT udi.co DOT il