Re: Restoring disk image of Windows when exchange databases are on different disk

Thank you for posting back.

Where's the E00.chk file? Where are the other E00*.log files?

The E00.chk file is still on the c: disk in Mdbdata folder (together
with priv1.INTEG.raw and pub1.INTEG.raw and tmp.edb)
The E00*.log files: I found one: E0000018.log ( that i moved to
another location, which was a recovery step as mention in c1041724,
(eseutil) which I performed in order to get it working (successfully).
Would this file still be necessary?

Prem.

Rich Matheisen [MVP] schreef:

"Prem" <premmetje@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thank you for your reply.

No i did not make a (recent) system state backup, since my scenario is
for disaster recovery, which is unexpected most of the time. As I
understand, the system state backup includes the following:
- Boot files (Boot.ini, NDTLDR, NTDetect.com)
- Registry - Including COM settings
- SYSVOL - Group Policy and Logon Scripts
- Active Directory NTDS.DIT (Domain Controllers)
- Certificate Store (If the service is installed)
Which of these is of importance for getting exchange to work after
restoring the operating system disk?

The registry and cert store (assuming your server isn't also a DC).
But why try to avoid a system state backup? If you don't have one, you
might as well just install the O/S, service pack, and hotfixes, and
then install Exchange with the /Disasterrecovery switch.

For the operating system image I use Acronis True Image Server.
Normally, I dont have any problems. I restore the Acronis image and all
works fine. But after moving the exchange databases to another disk
(reasons: space and security), apparently addistional actions have to
be undertaken.

The following exchange data are stored on a seperate disk (d:)
E00.log
E00tmp.log
priv1.edb
priv1.stm
pub1.edb
pub1.stm
res1.log
res2.log

Where's the E00.chk file? Where are the other E00*.log files?

As I understand, the Disaster recovery link that you gave, refers to
restoring exchange backups, which is not the case in my situation, in
which I prefer not to touch the information stores that are present.

Recovering the server is part of that process.

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