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Re: TDP for Exchange - The answer is not nice!

2004-06-07 13:54:27
Subject: Re: TDP for Exchange - The answer is not nice!
From: "Levi, Ralph" <RLevi AT HESS DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 13:54:08 -0400
Hi Tony,

Thanks for the response.  I think I will try the export server
methodology first.  It should be simpler but I will use this as my
fallback should that not suffice.

Thanks for the quick turnaround.

Ralph

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Tony Morgan
Sent: June 07, 2004 1:45 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: TDP for Exchange - The answer is not nice!


Hi Ralph,

I believe you have 2 options.

1.  Restore and re-save to a permanent management class... goto 3
2.  remove the tape with the backup on it, protect from overwrite  ...
goto
3
3. Save the current TSM Database, Volhist, Devconfig and prepare files.
(Use NT Backup or something that you can trust to be able to read in the
future!!!  DVD ROM's are too short lifetime for what you need)

(2) You can still get to your data if you set the system date to today
(7th
June 2004) before you build a restore environment...  I have done it!!!
(Arrrgggghhh!!!)

It rather depends on whether you expect to ever have to read the data
again!!! It will be a pain in (2) but is the least work for now.

BTW:  Don't forget to record the EXACT Version of Exchange, and TSM, and
ALL
the SP's/hotfixs.. and have ALL the software media available for the
restore
in the future... its not going to be available on the web.

Record any current passwords before you start - you won't remember them!

Also, you need an NT domain controller to re-install Exchange, so make
sure
that is available to a current point in time too.

Maybe an idea to hold onto an old PC or two and an NT install... The
current
technology won't run NT very well in the future.

Feel free to contact me direct if you get stuck.  I am serious about the
above, although it looks like I am joking (Its a really hard task to
protect
MS Exchange to this level)

It could be worse... I am currently trying to get Exchange back to 2000
from
Arcserve 6.0!!!

Best Regards & Good Luck

Tony Morgan
tony.morgan AT fortisbank DOT com



-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
Stapleton, Mark
Sent: 07 June 2004 18:23
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: TDP for Exchange


>From: Levi, Ralph [SMTP:RLevi AT HESS DOT COM]
>> I need to keep a single backup for legal reasons of our oldest
Exchange
>> DB full backup.  Does anyone know how I can keep this without
changing
>> my existing management class and normal backup retention ?

From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Coats, Jack
>generate a backupset.  keep that.

I do not believe you can make a backupset from API-generated backups,
such as TDP for Exchange.

--
Mark Stapleton

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