Backups

[mojo31]

I need to backup exchange properly (on line, pub.edb, priv.edb etc) Obviously the normal ntbackup dosnt do this, and i know using ds servername is servername does it, but not sure where the context fits in with a normal script. Below I have my current proposed backup script, could someone verify that this will work? Thanks

@echo off
del C:\NTBACKUP\sysprev.txt
ren C:\NTBACKUP\sys_log.txt sysprev.txt
del /s /q /f C:\TEMP\*.TMP
del /s /q /f C:\TEMP\~*.*
ntbackup backup C:\ D:\ E:\ ds dis_bdc2
is dis_bdc2 /v /r /d "Full backup of DIS_BDC2 Server" /b /hcn /t normal /l c:\ntbackup\sys_log.txt
ntbackup eject

 

[zbnet]

Does

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pr...support/exdisrec.mspx#XSLTsection134121120120

help any?

 

[mojo31]

Thanks for that. I think I want to use the net stop options so i know that everything is backed up. How do i make the net stop not interactive? and is there an order in which to stop these and bring them back up?

 

[zbnet]

Using the netstop options gives you an offline backup, not really a replacement for the online backup (it's a nice compliment to it, though).

Your other questions are all answered in the link I posted - you really need to read the full page before redesigning your backup and restore strategy.