Re: Exchange in Recovery Mode

Hi John

Thanks for the prompt response.

At present I'm testing the restore. The idea is to have a machine off-site
that could be located into a new office in the case of disaster with the
intention of restoring the data, public folders and mailboxes. I have no
illusions about the possibility of performing a Directory Services restore.

The backup machine is loaded with an exact copy of the OS, AD (barring the
Information Store) and programs. The intention is to be able to restore from
backup the dynamic stuff (user data, databases and Information Store) without
restoring the whole machine and then attaching new workstations or re-joining
the existing clients.

Ideally therefore I should have a method of restoring the mailboxes from the
backup and not rely on extracting the data from Outlook.

The restore of the data was successful as were the Public Folders. My
current issue is recovering Exchange and finding a method of restoring the
mailboxes successfully without a reload ;¬(.

Your assistance is gratefully received.
--
David @ Solsletta


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

If the hardware is different then you are going to have issues. My next
question, what is your final goal here? Are you wanting a standby server
ready to restore a backup of the production server in case of disaster? Or,
you just wanting to test the recovery of a mailbox from a backup?

--
John Oliver, Jr
MCSE, MCT, CCNA
Exchange MVP 2008
Microsoft Certified Partner


"David" <David@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sorry - really should have stated that it is a Win2003SBS R1 with all SPs.
--
David @ Solsletta


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

Is this an SBS recovery server? Same configuration, meaning same
hardware?

--
John Oliver, Jr
MCSE, MCT, CCNA
Exchange MVP 2008
Microsoft Certified Partner


"David" <David@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a backup server which has exactly the same configuration as the
production server. It is not clustered. I am trialling the DRP

I have successfully restored the Public Folders using NTBackup. Again
using
NTBackup I restored the users' mailboxes but on the first attempt I
failed
to
select the log files but did opt to replay the logs. From a client it
was
possible to access the mailboxes but they were empty and contained no
subfolders. I then retried the restore process selecting the log files
and
opting to replay them.

Now when opening the users' mailbox I have an Exchange in Recovery Mode
error and Outlook exits. I've tried running eseutil /p without
success.

Any ideas, please?
--
David @ Solsletta






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