Amanda-Users

Re: What to do with those MS Exchange Servers?

2004-05-27 06:49:59
Subject: Re: What to do with those MS Exchange Servers?
From: Chris Lee <cslee-list AT cybericom.co DOT uk>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 11:46:33 +0100
Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
Hello, amanda-users,

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MS Exchange seems to only be able to dump ONE BIG FAT dumpfile, from
which you can only recover ALL the server.

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This is correct up to 5.5 and I think 2k.
The way the various windows backup software products get around this is by using a piece of the exchange client with the Exchange admin password. It can then log in and collect each message from each mailbox as and when it wants to. It would be nice to have a windows client for Amanda with the ability to accept plugins, then some kind people might start producing plugins that can back up Exchange and M$SQL etc. the way Microsoft want you to do it.

Chris.