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Re: [BackupPC-users] Can $Conf{DumpPreUserCmd} and $Conf{DumpPostUserCmd} be used to stop and start Exchange Server 5.5 on a Windows NT 4.0 Server as part of a BackupPC job?

2009-03-09 10:22:58
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Can $Conf{DumpPreUserCmd} and $Conf{DumpPostUserCmd} be used to stop and start Exchange Server 5.5 on a Windows NT 4.0 Server as part of a BackupPC job?
From: Jeff Folsom <jfolsom AT scl.utah DOT edu>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:17:36 -0600
Peter Walter wrote:
> Jessie,
>
> It is possible to issue the commands from Linux to stop / start 
> Exchange as you require if you use a third-party utility.
> See http://eol.ovh.org/winexe/index.php for the details.
> You may also be able to use the utility and back up Exchange without 
> stopping the Exchange server *at all* by using the "shadow copy" 
> feature of Windows. See http://www.goodjobsucking.com/?p=62 for an 
> example of such an implementation.
** Volume Shadow doesn't exist for NT4, sadly, though if you or someone 
else has discovered a way to implement it I'd love to know!


Jeff Folsom


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