Veritas Backup Exec: Backup time doubled overnight!

[MikeT]

Exchange 5.5 SP4
Veritas Backup Exec 7.3
Windows NT 4

The time its taken for the backup to complete has doubled overnight. I've examined the log files and coulnd't find anything peculiar. It is backing up more than just the Exchange, but I'm told the problem might be w/Exchange.

Any Ideas?

 

[jason305]

Check your database sizes. Maybe someone's doing something which is causing a lot of extra data to be stored. If so, then this is just a symtum of a bigger problem.

You could create a new back-up job just for exchange and remove it fromt he original. See what the times are for each.

 

[MikeT]

Both the long and short backups are backing up the same amount of data. I'll try creating a new job though, thanks!