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Backing up Exchange5.5

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by campbell

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I would like to make sure my Exchange server gets backed up. I am using Backup Exec7 and I dont have the Exchange plug in, right now it don't seem that any Exchange data is being backed up. Is there a batch file I could run before the backup to shutdown the services so it backs up all my Exchange data, and if so does anyone have a copy of one....any help would be great!!

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by thenetworker

I'm not sure if you would need to stop the services to do the backup. Personally I use Arcserve for Exchange, does a brick level backup so that I can restore an individual mailbox if needed.
I also thought about the method listed in the following article, just in case.
https://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml?src=search&id=r00219991109eje02.htm
Long URL, but it explains how to set up a script which exports each mailbox to a .pst file. Then you could have your backup software backup this directory.

Hope it helps.
- Mike Scott
http://godofdata.tripod.com

by jerrym mcse+i / a+

Hi...just cut -n-paste

the exchange stop batch file is

net stop MSEXCHANGEIMC
net stop MSEXCHANGEMTA
net stop "NAV for microsoft exchange"
net stop MSEXCHANGEIS
net stop MSEXCHANGEDS
net stop MSEXCHANGESA

the exchange start batch file is

NET START MSEXCHANGESA
NET START MSEXCHANGEDS
NET START MSEXCHANGEIS
NET STart "NAV for microsoft exchange"
NET START MSEXCHANGEMTA
NET START MSEXCHANGEIMC

if you aren't using norton for exchange then remove the line about nav...cut and paste into a file save as exch_stop.bat, and exch_start.bat ...

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