My exchange 2000 backups, using Veritas 8.6, used to take about 2 hours (22 gigs in 3 stores). For some unknown reason last Thursday the backups started taking 4 to 6 hours. Anyone seen this, and what can I do??? H E L P ;) -=j Jack Spradling IT Manager ¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬ 200 Michael Angelo Way, Austin, TX 78728 (512) 218-3636 jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ICQ 218803