Hi There.
I have posted this is the BrightStor forum, but feel it's more appropriate here - apologies for double post!
I'm keen to test out backup/DR plan, and now have a spare server with sufficient disk space to do this.
We have a dedicated Backup server, with Brightstor 11.5 sp4 on all other servers, connected with a HP Ultrium 440 8 Tape Loader.
We run MS Exchange 2003, and this is the main 'beast' I'd like to test. However, I'm not too sure of the best way to achieve this, acting as if the live Exchange server is unrecoverable (dead).
If I install Exchange on server first, but leave it on same subnet, I'm worried it'll muck up our live system. If I put the test server on a different subnet, BrightStor cannot see it to restore to. As it's a Tape Loader, I'm loathed to install SCSI card,etc in test server,and move TapeLoader over, only to have to replace it all for nightly backups,etc.
Has anyone out there got any tips for me please?
Thanks in advance.
I have posted this is the BrightStor forum, but feel it's more appropriate here - apologies for double post!
I'm keen to test out backup/DR plan, and now have a spare server with sufficient disk space to do this.
We have a dedicated Backup server, with Brightstor 11.5 sp4 on all other servers, connected with a HP Ultrium 440 8 Tape Loader.
We run MS Exchange 2003, and this is the main 'beast' I'd like to test. However, I'm not too sure of the best way to achieve this, acting as if the live Exchange server is unrecoverable (dead).
If I install Exchange on server first, but leave it on same subnet, I'm worried it'll muck up our live system. If I put the test server on a different subnet, BrightStor cannot see it to restore to. As it's a Tape Loader, I'm loathed to install SCSI card,etc in test server,and move TapeLoader over, only to have to replace it all for nightly backups,etc.
Has anyone out there got any tips for me please?
Thanks in advance.
