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Roy_Tsang
Level 3
Hi Everyone,

Our backup exec 10 with Service pack 3 give me this error recently.
V-79-57344-65033 Directory not found. All the directories are some system mailbox. I don't think they are disabled, because I can see they fine in Exchange 2003 server manager.

what are these system mailbox anyway? Do we have to back them up? Also we are backing up the information store and only backup the pst of the system mailbox.

Thanks you in advance!
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Roy_Tsang
Level 3
Some more Info.

Here is my error message. I confirmed those system mailboxes are exist and not disabled. I do want to back them up.

V-79-57344-65033 - Directory not found. Cannot backup directory ?SMTP (MailServer01-{2600B81B-562B-4694-B671-4404E4FEFB2D}) and its subdirectories.
V-79-57344-65033 - Directory not found. Cannot backup directory ?SMTP (MailServer01-{53DD0927-5DF5-4EBC-82F5-707BCA8EFA29}) and its subdirectories.
V-79-57344-65033 - Directory not found. Cannot backup directory ?SMTP (MailServer01-{56146B9E-BD4D-4041-8811-B62B89E6EC36}) and its subdirectories.
V-79-57344-65033 - Directory not found. Cannot backup directory ?SMTP (MailServer01-{5CD461B4-E6CA-4833-9F27-BDFEA3C2209A}) and its subdirectories.
V-79-57344-65033 - Directory not found. Cannot backup directory ?SMTP (MailServer01-{6F5A55C5-6459-4333-93D9-CB577ED5BE37}) and its subdirectories.
V-79-57344-65033 - Directory not found. Cannot backup directory ?SMTP (MailServer01-{8350DD32-4D6C-41A9-9907-2EF01BBAB4EF}) and its subdirectories.
V-79-57344-65033 - Directory not found. Cannot backup directory ?SMTP (MailServer01-{B6BC0820-38AD-48D3-8A12-0EB67967A4FA}) and its subdirectories.
V-79-57344-65033 - Directory not found. Cannot backup directory ?SMTP (MailServer01-{E0C61097-1DE2-4488-B9C4-CE8E946BEE9B}) and its subdirectories.
V-79-57344-65033 - Directory not found. Cannot backup directory ?SMTP (MailServer01-{E584F891-1D8C-4EFE-9EDA-8DB356B4D71A}) and its subdirectories.
V-79-57344-65033 - Directory not found. Cannot backup directory ?SMTP (MailServer01-{F4F47B60-DCE6-43E6-94D6-CF11ABC58D12}) and its subdirectories.
V-79-57344-65033 - Directory not found. Cannot backup directory ?System Attendant [servers/cn=MailServer01/cn=microsoft system

padmaja_rajopad
Level 6
Hi,

Each server that is running Microsoft® Exchange has a single system attendant mailbox. This mailbox is created in the first database configured on the server. The system attendant mailbox is required for multiple tasks. These include, but are not limited to:

• Processing server monitor messages

• Updating free/busy calendar information for Microsoft Office® Outlook Web Access users

• Processing Mailbox Manager notifications

• Moving mailboxes to other databases

While these special system mailboxes can be backed up, it is not necessary or useful. The following are common examples of special system mailboxes, but there may be others depending on the Exchange server configuration and environment.

System Attendant
Any mailbox name starting with SMTP or System Mailbox


Hope this helps.

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