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Cann't recover single mailbox from RSG in Exchange 2003

I have old NTBackup for Exchange Database, it's from November 2007, after this backup we delete user account and his mailbox from AD.
now we need to recover this mail box.
I creat RSG then recover old database, it was succesfully, and I found the deleted mailbox in the recovery storage group mailbox.
I run Exchange Task to recover mailbox date but the wizard finish with 1 Error:

this is part of XML file:
<summary isWarning="false" errorCode="0xc1050000">The attempt to log on to the Microsoft Exchange Server computer has failed. The MAPI provider failed. Microsoft Exchange Server Information Store ID no: 8004011d-0512-00000000</summary>

my steps was based on the following link:

http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Recovering-Mailboxes-Exchange2003-SP1.html

I'm waiting help and support.

Regards

rakeshmiglani

You might have to use the steps mentioned in http://telnetport25.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/using-recovery-storage-groups-where-the-primary-mailbox-has-been-purged-from-the-store/

Abdul Jalil Abou Alzahab

ASKER

I already check this steps, you need me to know the GUID for deleted user then modify new GUID for new user, I'm not sure if it can solve my issue because I try to do the same steps for deleted mailbox with exist user but receive the sane error, so I think this is not from GUID.

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Bertling

are you using the administrator account? also you need to specify send as/ receive as permissions to the RSG for the administrator to use exmerge to pull the mailbox out.

Bertling

also the mailbox you are trying to restore... does it stil lexistin in AD? or has it been deleted?

Abdul Jalil Abou Alzahab

ASKER

No, The account deleted from long time, we create a new user with the same name.
I didn't use Exmerg yet, I tried to recover using Exchange Tasks-> Recover mailbox data.

Regards

Abdul Jalil Abou Alzahab

ASKER

I'm using administrator account...

Regards

Bertling

ok but the new user accoutn wil have different GUID? also have you checked the permissions are not set to deny for the administrator for send as / receive as on the RSG?

Abdul Jalil Abou Alzahab

ASKER

yes you right, it have diffriend GUID, what we have to do in this case, someone told me that it's enough to create a new user with same name and acoount name, we will able to reconnet mailbox.
no I didn'y check Permission, what is ur recommecation?

Regards

Bertling

check these vids how to permit send as/ receive as
http://www.netometer.com/video/tutorials/xmperm/index.php

Abdul Jalil Abou Alzahab

ASKER

I didn't understant y u need to troubleshoot Exmerg, I told u, I'm not using exmerg now I use Exchange Tasks-> Recover mailbox data.
I tried to recover another deleted mailbox to exist user in AD, I got the same error, so our issue her is not GUID.

Regards

Bertling

a-jaleel, if you persist to be rude an arogant then people like me are not going to bother helping you!

however using exmerg is another option for you to test.

im 99% sure your issue is with the GUID.

i have repkicated you issue and i have found that it is the misspatch of the guid with the new user.

i know your NOT using EXMERGE. but please follow my instructions.

download exmerge: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=429163ec-dcdf-47dc-96da-1c12d67327d5&displaylang=en

extract the files on the exchange server to the c:\program files\exchsrvr\bin directory

Run exmerge on the exchange server and select the 2 step process. click next
select the step1 to extract the data from the exchange server. click next
enter the exchange server name, you can leave the other 2 boxes blank, click next
tick the recovery storage group box, click next
Next please advise if you get a error warning box about a problem with 1 or more mailboxes and asking you to refer to the exmerge.ini file?

please can you advise this to me then i can tell you what to do next to resolve this problem.

Bertling

"I tried to recover another deleted mailbox to exist user in AD, I got the same error, so our issue her is not"

the GUID will be the same as the user still is in AD but its just their mailbox which is deleted.

Abdul Jalil Abou Alzahab

ASKER

I think there is miss understanding, I was trying to explaine that I'm not using Exmerg when I got the error, Thanks for ur advise, let me test ur recomendation using Exmerg tools and will update you soon.

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shaoman

Hello,
I agree with Bertling. The issue is about the msExchMailboxGuid attribute that doesn't match with the original one from the deleted user account.
A user account has to be recreated and match the msExchMailboxGuid.
One way to make sure is to try to exmerge the mailbox from RSG to a pst and when you'll get an error, go check the exmerge.log for the error.
It will then state for the required mailboxguid.
The only trick is that the way it is stated in the log file is in a HEX format.
You have to rebuild it in the following way:
break out the couplets from each group and treat the by 2, if there are more than 2 characters in a couplet, treat the following characters as an individual character.
When you have everything sorted, you'll have to translate all the non HEX characters to HEX.
You can check any website such as "http://www.cs.mun.ca/~michael/c/ascii-table.html" to translate them.
You then just have to modify the msExchMailboxGuid for the AD account you juste created with a tool such as adsiedit or ADExplorer from sysinternals.
You may have to wait for domain controllers to replicate until you'll achieve to exmerge correctly.
This is what I once had to experience. It worked for me...

Abdul Jalil Abou Alzahab

ASKER

I can\t use this steps because it's not recomennded from microsoft, I found that I need to create recovary exchange server for that.

Thanks and best Regards