do you get a successful backup? i ran into this problem and it wound up being the tape drive was defective. -----Original Message----- From: Jack Spradling [mailto:jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 9:45 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Exchange Backup time doubled http://www.MSExchange.org/ 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 ------------------------------------------------------ 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: 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: jmar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')