How to start and stop Exchange or SQL services
| Article:TECH54989 | | | Created: 2007-01-26 | | | Updated: 2008-01-25 | | | Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH54989 |
Problem
How to start and stop Exchange or SQL services
Solution
This document
explains the benefit of stopping Exchange or SQL services before imaging a
database server using Symantec LiveState Recovery or V2i Protector.
Symantec
LiveState Recovery and V2i Protector's ability to perform "hot imaging"
(creating images of servers while they are still running Windows) is a great
convenience, but you should be aware of some potential problems that this
feature presents with regard to databases.
Databases,
including Exchange and SQL, always have many files open, and these files are
constantly changing. If you create an image while a database is up and running,
then when you restore the image, the database may not be able to repair itself
properly. Consequently, Symantec highly recommends that you temporarily stop
services for your databases before creating an image. This is a good practice
for ensuring a reliable backup of any database.
Databases such
as Exchange or SQL need to be shut down only for the amount of time it takes to
start and get through the first 5% of the imaging process. You can then restart
the database.
The following
Microsoft Knowledge Base articles describe how to start and stop the services
associated with Exchange and SQL databases.
Exchange
SQL
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Legacy ID
293385
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