No, if your server crashes you should be ok with NT backup. Just restore the Exchange DB. Advantages over NT Backup in Veritas and UltraBac are the individual PST & E-mail restore capabilities. I haven't messed with the restore functions in Exchange 2003 for doing things like this so it may be capable of doing the same, can't say because I've never used it. There are also features I like in other backup packages such as e-mail confirmation that the backup completed successfully (or with errors) and verified ok. -----Original Message----- From: A. Michael Salim [mailto:msalim@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 7:52 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: backup strategy help http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hi, Just curious, if running Exchange 2003 on Win2003, what is wrong with using the built-in NT Backup? Are there any issues/problems? What does Veritas give you over the integrated "Exchange-aware" NT backup? In other words, if I rely solely on the built-in NT Backup, and my server crashes, is there anything I won't be able to restore? best regards Mike ------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------