My Disaster Recovery plan - I have a separate server that is off that network - Same name, service pack, hot fixes, etc. When I update my Exchange server, I also update my recovery server. If you want to recover you have to build and identical (software) box to recover to. I use my recovery server to recover single mailboxes if necessary. That way I don't have to disturb my production server to restore a mailbox that was accidentally deleted six months ago. -----Original Message----- From: Jack Spradling [mailto:jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 1:56 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Exchange Rebuild/recovery http://www.MSExchange.org/ You are both correct, the question becomes what backup software are you using? I have recovered many Exchange 2000 servers from Veritas Backup Exec with no problems. I have had to make the $80 support call to Veritas to get information and a bit of help on their software but the recoveries have been flawless. Documenting the Exchange server is so very important, i.e. Service packs, Hot Fixes etc... Jack Spradling Systems Manager Michael Angelo's jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: Kelli Irwin [mailto:kirwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 1:05 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Exchange Rebuild/recovery http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hi All, Quick Question. We are running Exchange 2000. My Boss and I disagree on a point. He says he heard that if our Exchange Server would completely "bite the dust".... as in, be destroyed or maybe even just the Hard Drive go south... that we could recover by just bringing in another computer running Windows 2000 Server and restoring all the appropriate files from our backups. I say we would have to build another Exchange Server by installing Exchange 2000 and then configuring it. We then could recover our mailboxes etc. from the backup files. Who is correct? What files SHOULD I be backing up? Are there existing articles on the best way to back up Exchange. Should I be running some sort of "mirror" drive? How are y'all handling "disaster recovery" for Exchange? Thanks in advance, Kelli Irwin ------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------ ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: jack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub') ------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------ ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: lgordon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')