On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 01:20:33PM +0000, Mister IT Guru wrote:
> On 14/01/2011 12:57, Graham Keeling wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 12:31:53PM +0000, Mister IT Guru wrote:
>>> Is there a best practise on how to backup an exchange server? I have a
>>> number of them, and I would like to be able to back them up in backups
>>> that I know are only exchange data. I know there is the plugin from
>>> Equiinet -- I am currently looking into that, but I'm pretty sure that
>>> someone has already done this, and I don't really want to reinvent the
>>> wheel. If it hasn't, I'm sure there are a few people on here who
>>> wouldn't mind throwing in some suggestions. So ... let open source
>>> commence!
>> The plugin was funded by Equiinet.
>> Bacula Systems wrote it.
>>
>> As far as I know (I work for Equiinet and have tested the plugin), the plugin
>> doesn't work.
> What? Oh no! Well, not everything is perfect, and thank you for letting  
> me know. I guess that explains why I couldn't find any examples around  
> the net.
>> The major problem is that you cannot restore from multiple incremental 
>> backups.
>> See unacknowledged bacula bug number 0001647, or google mailing list archives
>> for something like "bacula exchange keeling".
> Yes, I would agree this is a major problem! I'll look up the bug when I  
> get a chance.
>
>> Bacula Systems are working on a replacement plugin for their "Enterprise"
>> version.
>>
>> Therefore, I would say that currently, the best way to backup an Exchange
>> server is via the usual VSS stuff. Put the path to the Program Files / 
>> Exchange
>> directory in your fileset.
> I have an email achiever - I was hoping to state in my network  
> documentation that bacula backing up exchange was providing some  
> redundancy. But the more I think about it, I'm thinking that I should  
> concentrate on the data in the archiever, rather than the data in 
> exchange.
>> Make sure that you test the restores before you start relying on it.
>> (Make sure you shut down Exchange before you restore the files).
>
> I'm getting some info from  
> http://wiki.bacula.org/doku.php?id=application_specific_backups#applications 
> but the fact that the exchange plugin doesn't work, how come that  
> information hasn't made it into the wiki? (okay, rhetorical question),  
> if the author is on the list - it could do with an update, same goes to  
> myself, and also the community!

That page makes no mention of the plugin, so it is technically correct.

It talks about VSS, which is the stuff that does work.


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