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July 11th, 2008 09:00
Backing up Emailxtender
Can someone direct me to where I might find a list of all files/folders required for a nightly backup of emailxtender itself. I found utilities for performing a backup but no list of what needs to be backed up. I am currently backing up the SQL DB and its transaction logs but it looks like there are other logs etc that coulb be in need of backup.
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jskoecher
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July 14th, 2008 00:00
no, there is unfortunately not such a "best practice for backing up EX". Depending on your configuration, you require backup of:
- System state (registry)
- System partition
- EmailXtender program files - if required (I often put this data on SAN storage which is high-available at customers)
- Index files - if required (I often put this data on SAN storage which is high-available at customers)
- Container files (.emx) - if required and not on Centera.
- SQL data
- Cool would also be an IIS backup (once in a while)
For DX:
- System state (registry)
- Meta data backup
Doing an EX-Backup, I normally use a script for ExSuspend (ExAdminGuide.pdf). Since journaling is normally activated, I backup the SQL-data at the same time frame as the EX backup.
Have a look at "How to rebuild EX server?" (esg67303) which gives you details of how to recover... and therefore, what you need to consider in your backup.
Hope that helps,
Jochen.