"Time of last full backup" & Arcserve 11 backup

[marhoul]

Location: Mailbox Store, Database TAB - Does this only get set when you use the Backup utility of Windows or should Brighstor Arcserve 11 with Exchange 2003 agent set this when I backup the Private Information Store?

If I backup the Private Information Store using the Arcsrrve Agent does this mean I can restore the DB using this backup and no need for log files? Or should I be backup up the log files as well?

Should I use circular logging? I have ended up with about 600 MB of log files.

Thanks,

Mark

 

[mlnrao]

When u take backup exchange using ArcServ backup 11, information store will be backed up, and all committed logs will be removed.
transactions logs will be used because, if the database is corrupted and need to restore from last backup, and exchange will use transaction logs to restore from the point of backup time to last time the transaction happenned.

So when u take a online backup, committed transaction logs deleted, and are not use full any more.

Microsoft recomments disabling circular logging..
Logfiles folder will be emptied after taking online backup, so no problems with size.