Re: Re: OT SBS 2K

["Tony Tofts" <home@xxxxxxx>]

My experience is the reverse, March was good - it's the rest of my life
which seems to have been cr*p...

----- Original Message -----
From: "graham_howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 9:30 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: OT SBS 2K


> --- In ukha_d@y..., "Tony Tofts" <home@t...>
wrote:
> > Forgot to mention, Exchange Server 2000 seems more unstable
than
> previous
> > version  - expect more reboots :-)
> >
> I have actually found Exchange 2K to be very stable, in fact I had
> not had an 'unexpected' reboot since installing SBS 2K whereas the
> previous version caused so many problems that I refused to install
it
> at home.
>
> I say '*had* not had' because March was the worst month I have
ever
> had for computing problems after over 13 years in the industry.
Here
> is my sorry tale:
>
> 1. The system hard disk (one of the now infamous IBM Deskstars)
died
> in my SBS server. Although I had all my data on a different disk
and
> also backed up onto a different machine, I had not backed up
exchange
> so consequently all of my mail, contacts, calendar (and all of
> Orla's) was wiped out.
>
> 2. I managed to save the priv1.edb (exchange database file) but
> searching on the net seemed to indicate that this was no use
without
> the priv1.stm (streaming) files that goes with it and that file
was
> well and truly mashed by one of the many bad sectors on my very
> unpleasant sounding hard disk.
>
> 3. I decided that 1. was never going to happen to me again so
ordered
> disks, controller and hot swap caddies to set up Raid 5 on the
server
> when I rebuilt it. These took over a week to arrive. I will also
be
> backing up exchange in future.
>
> 4. I went on a one day business trip to the Netherlands and was
> forced to put my 'pilot case' in the hold because it was
apparently
> too big (though I have taken it as hand luggage numerous times
before
> and on the return flight the next day!). When I got to Schipol, my
> bag was late coming off the belt and upon checking my laptop was
> gone. It belonged to my employers and was password protected from
> bios so I wasn't too bothered, other than having to 'wing it'
during
> the presentation that day. However on returning to the office and
> obtaining a new laptop, it transpired that my weekly backups had
not
> worked since the end of January!
>
> 5. I went off to Ireland for Easter, leaving my SBS server
> (temporarily rebuilt without the raid 5) downloading and sorting
my
> email in my absence. When I returned I found that the PSU for the
> Router had failed about 4 hours after I left and consequently SBS
had
> not downloaded any email as it could not connect to the internet.
>
> 6. On Saturday I finally had time to sort everything out and at
last
> something went right. Another more detailed search of google
turned
> up a method of creating a priv1.stm file from a priv1.edb file. I
> created the file, then went through a very convoluted process of
> creating exchange exactly as it was before, dismounting the new
> database, copying over the saved database, remounting and then
> exporting to pst files. Finally I had a pst file for me and one
for
> Orla with all our exchange stuff complete. I then went on to
install
> the raid stuff, wipe out the server and do a full re-install. The
> server is now rebuilt with raid 5 and 3 hot swap caddies. The
router
> has a new power supply. Email is once more being processed by
> exchange whilst I am at work. All is calm again.
>
> In 13 years this is the first time a hard disk has really failed
on
> me (I've lost the odd file through corruption but the disk has
always
> survived). This is also the first time I have ever had a laptop
> stolen. It is the second time I have had a power supply fail in
> normal operation. Certainly not a lucky month!
>
> Regards
>
> Graham
>
>
>
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