Re: Restore Exchange to network mapped drive for service

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Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 22:13:42 -0700

They work weekends,

Database crashed after APC failed and spontaneous rebooted system. I
corrected it but had to do a eseutil /p repair, some data missing bad etc..
the usual.

They can work though. So I want to restore from tape to another network
drive, make sure its consistent, offline defrag it, return it production
after I export current to pst for later merging.

I simply want to know the regedit to force backup to a different location...
If no one knows I will shut down the services, copy the DSADATA and MDBDATA
folders somewhere and restore from tape to default, then copy it to network
returning the correct folders (and removing the new registry setting for
restore in process)

Its just a pain and more late work for me!

Dirk-Thomas

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eKjEJz1eEHA.2560@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Why not do this over a weekend so you don't have any loss of
> data/productivity? Unless you're having a real emergency, it's best not to
> do anything like this during normal business hours. What problems are you
> having with the existing server that lead you to want to do this?
>
> Dirk-Thomas Brown wrote:
> > Actually, I have copied the tools to a Windows 2000 member server and
> > copied edb files to same, the eseutil works fine.
> >
> > I guess I can shutdown the EX services fully, copy the entire DSADATA
> > and MDBDATA folders to a safe place, restore EX from tape, not start
> > services and then copy that over to the other machine for service.
> > Then put the folders I moved back and start services so clients can
> > work while I service the old edb's.
> >
> > Dirk-Thomas
> >
> > "Steve Foster [SBS MVP]" <steve.foster@picamar.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:xn0dloltn4mzc8100j@msnews.microsoft.com...
> >> Dirk-Thomas Brown wrote:
> >>
> >>> Is there a regedit I can do to force restore an exchange server
> >>> (backed up with NTBACKUP) to a mapped network drive on a much faster
> >>> machine so I can run soft repairs, defrag etc..
> >>>
> >>> This would then allow me to do it on a faster machine and not
> >>> disturb current users. I realize they would loose what's different
> >>> be we will export to pst (4 users)
> >>>
> >>> SBS 4.5 Exchange is Version 5.5 fully patched
> >>
> >>
> >> Only if the backup is an offline one, since then the Exchange stores
> >> are simply backed up as files.
> >>
> >> But even then, I think the Exchange tools only work from an Exchange
> >> server, so you wouldn't be able to run them on another machine.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
> >> ---------------------------------------
> >> MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.
>
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