Hi Fredric,

I need to disagree with you on this one. The 'problem' is with Microsoft. Their 
APIs DO NOT allow 'brick-level' backups. BackupExec, and any other product that 
offers brick-level Exchange backups are doing so by the back door ie not using 
the Microsoft supplied APIs.

Yes, these products may work now, but will they continue to work with the next 
version of Exchange?

IBM could have implemented brick-level backups as BackedExec has done. But they 
chose to stick 100% to the supplied APIs. Personally I feel very comfortable 
with that. I would not have the same level of comfort with products that do 
things outside vendor supplied APIs.


Trevor