[cisco-voip] Unity Backup Advice

[Stu Packett]

We have the same exact setup, but I'm not sure if I'm doing it
correctly.  I'm using the DiRT Backup tool that is included with Unity
and from reading the documention, it takes care of Unity and SQL.  If
someone else who has the same exact setup as we do, could you please let
us know what backups are you doing for Unity?

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[mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Dane
Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 2:46 PM
To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
Subject: [cisco-voip] Unity Backup Advice


Our Unity server is a stand alone box, it has Unity and MS SQL installed
on it.  It has its own MS Exchange server it utilizes for storage which
resides on a seperate server.
 
The exchange server is backed up already, but I noticed we do not have
things setup to back up the Unity server itself.  Before you blame me,
please note I did not set this up, employed after the fact and I am in
charge of all CM and Unity now so I am playing catch up.  :-)  Anyway,
we utilize Backup Exec for all our server backups, including exchange
servers and MS SQL servers and so on. 
 
In regards to backing up the Unity server itself, any advice or best
practices?  I assume we could set Backup Exec to do it all, utilizing
Backup Exec for MS SQL for the database and the basic file backup
operations for everything else on the box. 
 
I have see a Unity backup tool some where, and I believe it allows you
to basically back up and dump a large file to some where else.  This may
be the route I want to go and just have it dump to our SAN.  Also,
typically what is the best practice for how often it should be backed
up?  Referring to the unity server and MS SQL that resides on it.  Daily
utilizing incrementals, or daily full backups or weekly full backups?
You get the idea.  Just want to see what others are doing so I can make
an informed decision and get this implemented ASAP. 
 
Thanks in advance!
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