Comments on: Exchange 2007 SP1 and Streaming Backup

By: Exchange Genie

Exchange Genie — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:27:38 +0000

It should not block a VSS backup but just streaming…..

By: Larry

Larry — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:12:48 +0000

question, would this block backup exec remote backups? I’m thinking this is what our problem is, but it’s using VSS. And your last post implies that VSS should allow the backup to still work.

By: Exchange_Genie

Exchange_Genie — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:09:00 +0000

actually moving from streaming to VSS is a way better solution as streaming backups are much slower to perform. This feature is disabled for security purposes and a simple reg key can turn it back on.
I believe Ex 07 is a solid product but there are a number of features that I liked better in E2k3…

By: Joseph

Joseph — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Gotta love stuff like this. Yea, let’s go ahead and silently remove a feature which breaks your backups. Awesome.

They screwed with Exchange so much in 2007 that don’t even want to recommend it to any of our clients.

By: Exchange_Genie

Exchange_Genie — Wed, 21 May 2008 01:59:00 +0000

So Windows 2008 has remove the exchange aware piece at the moment and there should be some intergration to come later ….. I would not recommend streaming backups as they are slowing and more overhead on the system. Most products have moved to VSS and would look at DPM or other products which utilize vss.

By: DNA1776 at gmail

DNA1776 at gmail — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:54:00 +0000

So what is the most economical method to perform a streaming backup of a ex2k7 database?

can we copy ntbackup.exe to a win2008 server??
me thinks probably not, but may give it a try

signed DNA1776

By: Exchange_Genie

Exchange_Genie — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:44:00 +0000

Yes, Microsoft has done some wonderful things with Exchange 2007 and you are correct some features have been lost but I believe the benefits out way the loses….. I am ready for the next version

By: Nicknet

Nicknet — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:59:00 +0000

Thankyou for this. Man, SP1 adds so much functionality, and then slowly takes some away at the same time...

Thankyou.