I guess when a server has crashed and the services cannot be restarted, first take an offline backup. Even it is an inconsistent state backup and you might loose some messages, but you have a DB still. /Gill >-----Original Message----- >From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:michael@xxxxxxxxxx] >Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 9:54 AM >To: [ExchangeList] >Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Detecting Unopened mail > >http://www.MSExchange.org/ > >An offline backup is NOT necessarily in a consistent state. If >a normal shutdown (i.e., service stop) occurs, then that is correct. > >However, if the system attendant dies, or the information >store crashes or is killed, then it probably won't be. (Which >you actually have to do sometimes, when debugging weird problems.) > >There are, in fact, a couple of complexities associated with >taking an offline backup in this situation. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Sarbjit Singh Gill [mailto:ssgill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] >Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 9:14 PM >To: [ExchangeList] >Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Detecting Unopened mail > >http://www.MSExchange.org/ > >Bale bale... Very complete. > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Manoj [mailto:pillai.manu@xxxxxxxxx] >>Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 8:14 AM >>To: [ExchangeList] >>Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Detecting Unopened mail >> >>http://www.MSExchange.org/ >> >>As said by gill >> >>an offline backup is when the services are stopped and u take >a backup >>of your server and an online backup is when the services of >exchange is > >>up and running and the store is mounted. >> >>In additon in an online backup the log files get purged but in an >>offline backup the log files does not get purged.. >> >>To add more... Offline backup is always consistent/clean shutdown and >>an online backup is inconsistent/dirty shutdown, which means it >>requires some log files to mount the store.. >> >>Manoj >>Exchange Kida ....:) >> >>------------------------------------------------------ >>List Archives: >http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist >>Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp >>------------------------------------------------------ >>Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: >>http://www.techgenix.com >>------------------------------------------------------ >>You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org >Discussion List as: > >>ssgill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit >>http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist >>Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >------------------------------------------------------ >List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist >Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp >------------------------------------------------------ >Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: >http://www.techgenix.com >------------------------------------------------------ >You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion List as: >michael@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit >http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist >Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >------------------------------------------------------ >List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist >Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp >------------------------------------------------------ >Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: >http://www.techgenix.com >------------------------------------------------------ >You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion >List as: ssgill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit >http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist >Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx