Do No.1 and then shutdown the server START --> SHUTDOWN ---> SHUTDOWN EVENT TRACKER: Application (Maintenance)Planned. -----Original Message----- From: rolamohammed [mailto:rolamohammed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 4:22 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Shutdown Exchange Database http://www.MSExchange.org/ Dear All, today, we are going to shutdow all the servers in our company, because the Electricity is going to shutdown for 2 days. Now, i need to know what if the procedures which i will follow it to shutdown the server is correct or not ? if not what is the correct ? 1- First Take a full Online backup from Exchange server & System state of the server . 2- Dismount the mailbox store . 3- take an offline backup from the exchange server Database ( Priv1.edb & Priv1.stm ). 4- take a copy from the log file. 5- shutdown the server. is that correct ? ------------------------------------------------------ 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 info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx