RE: OfflineDefrag: question regarding backups
- From: Simon Lucock <simon.lucock@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:36:51 +0100
I use md5sum to check the source and destination files are the same after
copy.
On 9/22/05, Roger Mackenzie <r.mackenzie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Dan,
>
> I did this a very long time ago and stumbled into a problem that the
> copy of very large files can appear to succeed but the files were
> truncated.
> Granted this was on NT and that I did find a Windows 2000 article
> somewhere
> that said (I think) use Xcopy, not an Explorer drag and drop.
>
> Just be very cautious that your copy is complete.
>
> Regards, Roger Mackenzie (Glasgow University)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Klobnak [mailto:dan.klobnak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 20 September 2005 14:00
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> Subject: [exchangelist] OfflineDefrag: question regarding backups
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> Hi there, have Exhange Standard 2000 sp3 on Server 2000 sp4. Have been
> contemplating doing an offline defrag (we never have since the initial
> install in 2002)
> We use Veritas 9.1 with an Exchange Agent. We back up both the store and
> the mailboxes. Have done some restores in past. An associate raised the
> idea that it may be a good idea, on top of the Veritas backups, to close
> all the Exchange services and then do a flat file backup of relevant
> info. Can accommodate the down time to do so.
>
> Just wondering if any benefit? If the db was to be corrupted during the
> restore, can I use the backed up flat files, or will there be some other
> internal modifications which may prevent Exchange from 'recognizing' the
> older db files?
>
> Thanks, D
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