Hi, This is a test message. Now a day i don't get any answers for my questions. I wonder why?? Is that i am asking very tough question or Is it a very stupid question. I am willingly assuming that it is a tough one :) Please help. Regards Praveen R Praveen Ramaswamy <ramaswamy_praveen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 06:25:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Praveen Ramaswamy <ramaswamy_praveen@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [exchangelist] Disaster recovery for Exchange 2003 : Clarification To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hi, I want few clarifications with respect to Exchange backup. I have Exchange 2003 SP1 running on Windows 2003, Hardware Dell 2850 with Mirroring for OS and RAID 5 for exchange database, LTO (10 Slot autoloader) tape drive is connected to backup server and backup is taken over LAN, Arc server backup software (11.0) I went trough the Disaster recovery planning and operations guide from MS, however I am not able to understand how exactly ?restore the server? method works!! Taking full system backup is fine, but what is the exact procedure to restore in case of a system crash. It seems obvious that windows 2003 OS & backup agent needs to be freshly installed (in case of a failure) and then only I can restore from backup. But if I do so OS will not allow overwriting of system files! Is ?restore the server? only for Exchange 2003 application???? I am not clear because document says ?Windows 2003 full computer backup set? what exactly this means?? Can some one please explain me how ?Restore the server? works. Also please let me know the best backup policy for a 50 Gb database and a SLA of 2 hour down time in case of major failure. Regards Praveen R --------------------------------- Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel & more fun for the weekend. Check it out! ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion List as: ramaswamy_praveen@xxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------- Discover Yahoo! Use Yahoo! to plan a weekend, have fun online & more. Check it out!