What happened to ntbackup in SBS2008? I want to backup the exchange store
which I have moved to a separate data drive.



Is there an equivalent to ntbackup? The included backup procedure only seems
to allow backing up a complete drive letter drive and to a dedicated external
disk.
We have a huge, mirrored external drive and I'd like to backup exchange to a
dated folder on that every night.
Also, can anyone give me the dos commands to stop, then start, the exchange
store?
--
Doug

This is a change in Windows Server 2008 and not unique to SBS. ntbackup has
(THANKFULLY!!!) been replaced and is no longer in 2008.

As far as using subfolders, there really is no need for this. All
directories do is give you a logical separation of files for your backups,
but the way backups work in SBS 2008 give you that same separation without
using directories and without chewing up quite so much space.

http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive...08-backup.aspx

If, however, you absolutely *NEED* to do this some other way, you can either
manually script the backup routine. Bing will help you figure out the
general process, and I'm a big fan of "teach a man to fish", but feel free
to ask for help if you get stuck on a specific task. Or you can use a
3rd-party backup tool. For SBS specifically, I'm a big fan of
backup-assist.

-Cliff


"Doug" <Doug@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:5707F55A-F1CC-4913-A9AD-FDD3DAE6649D@newsgroup

> What happened to ntbackup in SBS2008? I want to backup the exchange store
> which I have moved to a separate data drive.
>
> Is there an equivalent to ntbackup? The included backup procedure only
> seems
> to allow backing up a complete drive letter drive and to a dedicated
> external
> disk.
> We have a huge, mirrored external drive and I'd like to backup exchange to
> a
> dated folder on that every night.
> Also, can anyone give me the dos commands to stop, then start, the
> exchange
> store?
> --
> Doug

I wonder if this plug-in in Exchange 2007 SP2 would work for an SBS 2008
network?

Using Backup to Back Up and Restore Exchange Data
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...EXCHG.80).aspx
------------------------------------------------
..... However, Exchange 2007 SP2 includes a new plug-in that enables you to
make Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS)-based backups of Exchange data using
Windows Server Backup in Windows Server 2008. You can use Windows Server
Backup to back up and restore your Exchange 2007 SP2 databases...
------------------------------------------------

--
Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
============================


"Cliff Galiher - MVP" <cgaliher@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:35410F60-8CA0-4B6A-82AF-1A4E1A56D77A@newsgroup

> This is a change in Windows Server 2008 and not unique to SBS. ntbackup
> has (THANKFULLY!!!) been replaced and is no longer in 2008.
>
> As far as using subfolders, there really is no need for this. All
> directories do is give you a logical separation of files for your backups,
> but the way backups work in SBS 2008 give you that same separation without
> using directories and without chewing up quite so much space.
>
> http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive...08-backup.aspx
>
> If, however, you absolutely *NEED* to do this some other way, you can
> either manually script the backup routine. Bing will help you figure out
> the general process, and I'm a big fan of "teach a man to fish", but feel
> free to ask for help if you get stuck on a specific task. Or you can use
> a 3rd-party backup tool. For SBS specifically, I'm a big fan of
> backup-assist.
>
> -Cliff
>
>
> "Doug" <Doug@newsgroup> wrote in message
> news:5707F55A-F1CC-4913-A9AD-FDD3DAE6649D@newsgroup

>> What happened to ntbackup in SBS2008? I want to backup the exchange
>> store
>> which I have moved to a separate data drive.
>>
>> Is there an equivalent to ntbackup? The included backup procedure only
>> seems
>> to allow backing up a complete drive letter drive and to a dedicated
>> external
>> disk.
>> We have a huge, mirrored external drive and I'd like to backup exchange
>> to a
>> dated folder on that every night.
>> Also, can anyone give me the dos commands to stop, then start, the
>> exchange
>> store?
>> --
>> Doug

>