Hi, My server 200 with exchange 5.5 crashed. I got it back but in a very bad state. Rather than re-build it I decided to replace the disks and upgrade to server 2003. I have 2003 running but I could not install exchange 5.5 so installed exchange 2003 now I need to know a way to get the exchange 5.5 data into exchange 2003. I have a backup of the Mdbdata file and associated files.
Thank you
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You cannot import Exchange 5.5 data in to Exchange 2003.
Therefore you have two options only.
1. Install an Exchange 5.5 server, restore the data to that and then migrate to Exchange 2003 correctly.
2. Purchase On Track Power Controls to extract the raw data.
Of the two, option 1 would be my preference.
Simon.
Thanks for the info, If I had knwn this I would not have installed server 2003. Is this the only way? Build another 2000 server, then setup exchange 5,5 and then somehow get the data inported again? Can you lwet me know the exact provedure? I made a backup using vertitas ver 9 using the exchange module and aslo copied all the data prior to killing the system so I have all the data, i just need to know how to get at it. Many thanks.
The disaster recovery process for Exchange 5.5 is well documented on msexchange.org, microsoft.com and others. If you don't want to use third party recovery tools then a DR is the only way to get the data back. Once you have the server up you can follow Veritas instructiosn for restoring the database data from the backup.
Simon.
Many thanks for your suggestions, none of seemed very exciting to try. I did manage to get the data back however using a utility i purchased on the net called Nucleus, which got my mailboxes back from the EDB file. The utility was $210 but worth it.
I do however have a related question. I took the 18.1 disks out of the system x4 (RAID 5) also the mirrored driver 18.1GB x2 (RAID1) and replaced them with 36.4 GB drives full RAID 5 with 6 drives. I am using a proliant 370 server and smart array raid controller 3200. I I down the server put the original disks in will i be able to access the old data? Also if I then take them out and put back the new disks will i be able to access the new server that i built. The question is by removing the disks will the RAID card hold any important conf data?
The ML370 Compaq is a very forgiving system. I have dozens of them still running.
The RAID Configuration Data is stored on the Drives. The smart raid card does give access to setting up the drives and raid.
I suggest you start up the server (with the new disks in place) through the Smart Start Utilities and save the existing config to floppy. This allows you to re-read it after you've done your playing.
Down the server completely removing all power sources including network (pull all the pugs and cables to be safe) and install the old disks. DO NOT leave any new ones in the system.
Start it up again with the Smart Start Disk and let the RAID be recognized once more. A restart after that should see the old system going.
Good Luck, that's a technical term for crossing your fingers.
When you've finished do the same again with the new disks (Keep the order preserved in both changes)
Running Smart Start and restoring the config, if you need to. Disk order is important.
Nucleus was a good choice.
Gary
Many thanks for all your suggestions. Now it seems that i have no choice but to re-build te original win 20000 system (recover). What i do not want to do is power down put the old disks in with the existing RAID 3200 card do my recovery (if possible) then power down and put the new disks with the newely built 2003 system and have that not come up since it has taken me ages to re-build with excahnge and having to put 50 users back on the domain. I have a spare compaq smart 1p 2 ch wide SCSI card and a compaq smart 2sl 1 ch wide SCSI card, so wonder if i talke out the original 3200 scsi card with the new disks, put in one of the scsi cards mentioned, put the old disks and try to get the system back. BAckup does exist but on 2 mirrroed disks, no backup exists (2 drive on the array b. Any help apprecaited.
I understand your caution and it is wise.
How important is the date on the other disk (old ones)?
If the data is critical then a more conservative method would be to do a serious backup or clone of the new drives before proceeding.
There is clearly a danger that my previous suggestion does not work and leaves you stranded. Wouldn't want that to happen.
You could try on a different controller but I don't know how lucky you would be.
Thanks for sharing the concern, well any data lost is important. If i took out the controller and the new disks and then mucked around with anotehr controller with the old disks would i then be able to put back the original controller with the new disks and have everyting working? I am assuming that the only dependant items are the controller and the disks eveything else should have no impact?
If you do an ASR backup and then a Full Backup using NTBackup it is important to stop all unnecessary services, especially Exchange etc so the impact will be minimal. Changing the drives as I described previously will then have the least potential for failure and the greatest potential for prior data recover.
I would use a 500GB USB Drive for both backups and data recovery storage so all that would be required to get it going again would be to install a basic OS which would be used to restore over.
Done this many times but it is important to have good solid backups. I havent had to use then previously except where I tried to shortcut th process. Backups are everything.
Let me know what you decide and how it goes.
Gary
Gary,
Are you suggesting that I change the drives with the original controller after doing an ASR NTbackup? Or if i use another controller? if i take out the controller and teh harddisk and put in the old harddisk and aanother controller, mess around and see if i can get the data, should I then be able to take that controller out put original backl with the new disks and everythign should work as normally since nothing else should affect the configuration?
many thanks,
marc
Marc
Run up the Smart Start Disk and save the new RAID config to a floppy.
Do your ASR NTBackup.
You can then recover all the structure, OS and all.
I would do it on the original box with the original controller. You stand the best chance of success. If you put it into another box it will probably not start due to device differences.
This will be my last response for a while as I'm off overseas later today and wont be near a computer for several days
Good luck
Gary
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by: consultkhanPosted on 2008-04-14 at 00:39:12ID: 21348187
check this article
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