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Restore Mailbox
What is the best way to restore several months worth of mailboxes to a Recovery Storage Group? I am new to Exchange and from what I have read, the restored mailbox will be in a disconnected state. Can I create an AD account and connect the mailbox to that account and then create a pst? For the next months restore...will it write over the first restore? The users are currently active and we don't want them to be disturbed by the restore.
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Where do I create the RSG folder? Can I name the AD account and restored mailbox something different from the original name?
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Thank you so much for your response to this. It gives me a great starting point.
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To redirect a restore to another server which has the RSG configured on it, do I need to create storage groups with the same name as the storage groups being restored?
You would need to mount the edb in an RSG on the server you want to restore a mailbox to.
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So I have a storage group called RSG with a database called RecoveryDB on a different server from where the backup took place. I am restoring Storage Group 12. Do I need to create a Storage Group 12 db on the RSG? I will mount the edb before the restore as you stated.
The mailstore needs to be restored. To the same server that the original store is.
Have you followed the technet article?
you will restore your mailbox database on to a server which has exchange installed in a different location
now in your production or test exchange server, you will then use the EMC > TOOLS > Recovery storage options etc
to mount that restored database into a "Recovery Storage Group"
Once the database is mounted successfully, you will then use Powershell to restore mailbox or mailboxes.
You can create a template or test mailbox called "MYRestores"
within that you can then restore to different folders for different users.
hope that helps
now in your production or test exchange server, you will then use the EMC > TOOLS > Recovery storage options etc
to mount that restored database into a "Recovery Storage Group"
Once the database is mounted successfully, you will then use Powershell to restore mailbox or mailboxes.
You can create a template or test mailbox called "MYRestores"
within that you can then restore to different folders for different users.
hope that helps
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Forgive my newness to all of this. We discoverd the option in the backup software to restore to a Recovery Storage Group. It is now not detecting the RSG. Thank you for your patience.
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I keep reading that you should name your recovery storage group the same as production. We named it RSG and the mailbox database is called RecoverySG. Is this ok? Our goal is to restore a mailbox from a year ago so we are restoring the storage group the mailbox is in to the RSG on another server. The restore is failing and I hope I have the RSG setup correctly.
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Found an answer to the storage group issue. Symantec was very helpful.
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I have restored the storage group but now it will not mount. Status is blank. I am trying to mount thru the toolbox utility Database Management utility. Any suggestions??
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I hate to sound so pitiful but I really need help. I have created the RSG and was able to restore the storage group. I tried to use the toolbox, Database Management utility to Copy/merge the restored mailbox and it says the Mailbox Database is not mounted. I checked thru EMC and it says it is mounted. Very frustrated. It should not be such a difficult process.
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Yes, I have read the link and when I try to mount the database using the method you described I get the following error, Unable to mount Mailbox Database(hr=0x80004005, ec=550).
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Thanks for responding. It was necessary to run eseutl and you are correct, I was able to mount the database. Our backup software did provide a way to play the logs.
Pure Sweetness. Glad you were able to get it, and thanks for the points, those are my first!
See here for more information: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997694(EXCHG.80).aspx