The location of the .pst-file!?!

[Lennart Svenssson]

Hi,

I have noticed that Outlook's .pst-file by default is located in the 'Local
Settings' part of the profile. What is the idea here? We are using roaming
profiles partially because we can use a central backup system on all our
users' profiles, but since this part of the profile isn't copied down to the
server, there will be no backup of the .pst-file :-(

I find it kind of risky to not have this file backuped... What does
Microsofts suggest to do here?

Regards,

/LS

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have noticed that Outlook's .pst-file by default is located in the
'Local Settings' part of the profile. What is the idea here? We are
using roaming profiles partially because we can use a central backup
system on all our users' profiles, but since this part of the profile
isn't copied down to the server, there will be no backup of the
.pst-file :-(

My impression of how roaming profiles work is that the server profile IS
downloaded into the Local Settings area upon login and copied back to the
server upon logout. But I could be wrong. I don't know roaming profiles
all that well.

I find it kind of risky to not have this file backuped... What does
Microsofts suggest to do here?

PFBACKUP.EXE from Microsoft's download area is one tool. Copying the PST to
a file server (with Outlook closed, of course) for backup is another way to
back up the PST

 

[Lennart Svenssson]

Hi,

Local settings stays only on the local computer :-(

Conserning the backup tool it is true that it may work, but it sure takes
away the smoothness that it would mean to be able to backup the pst-file
together with the profile...

Regards,

/LS