automatic backups for Exchange server

[fsbh]

I have created a batch file for our Microsoft Exchange Server to have our back-ups run automatically. The batch file is as follows:

C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\NTBACKUP.EXE BACKUP is \\servername ds \\servername /v /t daily /l backup.log /e hcn

Our backup tapes are 8GB compressed long, yet my backups won't fit on one tape. I've already checked the size of our infromation store and our directory store and they are just over 4GB.

Can anyone tell me if there's something wrong with my commands in my batch file that would cause it to not use the full tape?

 

[mantislee]

The tape is probably 8GB compressed. You'd have to use software like Veritas Backup Exec to compress the data. Mantislee
Systems Administrator
mantislee@yahoo.com

 

[mantislee]

FYI- I don't belive a bat file using backup.exe uses any compression, just puts all of the data into one file. Mantislee
Systems Administrator
mantislee@yahoo.com