GW backup question

[summoner]

What is the proper way to back up a gw system. I've received conflicting information. One guys says you need backup software that is gw compliant for the backup. Another guy mentioned that with the gw tsa, any backup software should be able to read gw files. Can somebody please give me a correct answer?

 

[LawnBoy]

I'm using BackupExec 9.1 (with AOFO) to backup GW through TSAFS, not GWTSA. This is all running on Netware 6.5.

 

[LawnBoy]

BTW, the answers that Marvin gave you in the Netware 6.5 forum are absolutely accurate. Marvin is one of the "heavy hitters" in this forum, I advise you to listen carefully to his advice. He's a consultant who's built hundreds of systems.

 

[bkesting]

I have been told that you can use Groupwise's dbcopy utility to make a full copy of the domain and post office directories (and you can do it safely while the system is running), and then use your backup method of choice to backup those dbcopy files.