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by pjsinclair

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Could any of you clever people out there please tell me the best way ( and which files ) to backup on exchange server 5.5.
Do I back up the whole of the exchange directory or just some of it. The other problem I have is
the disk that exchange is installed on is getting quite full and 1 folder ( the DSADATA one ) is full of EDB.Log files is it safe to delete all these files .
regards
Pete Sinclair

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by lordinfidel

There are several ways to backup exch. The best way that I have found is to use the Natvie NTBackup for the machine that exch is running on.

The way I do it is 3 fold.

1. m/wed/fri I back up the db using NTBackup. Keeping 2 copies of the bu on disk at all times.

2. Using 3rd part bu prog (backup exec, Veritas), I then backup the backups that I made using ntbackup. I do this on t/th/fri. Using an incremental backup i get the latest backup transferred to tape.

3. Again, using bakup exec's exchange server plug-in, I back up everyones mailboxes, full-copy (do not flush logs) daily. I do not bu the Information Store or directory, only their mailboxes. I do this so that if I need to get a single piece of mail restored, I can.
Cautions, exch is a database. Using 3rd party tools to access the DB can be bad over time.

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