I want to do a very special backup before I install Exchange 2003 sp2. I’m going to dismount the store and yank a copy of it off to a harddrive.
So how do I do this?
Well first…[it’s been a long time since I’ve done this the last time so someone ping if I’m saying it wrong] I fire up the Services [or in my case just click on the icon on the desktop as I dragged it out there] and I stop the Exchange store on ExchangeIS and also the SMTP service so mail doesn’t queue up and then I’m going to Dismount the stores like this, and copy them somewhere.
I really don’t HAVE to do this. And so far my one test upgrade went absolutely fine….and….I think I know what my prior issue with my test Exchange server box was [stay tuned, will blog on that one next if what I/we think it is, is what it is].
But an offline backup doesn’t hurt every once in a while, right?
