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Thursday, February 7. 2008
Windows 2008 Server Backup is not Exchange-aware
Coworker Elan Shudnow pointed out a glaring omission with Windows Server Backup in Server 2008 - it isn't Exchange aware. In fact, many features you might have been used to in NTBACKUP are gone with the new backup program provided with Server 2008. Even if you didn't like NTBACKUP, I have a bad feeling you will like Windows Server Backup even less.
Thankfully you can use DPM or some other type of backup software for Exchange, but those aren't free.
Update: Karl Foley has a clever workaround that involves copying NTBACKUP from an XP machine and a few other Exchange-specific DLLs to make it work under Windows 2008.
Thankfully you can use DPM or some other type of backup software for Exchange, but those aren't free.
Update: Karl Foley has a clever workaround that involves copying NTBACKUP from an XP machine and a few other Exchange-specific DLLs to make it work under Windows 2008.
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Could someone verify this works for me:
http://cs.thefoleyhouse.co.uk/blogs/karl/archive/2008/02/10/how-to-backup-exchange-2007-on-server-2008.aspx
I have a feeling it doesn't truncate the logs properly, and I have yet to try a restore. It took me long enough to get the server working without breaking it!
http://cs.thefoleyhouse.co.uk/blogs/karl/archive/2008/02/10/how-to-backup-exchange-2007-on-server-2008.aspx
I have a feeling it doesn't truncate the logs properly, and I have yet to try a restore. It took me long enough to get the server working without breaking it!
try the below website
http://blog.crowe.co.nz/archive/2008/06/02/Windows-Server-2008--Exchange-Server-2007--NO-SUPPORTED.aspx
http://blog.crowe.co.nz/archive/2008/06/02/Windows-Server-2008--Exchange-Server-2007--NO-SUPPORTED.aspx
This process backups up exchange BUT i haven't been able to restore inot a second restore database. It error with a message of your specified computer is not a microsoft exchange server
Hi Aaron,
I have lots of clients who have been complaining to me about the fact that WSB is not Exchange aware. And we've all been waiting for 9 months for MS to do something about it.
In the end I got fed up and wrote a solution myself (I'm a developer). If anyone's interested in this functionality, you can follow the homepage link just below.
Thanks,
Linus
I have lots of clients who have been complaining to me about the fact that WSB is not Exchange aware. And we've all been waiting for 9 months for MS to do something about it.
In the end I got fed up and wrote a solution myself (I'm a developer). If anyone's interested in this functionality, you can follow the homepage link just below.
Thanks,
Linus
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