hi mark

the defaults for the server are "keep 7 versions"; however, for exchange, we
keep several weeks of logs.  The requirement was to restore -14days.  (a bit
inconsistent, but all the other servers on the site use the same mc).  We
were able to restore a recent version of the server (say -6), and then
restore the required exchange (-14) ok.

the point being that an nt node with exchange seems to update the winnt dir
in some way every day, so the directory (but not the contents) gets backed
up every day, whereas with an ordinary nt node, winnt rarely gets backedup.

dave
--
"on a clear disk, you can seek for ever."
"on a clear disk, you can seek for ever."


> ----------
> From:         Remeta, Mark[SMTP:MRemeta AT SELIGMANDATA DOT COM]
> Sent:         18 August 2000 14:21
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: ms exchange updating WinNT directory
>
> Hi Dave, are you saying that the WinNT directory was not restored?
> As far as using a special dirmc, the WinNT directory should still be there
> as long as it is still on the client.
>
> Mark
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frost, Dave [mailto:dave.frost AT TELEVAULTIT DOT COM]
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 8:11 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: ms exchange updating winnt directory
>
>
> Hi *SMers
>
> We were restoring an exchange server to a point-in-time - both the server
> itself and exchange.  While we were restoring the server, we found that
> there were no "winnt" directories for the date we wanted.  Investigating
> this, we have found that if the nt server is NOT running exchange, then
> the
> winnt directory rarely gets updated, but if it IS running exchange, then
> the
> winnt directory gets updated (and hence backed up and so expired) every
> day.
> The files within the directory do not _appear_ change.
>
> Has anybody else seen this behaviour?  Is there a way round it aside from
> a
> special dirmc with the same retentions as the exchange node itself?
>
> dave
> --
> "on a clear disk, you can seek for ever."
>
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