Backup Solution

[Guest 2Sweet]

I am looking for backup solution for Windows 2003 file server, MS SQL,

Oracle, Domain Controller, MS Exchange Server etc.? Anybody ever used

Acronis product (http://www.acronis.com/) ?

 

Any feedback would be appreciate.

[Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: Backup Solution

 

2Sweet <cmchong20@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I am looking for backup solution for Windows 2003 file server, MS SQL,

> Oracle, Domain Controller, MS Exchange Server etc.? Anybody ever used

> Acronis product (http://www.acronis.com/) ?

>

> Any feedback would be appreciate.

 

I love Acronis' new server products, but I don't use them as a nightly

backup solution on my servers. I use them as a supplementary backup.

 

You've already got NTBackup built into Windows, which will back up your

data/system state/Exchange databases - you can set up SQL to back itself up

to file (so you can include that in your file-level backup). Don't know

about Oracle. If you aren't fond of batch files to run your backup job with

the parameters you wish, there's a nice little GUI for NTBackup here:

http://www.backupassist.com

 

Or look at Symantec (nee Veritas) BackupExec, etc.

[Guest 2Sweet]

Re: Backup Solution

 

Any reason why you used Acronis as supplementary backup?

Do you recommend to use Acronis as a main full & incremental backup

solution?

 

 

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

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> 2Sweet <cmchong20@yahoo.com> wrote:

>> I am looking for backup solution for Windows 2003 file server, MS SQL,

>> Oracle, Domain Controller, MS Exchange Server etc.? Anybody ever used

>> Acronis product (http://www.acronis.com/) ?

>>

>> Any feedback would be appreciate.

>

> I love Acronis' new server products, but I don't use them as a nightly

> backup solution on my servers. I use them as a supplementary backup.

>

> You've already got NTBackup built into Windows, which will back up your

> data/system state/Exchange databases - you can set up SQL to back itself

> up to file (so you can include that in your file-level backup). Don't know

> about Oracle. If you aren't fond of batch files to run your backup job

> with the parameters you wish, there's a nice little GUI for NTBackup here:

> http://www.backupassist.com

>

> Or look at Symantec (nee Veritas) BackupExec, etc.

>

[Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: Backup Solution

 

2Sweet <cmchong20@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Any reason why you used Acronis as supplementary backup?

> Do you recommend to use Acronis as a main full & incremental backup

> solution?

 

No- I do full backups nightly and don't want incrementals in a disaster. And

a full image backup of a server takes a long time.

 

Your mileage may vary - many people use Acronis (or StorageCraft, etc) for

this.

>

>

> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com> wrote in

> message news:%238bOYbzZIHA.5348@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> 2Sweet <cmchong20@yahoo.com> wrote:

>>> I am looking for backup solution for Windows 2003 file server, MS

>>> SQL, Oracle, Domain Controller, MS Exchange Server etc.? Anybody

>>> ever used Acronis product (http://www.acronis.com/) ?

>>>

>>> Any feedback would be appreciate.

>>

>> I love Acronis' new server products, but I don't use them as a

>> nightly backup solution on my servers. I use them as a supplementary

>> backup. You've already got NTBackup built into Windows, which will back

>> up

>> your data/system state/Exchange databases - you can set up SQL to

>> back itself up to file (so you can include that in your file-level

>> backup). Don't know about Oracle. If you aren't fond of batch files

>> to run your backup job with the parameters you wish, there's a nice

>> little GUI for NTBackup here: http://www.backupassist.com

>>

>> Or look at Symantec (nee Veritas) BackupExec, etc.