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Restoring Exchange Server 2003 with NTBackup

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Exchange server holds all the email messages for network users. NTBackup software can backup the Exchange data for recovery.

There are two ways that you can recover Exchange email data. You can firstly restore the complete Information Store. This will over write any existing email information. Alternatively, you can restore a recovery mail store and then merge or copy the email data into the active Exchange information store. The procedures below out line how to complete both of these options when using NTBackup software to restore your Exchange information.

To Restore the complete Exchange Information Store

1. Ensure that Exchange services are running. You can do this from Services in the Administration Tools.

2. Open the Exchange System Manager via Start | All Programs |

Microsoft Exchange | System Manager.

3. In Exchange System Manager navigate to Servers | <Servername> |

First Storage Group. Underneath this folder you should see Mailbox store (SERVER) and Public Folder Store (SERVER)

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4. Dismount both stores. Right mouse click on Mailbox store (SERVER) and select “Dismount store”. Repeat the process with the Public Folder

Store (SERVER). You can tell whether the mail store is dismounted by

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5. Right mouse click on the Mailbox store (SERVER) again and select “Properties”.

6. Select the Database Tab

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8. Right mouse click on the Public Folder Store (SERVER) and select “Properties”.

9. Click the Database Tab

10. Check the option “This Database can be overwritten by a restore” 11. Locate the Exchange MDBDATA folder. Normally this will be in

d:\program files\exchsrvr\mdbdata.

12. Delete any files that appear in this directory.

13. Open NTBackup from start | programs | accessories | system tools |

backup, Select Restore files and settings, click next

14. Expand <MediaName> | backup.bkf. Then select SERVER\Microsoft

Information Store\First Storage Group by placing a tick in the check

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In this example we are restoring from a file, normally you would restore from a tape 15. The server name should be displayed in the restore to: field. Type

D:\temp in the Temporary location for log and patch files. Tick the

checkbox Last Restore Set (Log file replay will start after this restore

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16. Make sure the Preserve existing volume mount points checkbox is ticked, Click Next

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18. Once the restore is complete, Click Close

19. Once the restore has completed navigate to the MDBDATA directory and check to see whether priv1 and pub1 files exist and are of the correct size.

20. Return to the Exchange System Manager. Right mouse click the Mail

Store (SERVER) and select Mount Store.

21. Right mouse click the Public Folder Store (SERVER) and select Mount

Store.

To Restore the Information Store to Recovery Storage Group

1. Ensure that Exchange services are running. You can do this from Services in the Administration Tools.

2. Open the Exchange System Manager via Start | All Programs |

Microsoft Exchange | System Manager.

3. In Exchange System Manager navigate to Servers | <Servername> . Right mouse click on <Servername> and Select New | Recovery

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9. Open NTBackup from start | programs | accessories | system tools |

backup, Select Restore files and settings, click next

10. Expand <MediaName> | backup.bkf | SERVER\Microsoft Information

Store\First Storage Group. Then select ONLY Log Files and Mailbox Store (As displayed in the diagram below) by placing a tick in the check

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In this example we are restoring from a file, normally you would restore from a tape 11. The server name should be displayed in the restore to: field. Type

D:\temp in the Temporary location for log and patch files. Tick the

checkbox Last Restore Set (Log file replay will start after this restore

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12. Make sure the Preserve existing volume mount points checkbox is ticked, Click Next

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15. Once the restore has completed navigate to the MDBDATA directory and check to see whether priv1 is the same size as the priv1 in the

Recovery Storage Group.

16. If you are not using Exchange 2003 Service Pack 1 you will need to use the Exmerge utility to extract and import mailboxes between the

Recovery Store and the normal Mailbox store.

17. If you are using Exchange 2003 Service Pack 1 you can recover mailboxes directly from the Exchange System Manager.

18. Mount both the Recovery Storage Group | Mailbox Store (SERVER) and the First Storage Group | Mailbox Store (SERVER).

19. From the Action Menu, Select refresh

20. To use the Exchange System Manager to recover email boxes locate the mailbox folder under Recovery Storage Group | Mailbox Store

(SERVER) and select it. On the right you should see a list of all the

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21. Once the Exchange Tasks Wizard has started select “Next”. On the next screen the only item that should be available is “Recover Mailbox

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25. When you have completed restoring the mailbox data you should delete the Exchange Recovery Storage Group to free up disk space. To delete, highlight the Mailbox Store under the Recovery Storage Group ( not the Mailbox store under the First Storage Group which is your live

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26. You must now delete the Recovery storage group from windows explorer. Usually in D:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\

27. Open System Manager. There should now be nothing under the