ADSM-L

Re: ADSM ,Backupexec and Exchange

1999-07-07 10:18:26
Subject: Re: ADSM ,Backupexec and Exchange
From: Nathan King <nathan.king AT USAA DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 09:18:26 -0500
We also ran into similar problems such as these and lost about 600Gb of
data.
The problem is that Backup Exec kept pointers to it's data on the tapes
themselves instead of logging to the ADSM database.
When we lost one tape due to a media problem we ended up loosing hundreds of
gigabytes of data, since all of the pointers were gone.

That an the fact that I found the interface quirky and the error messages
misleading...

nuff said.

Nathan


        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Weeks, Debbie [SMTP:debbie AT ADMIN.USF DOT EDU]
        Sent:   Wednesday, July 07, 1999 6:20 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
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