Thanks David,

I don't mean to indicate you are wrong. It just doesn't correlate with my experience. He are two articles. One is a bit out dated but still on target.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770266(WS.10).aspx

It's good to read the comments by ITs at the bottom. I hope your ITs aren't as critical, and maybe there have been improvements in two years. I do know I get a critical error daily stating it failed to back up Exchange. It also has a difficult time with drive letters. One comment was completely wrong when it stated it can't restore at the file level. It certainly can. It can't back up at the granular level of files and folders (which is silly), but I guess backing up just volumes isn't a terrible thing. Makes it rather straightforward.

http://www.wbadmin.info/articles/how-does-windows-server-2008-backup-work.html

Bert
Pediatrics
Brewer, Maine