Hey all. I am using veritas and I even tried with MSbkup, but I cannopt backup my store. This is what the log says: The item \exchsrvr\CONNECT\MSMCON\MAILDATA\MBG\INQUEUE3.MBG in use - skipped. The item \exchsrvr\DSADATA\temp.edb in use - skipped. The item \exchsrvr\dxadata\edb.log in use - skipped. The item \exchsrvr\dxadata\TEMP.EDB in use - skipped. The item \exchsrvr\dxadata\XDIR.EDB in use - skipped. The item \exchsrvr\imcdata\queue.dat in use - skipped. The item \exchsrvr\mdbdata\tmp.edb in use - skipped. It also said something like access denied. I am running exch 5.5 on a win2k srvr. I also ran everything as the exchadm who has god like rights. Any clues? Mark M. Friedman A+, MCP, MCSA Sands Technology Corp. (954) 818-4203