When it works, it works great, but it RARELY works properly.. In almost every instance I use backup to tape, not backup to disk like symantec recommends and there are no issues regarding the to-tape variable.. it just takes longer to restore (you need to stage the entire info store to disk before the GRT can do it’s thing)

On the other hand, i’ve used RSGs on multiple occasions to restore entire info stores, or single mailboxes and it works every time (on the occasions where GRT didn’t work)

This is a great Demo….We need to push this out to our field!!

Nice Job!
Thanks
Blake

I wrote a usermanagment-software, which might be interesting to you:

ADO++ is a new software for managing Active Directory objects:
With the introduction of Exchange 2007, Microsoft has changed the administration of users, groups etc. The administration of the Exchange attributes of an Active-Directory-object has been separated from managing non-Exchange attributes. Although belonging to the same object, the attributes must be administrated with two tools: the Microsoft ADUC and the management console of Exchange 2007. Additionally the administrator can or may use the Powershell with the Exchange-Snapin .
With ADO++ it is now again possible to administrate all important attributes of an AD-object including the Exchange 2007 attributes with one tool. ADO++ also allows administrators to manage Exchange-mailboxrights as in Exchange 2003, including the use of trusted forests. ADO++ displays Active Directory objects in the directory hierarchy, like the ADUC, or in a flat browser structure, like the global addresslist in Outlook.
Additionally, ADO++ now offers a GUI-based restore of deleted AD-Users, their mailboxes and of AD-groups and bulk changes.

Friendly regards

Rolf

I have quoted this post in my blog. See details at

http://bigdatamatters.com/bigdatamatters/2009/06/virtualized_migration.html

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matthew-williamson/5/200/97

There are just so many things that are advertised to work a certain way that break under pressure or scale. Or they are advertised to work a certain way, when they don’t.