Size of backup Exchange 2003

[nandoliveira]

Hi, I'm doing a little application where i will backup SQL servers and one Exchange 2003 Server using one script in the command line. But before the backup of Exchange i should know if I have enough space in disk...

The problem is that I never use or work with exchange and i can't do tests cause the server is critical to the company...

So, for SQL I know that I just need to do one query like: "SELECT sum(size) FROM myDatabase..SYSFILES;"... My question is if I can do the same for Exchange or how I find the size of the data before the backup...

Thanks for the attention

 

[Zelandakh]

find *.stm and *.edb and add them up. That will be close to what you need.

 

[LWComputingMVP]

Are you using Exchange backup APIs? If not, you need to rethink this - Exchange creates a log files that are only removed when you PROPERLY backup exchange.

-Lee

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[Bassdude2K]

I've found that Exchange is a special case when it comes to backup and recovery. Even Microsoft admits that 42% of Exchange recoveries from tape fail. A great product I've been hearing a lot about is Replay by Appassure software. It can take care of all your backup and recovery needs at a great value.

 

[58sniper]

If you're properly configured, and using the correct equipment, restores should rarely fail. That 42% is very misleading. I've had maybe 2 fail in 10 years. Hundreds of restores for hundreds of clients.

Lee is correct, you need to use the API or the transaction logs won't get truncated.

Pat Richard MVP

 

[nandoliveira]

ok, i'll try it...


Thanks for the tips