Steve,
The "Exchange" reference here is not the Data Protection for
Exchange client. It is referring to the use of Adaptive Subfile
with Exchange .PST files... which can be backed up with the
standard BA client.
Thanks,
Del
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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 12/27/2005
08:50:33 PM:
> Hi All
>
> Compliments of the season to all our regulars!
>
> I have a client with a largish file server on a Windows 2000
> Cluster. Analysis of a recent schedlog shows that on this particular
> day, 87% of the data backed up was .pst files, something that I'm
> sure is rather common where Outlook is the mail client.
>
> Now the obvious suggestion is to use Adaptive Subfile Backup for
> these and only back up the bits that have changed, but my boss
> pointed out that the Adaptive subfile whitepaper suggests that its
> use is not indicated for file servers. The reason given for this is
> that ASB cannot restore windows acls. Now on this file server all of
> the .pst files that I looked at inherited their permissions from
> their parents so, I'm thinking that for the average Joe user, this
> limitatioon would not be an issue. All restores on this system would
> normally be done by the administrator anyway.
>
> So, is the recommendation in the white paper correct? Do any of you
> use Adaptive Subfile with .pst files on file servers and if so have
> there been any issues?
>
> Also two supplementary questions. The next largest category of
> backups on this server is access databases. Again the whitepaper
> recommends against using adaptive subfile on these. Might I ask the
> same questions for .mdb files?
>
> Finally, I was looking at a Dave Canaan slide show from a 2003 Share
> conference where he explained how ASB works. There is one line in
> the powerpoint that states that Adaptive Subfile is also available
> for Exchange. I've searched through the TDP for Exchange
> documentation and can find no reference. Was this just a typo, a
> deleted feature or what?
>
> Regards and felicitations
>
> Steve.
>
> Steven Harris
>
> AIX and TSM Administrator,
> Brisbane Australia
> steve AT stevenharris DOT info
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