SCR & NTBackup

[arpps]

I am working on setting up Exchange 2007 in my office. I currently have a test environment setup. I have enabled SCR and it is functioning fine. The issue I have is when I run a Normal NTBackup the transaction logs do not truncate. As soon as I disable the SCR NTBackup truncates the files fine. Is there something I am missing? Is there a work around or tool to handle this?

 

[xmsre]

Michael Smith wrote a powershell script that leverages VSS to backup Exchange 2007. It truncates the logs. You might give that a try...

http://theessentialexchange.com/blo...-2008-online-exchange-backup-part-6-of-7.aspx

 

[arpps]

Thank you. I actually found the answer to this today. If you select the "Backup Remote Storage" in the Advanced options of NTBackup it purges the played logs.

 

[xmsre]

As long as you're on Windows 2003, that works. What do you do when you're on Windows 2008?

 

[Zelandakh]

You copy ntbackup from a windows 2003 box or you install windows 2008 sp2 which updates ntbackup to include an exchange aware backup...

 

[xmsre]

Depends on how the disks are mounted.