Re: Exchange Server Restore From Backup - Help Needed

Hi Siv:

Yes, you would want to be careful not to restore the files from the tape
into the same folder that holds your active *.edb and *.stm files. (note
that they could be in different locations)

Could you not put the ide controller in the new system for the client.
Still, if they have started to collect mail you can't overwrite that store
either.

Now, for the recovery, you may have another issue. If you have already
started to collect mail into a new store, you do have a problem with
combining them.

I would first get the *.edb and *.stm files off the tape. Really does not
matter if they come to your system, the customers system, or somewhere else.
You just need the files. Regardless of whether you restore them to your
system or the customers, be very careful that you do not restore them to the
same folder as your *.edb and *.stm files. (unless you first stop all the
exchange services and rename the current files.)

Once they are off the tape, then you can deal with how to get them mounted
in the new system.

If the new system has already started to collect mail into the new store,
you should post here, or in one of the exchange groups for assistance with
that.

The problem with "mount the databases after the restore" may be that you are
not restoring them to a location that the exchange system manager knows
about.


Larry


"Siv" <g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Larry,
I must admit I initially thought of fitting a hardware PCI card, but then
after reading the restore to alternate PC thought that would do the trick.
I am scared of restoring to my box in case it overwrites/stuffs up my
Exchange server as I do use that for collecting my own emails for my
business and the rest of the family.

Would the restored files not obliterate my emails?

Thanks for your response.

Siv

"Larry Struckmeyer" <lstruckmeyer(at)mis-wizards(dot)com> wrote in message
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Hi Siv:

Not addressing any problems with getting the store to mount here. Just
getting it off the tape.

I tend to throw hardware at a project like this.

http://computers.pricegrabber.com/storage-device-controllers/m/534542/

I would probably not even close the case,

Power off
lay it on its side,
plug in the card
set the tape drive on a secure box, clipboard, etc.
attach all the cables.
attach a floppy if the server does not have one
restart
feed it the driver.

If the info you need is on the tape, you should be good to go.

reverse the above, stand the clients server back up on it's feet. :-)

OTOH, you could restore the information store to your server, copy them
to a USB thumb or external drive, and them move them to the client server

Larry


"Siv" <g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,
I posted twice on this subject and both posts never appeared maybe I
inadvertently used a word that blocked the post??

The question:

I have a good backup tape on a Travan tape from a server that was
destroyed. I am now recovering the data from Exchange. My problem is
that the new server is totally SCSI and I cannot fit a Travan tape drive
to it (it has a DAT 72 fitted) so I can't restore the Exchange Server
data directly on the machine. After pouring over a number of MS
Documents I can see there are a number of methods that would allow me to
restore this data if I was restoring the tape on the new machine.

I discovered from the documentation that I can redirect a restore from
one machine to another. My SBS box is in the Sivill.local domain and the
client's new Server is in a domain called completeweedcontrol.local (The
non-fqdn name is CWCLTD, hereafter referred to as CWC).

I have fitted a Travan tape drive to my SBS box as it does have an IDE
connector and then changed the IP address of my box so that it is in the
same subnet as the CWC box using the wizard in "Connect to the
Internet". I wondered if that would cause problems as they are both DHCP
servers but I didn't see anything pop up (the logs may tell a different
story when I get to them??) There were no clients in the network whilst
I was attempting this.

I started the NTBackup utility in non-wizard mode and went to the
Restore tab. I located the "First Storage Group" backup item and clicked
"Restore", I was then offered the option to re-direct the restore to
another database server. The computer I was on is called
"SIVILL\SERVER01" and the new one is "CWCLTD\SERVER02". I had tested
they could see each other through Explorer and I had set the
Administrator user names & passwords to the same values on both
machines.

I clicked the "Browse..." button to see if my server could see the other
one, at first they couldn't but after a while of retrying eventually I
could see the two domains and the SERVER02 computer listed in the CWCLTD
domain. When I tried to select it, there was a small plus symbol as if
there might be a sub entry, but it wouldn't expand out and when I
clicked on the server name "SERVER02" the "OK" button remained greyed
out?

In the end I cancelled this dialog and entered "SERVER02" manually. I
set the temp location for log and patch files to "C:\Temp\Exchange".

I ticked the "Last Restore Set" and "Mount Database After Restore" check
boxes and then clicked OK.

The first and immediate dialog came up saying that the log file path
could not be created, yet when I checked on SERVER02 it had in fact
created the folders. When I OK'd that warning another came up saying:

"The specified computer is not a Microsoft Exchange server or its
Microsoft Exchange services are not started."

I checked and all the usual services were up and running on SERVER02?

Can anyone help me with this as it is getting frustrating. I am back in
at the client's tomorrow and really would like to get their email back
as well as their contact information as they have been through a fairly
major disaster recovery and pretty much everything else has gone well!

Siv







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