Failing backups?

[blissti]

Can anyone, by looking at this log, tell me why this backup is failing. This is our exchange server and the Information Store backs up fine.

May 05 11:09:17 web: --- Unsuccessful Save Sets ---
May 05 11:09:17 web: * mamail1:d:\email archive 1 retry attempted
May 05 11:09:17 web: * mamail1:d:\email archive nsrxchsv_ese.exe Version: 4.0.0.179_QuickFix_LGTpa59212 LGTpa59212 Supporting Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003
May 05 11:09:17 web: * mamail1:d:\email archive System Version: 5.2 Build 3790
May 05 11:09:17 web: * mamail1:d:\email archive ESEBCLI2.DLL Version: 6.5.6944.0
May 05 11:09:17 web: * mamail1:d:\email archive Performing an Exchange save operation; save level is Full (Legato Backup Level: full).
May 05 11:09:17 web: * mamail1:d:\email archive Parsing parameters from the command line
May 05 11:09:17 web: * mamail1:d:\email archive xchutil(996): Invalid application name d:\email archive
May 05 11:09:17 web: * mamail1:d:\email archive Error parsing parameter: d:\email archive
May 05 11:09:17 web: * mamail1:d:\email archive Backup operation finished with errors.
May 05 11:09:17 web: * mamail1:d:\tech drive 1 retry attempted
May 05 11:09:17 web: * mamail1:d:\tech drive nsrxchsv_ese.exe Version: 4.0.0.179_QuickFix_LGTpa59212 LGTpa59212 Supporting Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003
May 05 11:09:17 web: * mamail1:d:\tech drive System Version: 5.2 Build 3790
May 05 11:09:17 web: * mamail1:d:\tech drive ESEBCLI2.DLL Version: 6.5.6944.0
May 05 11:09:17 web: * mamail1:d:\tech drive Performing an Exchange save operation; save level is Full (Legato Backup Level: full).
May 05 11:09:17 web: * mamail1:d:\tech drive Parsing parameters from the command line
May 05 11:09:17 web: * mamail1:d:\tech drive xchutil(996): Invalid application name d:\tech drive
May 05 11:09:17 web: * mamail1:d:\tech drive Error parsing parameter: d:\tech drive
May 05 11:09:17 web: * mamail1:d:\tech drive Backup operation finished with errors.

 

[605]

You obviously try to use the Exchange backup tools for file system backups as well. This will not work as it is the wrong command for this type of data.

In general, you must work with two client configurations to do a full backup of your Exchange server:

The database backup client:
client name your_exch_svr
save set MSEXCH:
backup command nsrxchsv

The filesystem client:
client name your_exch_svr
save set All
backup command -----
directive to_exclude_EXCH_db

 

[blissti]

So what your saying is that I need to create a directive that has this command in it "to_exclude_EXCH_db" and add it to the client backing up the filesystem?

What is a backup command?

 

[605]

Actually, there are two ways to define what to backup at the file system level:

1. The positive way
For the save set list, just specify all disks (one per line) you want to backup.
Then also add the system files (as you see them in the NW client GUI)

2. The negative way
As i described. Leave the save set list entry to the "alias" name "All" and specify a directive to skip the Exchange DB directories. For an example, open the UNIX directives and the NT compression directives.

For both methods, leave the backup command empty. This instructs NW to apply the command "save" automatically.