Public folder help please..

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I've been tasked with cleaning up our public folders. There are a LOT of
disparate folders, some of which probably haven't been touched in years,
while others are used daily. My questions are these;

What would be the most efficient way of identifying folder owners/managers
AND folder users?

What would be the most efficient way of backing up the public folders so
that they can be restored quickly in the likely event i delete an active
one?

What's the proper method for doing a public folder restore?

We're running Ex2k in native mode. Most users have Outlook2k3.

Thanks!
 
PFINFO - you can export the PF hierarchy and all the permissions.

I'd just archive to a pst and burn to CD/DVD.

Read the Disaster Recovery whitepaper for emergencies.
 
Hi Jim,

To identify the permission setting of public folders, I recommend use
PFDevAdmin utility, the download address is:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/PSS/Tools/Exchange%20Support%20Tools/PFDavAdmin/

The other two utilities, PFAdmin and PFInfo, only work with the released
retail version of Exchange 2000 Server or with Exchange 2000 Server Service
Pack 1 (SP1). These utilities do not work with versions of Exchange 2000
that were released after Exchange 2000 SP1. Please refer to:

XADM: Error Message When You Set Permissions on Public Folders: Invalid
Windows Handle ID No: 80040102 Exchange System Manager
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=313333

The most efficient way of backing up and restoring public folders maybe
using Outlook to import/export them via PST files. You can set the back up
scope as whatever your like, and access the backup PST file at anytime. PST
file is the standard data folder supported by Outlook. Please refer to:

OL2002: How to Back Up, Restore, or Move Outlook Data
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=287070

You can also use NtBackup to back up/restore the public store, as well as
the whole Exchange server. For more information about this method, please
refer to:

326052 XADM: White Paper - Disaster Recovery for Microsoft Exchange 2000
Server
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=326052

Hope the information helps.

Regards,

Pat Cai
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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