Re: SBS 2003 Restore = Boot Failure

Frank,

I did read the article and it says "Do not check Microsoft Information Store
because data stored in this folder includes Exchange Server data, and all
Exchange Server data is restored from the drive or drives on which it is
installed." And " Caution
Do not select any drives that were not corrupted or formatted for
restoring." Also, " Note: Exchange Server and all its data are restored from
the drive or drives on which they are installed."

I interpert those instructions to mean I need not do anything beyond
restoreing C: where Exchange files live, for Exchange 2003 to work.

Nothing else in the instructions seem to apply as I am using ISA and it is
working OK.

What am I missing?

PS Exchange SMTP port 25 is down confirmed via a telnet test.

Mike

"Frank McCallister SBS MVP" wrote:

If you are using the SBS Backup Wizard for a Total Backup then yes you
should restore the Store. Read the Link I posted.

--
Frank McCallister SBS MVP
MCP Microsoft Small Business Specialist
COMPUMAC

"MikeP" <MikeP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Frank,

Applying Windows 2003 SP1 to the base SBS 2003 install prior to starting
the
DSRM restore of C: and System State worked. I was able to boot SBS 2003.
Thanks!!

However Exchange 2003 is not happy. The Exchange services are rubbing,
but
I can't access email and logging lots of Exchange errors in the following
order after boot:

ESE 453
ESE 454
MSExchangeIS 9518
MSExchangeSA 9153
MSExchangeSA 9175 (numerous).

Most of Exchnage is on C: (the drive that died)

I have the Exchange MDBDATA on D: (not impacted by failure).

Should I shutdown the Exchange Services and restore the First Information
Store?

Mike

"Frank McCallister SBS MVP" wrote:

You are correct that DSRM mode is not required but I am used to that for
safety. The link to the Document you reference is not obvious at the link
you provide. A direct link is
download.microsoft.com/download/b/d/8/bd8e1a40-d202-429a-8eb7-26300d62bcc9/BKU_BkupRstr.doc

A quote on Service pack is

1. If you have external disk drives, click Start, click Administrative
Tools, click Disk Management, and then connect your drives. Using Disk
Management, configure your drives exactly as they were before the
restore.
After your drives are configured, restart your computer.
Important
Before restoring the server, ensure that the versions of Windows SBS and
any
service pack match the versions that were installed on the server when
you
ran the last backup. For example, if the server was running Windows SBS
2003
and had been updated with Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1), then
in
order to successfully restore the server you need to install Windows SBS
2003 and Windows Server 2003 SP1.


--
Frank McCallister SBS MVP
MCP Microsoft Small Business Specialist
COMPUMAC

"Les Connor [SBS MVP]" <les.connor@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You shouldn't need DSRM, as the WS2k3 SP1 is not a DC at this point.

I'd suggest you follow the SBS backup and restore document available at
http://www.microsoft.com/sbs. It's the proven and documented method of
restoring your server from an SBS Backup.

--
Les Connor [SBS MVP]


"Frank McCallister SBS MVP" <anonymous> wrote in message
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the problem is that the restore DOES have to be done to the same SP
level
of OS. Flatten the Box and Install the OS from the CD1 again and
Install
Windows SP1 before Restoring from Backup. Once the SP1 is installed
Boot
to Directory Service Restore Mode and then complete your Restore of
Backup. Since your Boot.ini on your Backup was to Partition (1) you
should then be ok

--
Frank McCallister SBS MVP
MCP Microsoft Small Business Specialist
COMPUMAC

"MikeP" <MikeP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Frank

Good question, but all the documentation I've read indicates it
shouldn't
matter as the restore replaces everything.

I installed the OS only from the original SBS 2003 CD. The
production
backup is of a SBS 2003 SP1 system with all the latest except Windows
2003
SP2 and SQL 2005 SP1.

Do you know of any way to capture the Blue Screen? I used BartPE to
set
the
computer to not reboot on a system crash, but it ignored the setting.

What about the missing SYSTEM partition?

Should I go through the Registered Partner process and declare a SBS
System
Down to get free support or buy a support case as the outage is now
4+
days
and I need to get it operational by Monday?

Mike

"Frank McCallister SBS MVP" wrote:

When you do the Install of the OS from CD1 to do the restore from
Backup is
the SP level the same as the Backup? ie if the Backup was made from
a
SP1
SBS did you Install SP1 after installing the OS before restoring?

--
Frank McCallister SBS MVP
MCP Microsoft Small Business Specialist
COMPUMAC

"MikeP" <MikeP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Frank,

Took your advice and used BartPE to check out the boot.ini -
partition(1),
disk - no errors and partition - Active; all is "good"!

I do notice that NO Disk is marked SYSTEM.

Not sure where to look for the problem or fix.

I do get a BLUE Screen which I can't read it or find the log for
it.
Event
logs show no enteries at all.

Mike

"Frank McCallister SBS MVP" wrote:

Hi Mike

Your old drive probably had a partition with OEM diags or etc on
it
and
your
Boot.ini looks similar to this

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003
for
Small
Business Server" /fastdetect

Your new disk has the OS on Partition (1) instead of (2) and
won't
boot.
To
fix this boot from a Bart PE CD or a prepared Boot floppy and
edit
the
Boot.ini file on C to show Partition (1)

The Boot.ini file is a Hidden System file

--
Frank McCallister SBS MVP
MCP Microsoft Small Business Specialist
COMPUMAC

"MikeP" <MikeP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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My WD 160 GB C: Boot Drive died. Replaced it with a Maxtor 200
GB
partitioned and formated as C:. No other changes.

Installed SBS 2003 Premium and ran F8 AD restore of C: and
System
State
from
good backup stored on an other drive E: with all but a few
files
with
short
names sucessfully restored.

Problem is system will not Reboot beyond SBS Server 2003 Logo -
I
see a
"Blue Screen" for a second before a hard restart. Same
situation
in
Safe
Mode.

I've tried restore 3 times using other backup sets = same boot
failure.

Is this solveable?


.

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