RE: Exchange restore on SBS2003 from SBS2000 backup

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Hi Roger,

Thank you for the update.

Since there's only 1 user, I agree with you that using ExMerge is a good
idea. Please also check the following KBs as reference:

How to recover or restore a single mailbox in Exchange 2000 Server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813337

XADM: Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Merge Program (Exmerge.exe) information
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/174197

If you need any assistance, please feel free to post back.

Regards,

Bill Peng
MCSE 2000, MCDBA, CCNP, CCDA
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>Thanks for your reply. I had to resolve some other hardware issues before
I
>could rebuild the server. I rebuilt it as a SBS2000 server and restored
the
>system state. I have recovered my mailbox with a few minor issues. However
>the SBS2000 installation has alot of other issues.
>
>Since I only have one user account on the server, would the plan I outline
>below work.
>
>1.Use exmerge to dump the mailbox out to a .pst file
>2.Flatten and rebuild the server as SBS2003
>3.use exmerge to reload the .pst file into a new mailbox
>I have the abilty to create a BDC and them promote it if that would allow
me
>to keep my existing SID's.
>
>Does that sound like a reasonable approach or should I go in a different
>direction?
>Any imput will be appreciated.
>
>Roger
>--
>Roger Olson
>
>
>"Nathan Liu [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>> Hello Roger,
>>
>> Thank you for posting in the SBS newsgroup.
>>
>> According to your description, I understand that you would like to
restore
>> the Exchange database from the SBS 2000 backup to the SBS 2003 Server.
If I
>> have misunderstood your concern, please don't hesitate to let me know.
>>
>> If you have a good backup of the original Exchange information store in
>> case the original server is totally damaged, to restore the data back or
>> mount the edb file on a newly installed Exchange server, the following
>> essential naming scheme elements in your original organization must be
the
>> same as your new one.
>>
>> * The Exchange organization name.
>>
>> * The name of the administrative group to which the database belongs.
>>
>> * The name of the storage group to which the database belongs.
>>
>> * The logical database name itself.
>>
>> * The legacyExchangeDN value for the administrative group object that
the
>> database currently belongs to.
>>
>> For more information, please refer to the following link:
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/2000/support/dbrecovr.
>> mspx
>>
>> However, in case there is some differentiation, Legacydn.exe could help
you
>> some.
>>
>> Legacydn.exe is a tool that you can use to perform the following tasks:
>>
>> - Change the Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server or Microsoft Exchange
Server
>> 2003 organization name.
>>
>> - Change the administrative group names.
>>
>> - View the legacyExchangeDN values.
>>
>> - Change the legacyExchangeDN values.
>>
>> Note We only support the use of the Legacydn tool in a lab environment.
The
>> tool works only in a single domain controller environment.
>>
>> For more information, please refer to:
>>
>> 324606 XADM: How to Use Legacydn.exe to Correct Exchange Organization or
>> Administrative Group Names
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=324606
>>
>> 293324 XADM: "C104173A" Error Message Occurs After You Restore the
Database
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=293324
>>
>> Furthermore, in case you have a good backup and meet the above
>> requirements, when you recover the database in the RSG, you could still
not
>> recover the mailbox since the Exmerge file may not find the original
user
>> referenced in the original mail store. Following error will occur:
>>
>> Error! Cannot identify the user with the msExchMailboxGuid
>> \3C\C8\7D\D7\99\C3\FCL\B5\E3\FEUWa\D6F. The legacyExchangeDN is
>> /O=DOMAIN/OU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=USER.
>>
>> This is because the exmerge utility cannot find referenced user in the
AD.
>>
>> In normal mail store, we could create a non-mail enabled user and
connect
>> the orphan mailbox in storage via Mailbox Wizard. However, in the RSG,
it
>> is not possible. We need to manually create new user and replace the
>> msExchMailboxGuid via ADSI.
>>
>> In the Exmerge log, we may find filtered msExchMailboxGuid as
>> \3C\C8\7D\D7\99\C3\FCL\B5\E3\FEUWa\D6F
>>
>> We may need to manually translate it to valid form via following rule
>>
>> \3C\C8\7D\D7\99\C3\FCL\B5\E3\FEUWa\D6F -> will become separated with
spaces
>> like this:
>>
>> 3C C8 7D D7 99 C3 FC L B5 E3 FE U W a D6 F -> we have to convert letters
>> L,U,W,a and F back to Hex using ASCII table (attached as below)
>>
>> 3C C8 7D D7 99 C3 FC 4C B5 E3 FE 55 57 61 D6 46 -> this is our recovered
>> msExchMailboxGuid
>>
>> Then, the whole steps on the SBS server will be:
>>
>> 1. Logon SBS server as built-in administrator
>>
>> 2. Restore the exchange database file (*.edb, *.stm) to the SBS server
>>
>> 3. Run Exchange utility and make sure it is in the Clean state
>>
>> 4. Create a new Recover Storage Group
>>
>> 5. Add database to Recover and select the only database you find
>>
>> 6. Delete all files created in the new Recover storage Group folder.
Copy
>> the backup edb and stm file to this folder and rename it as mentioned in
>> the recovery storage group database settings.
>>
>> 7. On the Database tab of the Mailbox Store Properties dialog box,
verify
>> that the "This database can be overwritten by a restore" check box is
>> selected.
>>
>> 8. Mount the store.
>>
>> 9. Create new users
>>
>> 10. Modify the msExchMailboxGuid properties mentioned above via ADSI.
>>
>> 11. Run the Exmerge program and export it to a PST file.
>>
>>
>> I hope this helps. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not
>> hesitate to let me know. I am always happy to be of further assistance.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Nathan Liu (MSFT)
>> Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
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>> >Hello,
>> >The hard drive containing the OS on my SBS2000 server died. I have
tape
>> >backup but I am not sure it the system state is included. Since I will
>> have
>> >to completely rebuild the server, could I build out a clean SBS2003
>> install
>> >and get my exchange db restored from the SBS2000 backup. Actually the
>> drive
>> >that had the Eschange files on it is still intact. If I build out a new
>> >installation of SBS2003, will I be able to associate the new users with
>> the
>> >old mailboxes in Exchange? Any help would be appreciated.
>> >
>> >Thanks
>> >--
>> >Roger Olson
>> >
>>
>>
>

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