Backup And Restore

Reducing SQL Server backup and restore time

Our database is big (about 320 GB) and it takes some time to backup and restore. The client wants us to suggest techniques that would reduce the time. I have tried "piecemeal" restoring, which allows you to backup and restore individual filegroups in the database. It works fine with all the...

Error with NTBackup and restore

i was running full backup every night. but the data is getting bigger. I have changed the backup schedule . Fullbackupjob - DDriveFull.bkf run on every sunday - overwrite media Diff backupjon - DdriveDiff.bkf run on  monday to saturday  - append media For some reason, the full backup did not...

Backup And Restore

I'm trying to find the fastest way to backup a library amongst others and restore it to a new library in order to make it available for inquiry mode while the production library is available for Monthend processing. Currently the process is to do a backup of a few libraries (approx.2.5 hrs) and...

Move Exchange 2000 to new hardware

We plan to do an offline backup and restore to new hardware with Veritas Bare Metal Restore. We want to do an offline backup to prevent any mail flow. I have seen an article that talks about skipped files with offline backups of Exchange. Has anyone tried this before? Any advise?