sanehpal
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Exchange database recovery. No server, Just priv1.edb file
Hey guys, I have a client whos server died. and the only thing they backed up was the exchang priv1.edb file and pub1.edb file. The old server is gone, the user list is gone,... everything. is gone. I want to know if there is a utility that can read/extract the emails from the database. Or if it is even possible to mount this database onto another exchange server just so i can maybe recover some of the emails?
All help would be appriciated.
All help would be appriciated.
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I think that'S the only thing you can use btw.. if their backup was not an exchange aware backup, just restoring the edb file doesnt do anything..
do they have a backup of active directory of a live AD database still running?
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No active Directory backup. Like I said they have nothing. not even a complete list of all users.
You will have to use the application I provided, I've never seen anything else do it..
well even if you do get exchange running again,, it will be useless,,, as exchange is 100% reliant on AD and you dont have AD.
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Either Accept Yan_west or Split Yan_west and me - it's a bit hard to be sure that either suggestion is 100% workable without the .stm file...