Re: How to recover an exchange server?

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From: Brian (Brian_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/23/05 

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 16:13:02 -0800

I'm using SBS 2003. Unfortunately, in the time its taken to recover/rebuild
the server, I have users who've received email, which they want to retain.
In addition, my illustrous predecessor, may his name be ever cursed, decided
to be "smart" and somehow split the exchange system - he put the actual
exchange files on a seperate disk to the exchange executables (why? I've no
bloody idea but I suspect it was 'cause he thought it was a "real good idea"
at the time).

So, I have the original database and the executables on two seperate disks.
How do I bring them together into one spot? I've tried merely overwriting
the files but all that didn't work.

"John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote:

> In the MDBDATA directory there is the priv.edb and pub.edb with the priv.stm
> and pub.stm. Now, during your rebuild of SBS I am hoping you named the
> server the same name as before along with same IP address. If so you should
> be able to overwrite your existing Exchange Databases and then reconnect the
> user mailboxes. Is this the case? I am assuming this SBS 2000.
>
> --
> John Oliver, Jr.
> MCSE, MCT, CCNA, Exchange MVP
> Microsoft Certified Partner
>
> "Brian" <Brian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6105BDE8-403C-4543-A3DB-EBD28C09A3AE@microsoft.com...
> > My SBS server recently crashed and I was forced to reinstall from scratch.
> >
> > I would like to recover the old mailboxes and more important public
> > folders
> > out of the old exchange system. However, I don't have a reliable backup
> > of
> > the old exchange system. I do though, have all the old files, on the
> > original hard disk, which I replaced (it was infected badly with a worm).
> > I
> > can read the files off the old disk.
> >
> > In order to do this, I've converted a spare PC into a server and installed
> > exchange (to prevent the worm reinfecting the network). What files do I
> > copy
> > and where do I place them and how do I get the exchange system to
> > recognise
> > them, so that then I can export them to new (reinstalled) main server?
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

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