Backup exec still looking for Deleted User! 1

[shrubble]

Bear with me folks, I'm a programmer who found himself in charge of a network...

Windows 2000 Exchange server

OK- Why is it that when I delete users who no longer work at my organization, their names still appear(and are checked) on the file tree of the back-up job description?
Is there a way to refresh this so that the exec stops looking for users that no longer exist? Is just unchecking their names from the Exchange back-up the only option? I'm fairly confident that I removed them from the server correctly (they are not in "user", nor does their name show up on the global addresses in Outlook).

 

[dogmata]

Shrubble:

- I understand you deleted those exchange objects but did you actually purge them from the system manger tools prior to running the backup? Exchange 2000 will tombstone objects (30 or 60 days or something , but is configurable), so they are actually still present on your system, and BE will still try and back them up

Cheers
Dog

 

[shrubble]

Thank you. I did not. So let me ask this: What is the norm, to just wait for the tombstone period to expire, or to purge them? I don't want to sound totally green(you know, pride and all...), but how to purge? If you want to keep me in suspense, I can look it up in the O'reilly book.

Thanks again for the help. I asked a couple NetAdmin friends of mine what they did and they were just like "Well, I just uncheck them, and at some point they just go away..." In my head though I just couldn't see a large(really LARGE) company that adds and deletes hundreds of users a year "...just unchecking them..."!

 

[dogmata]

Shrubble:

I cant remember exactly where you click etc, but I think you do via the system manager tools, just keep drilling down until you see you mailbox stores > I think you right click and run something like the "cleanup wizard" which will then mark any orphaned mailboxes with a red circle > you can then right click them and select purge. Its something along those lines anyway....If you do that and BE still tries to back them up, create a new backup selections list

Hope this helps
Dog

 

[shrubble]

Thanks for the help!