Filtering Brick level

[peeky1323]

Hi,

ARCserve 2000 SP4
Windows 2000 SP3
Exchange 2000 (on another server backed up via Exchange agent)

Sounds like a really simple thing but I can't see how to do the following.

I am trying to backup up just the Brick level of my exchange server. I can back it up just fine, but I want to exclude 2 individual mailboxes. I don't want to just "uncheck" them as I still want a dynamic brick backup.

Can anyone explain how to filter out individual mailboxes. The ARCserve filters seem to require a drive letter or file name:

C:\temp\*.* (for example)

Could I use:

*\Mailboxname

Thanks in Advance,

Matt

 

[davidmichel]

I don't think filters work for DB Agents at all, only files and directories.

By the way, the Bricks Level backup is not a replacement for the complete Info Store. Protect your data and yourself, backup both.

 

[peeky1323]

Thanks I will just have to put up with it then.

I backup the whole server every weekend for DR purposes and just brick during the week. My backup window is too small in the week to perform full backups so I backup just user data in the week, and full backups of every server at the weekend when users will not be impacted by the backup.

Thanks,

Matt

 

[peeky1323]

Hi,

In case anyone is interested this definatly can not be done via the agent. I found a workaround though. If you disable access for the dbagent to the mailbox you want to exclude is has the same effect.

Matt