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exchange 2003 (on sbs 2003) crash - how to replay or restore transaction logs?
Hello,
Looking for someone who has done this before. I had a nasty sbs 2003 crash where both my backup methods failed. I was able to do a full restore but back to a state as of 2 months ago. I was doing this remotely from vacation overseas with some IT help. Now that i am back, I am able to boot the crashed server off a boot cd with raid drivers loaded. I am copying the exchange folder (MDB's and transactions logs dating back to 2 months ago when the last backup ran). I think there is a way I can restore this? Do I just replace the exchange folder structure or is there a way to replay the logs back into the current exchange database (which in its current state is 2 months old). I have the Information Store service turned off for now until I figure this out correctly.
Also the 2 month old restore was done with a BDR baremetal restore which worked great, it is just old.
Looking for someone who has done this before. I had a nasty sbs 2003 crash where both my backup methods failed. I was able to do a full restore but back to a state as of 2 months ago. I was doing this remotely from vacation overseas with some IT help. Now that i am back, I am able to boot the crashed server off a boot cd with raid drivers loaded. I am copying the exchange folder (MDB's and transactions logs dating back to 2 months ago when the last backup ran). I think there is a way I can restore this? Do I just replace the exchange folder structure or is there a way to replay the logs back into the current exchange database (which in its current state is 2 months old). I have the Information Store service turned off for now until I figure this out correctly.
Also the 2 month old restore was done with a BDR baremetal restore which worked great, it is just old.
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Shaba,
Thanks for the response. To clarify:
* My current exchange 2003 information store (only the 1default storage group) has pub1.edp and priv1.edb from 2 months ago.
*I have been able to copy (to usb drive) the whole \exchsrvr folder from 3 days ago (day of crash) which included the MDBDATA subfolder which has the most recent pub1.ebp and priv1.edb + a ton of transaction log files.
STEPS TO RESTORE:
1. copy \exchsrvr\mdbdata\*.log to the current information store location \exchsrvr\mdbdata
2. do I also copy the *.edb and *.stm or just the *.log files?
3. Then start information store and all associated exchange services and test it out.
Is that right? I doesn't look like I will need eseutil as this is just a simple db.
If so, this would be SUPER helpful as I can do this without bringing down the server and can do it this morning.
Thanks,
Berne
Thanks for the response. To clarify:
* My current exchange 2003 information store (only the 1default storage group) has pub1.edp and priv1.edb from 2 months ago.
*I have been able to copy (to usb drive) the whole \exchsrvr folder from 3 days ago (day of crash) which included the MDBDATA subfolder which has the most recent pub1.ebp and priv1.edb + a ton of transaction log files.
STEPS TO RESTORE:
1. copy \exchsrvr\mdbdata\*.log to the current information store location \exchsrvr\mdbdata
2. do I also copy the *.edb and *.stm or just the *.log files?
3. Then start information store and all associated exchange services and test it out.
Is that right? I doesn't look like I will need eseutil as this is just a simple db.
If so, this would be SUPER helpful as I can do this without bringing down the server and can do it this morning.
Thanks,
Berne
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With microsoft support I had to do a number of other steps eseutil /mh etc. but in essence this got me on the right track...also am really glad I paid for MS support
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Thanks for the response. To clarify:
* My current exchange 2003 information store (only the 1default storage group) has pub1.edp and priv1.edb from 2 months ago.
*I have been able to copy (to usb drive) the whole \exchsrvr folder from 3 days ago (day of crash) which included the MDBDATA subfolder which has the most recent pub1.ebp and priv1.edb + a ton of transaction log files.
STEPS TO RESTORE:
1. copy \exchsrvr\mdbdata\*.log to the current information store location \exchsrvr\mdbdata
2. do I also copy the *.edb and *.stm or just the *.log files?
3. Then start information store and all associated exchange services and test it out.
Is that right? I doesn't look like I will need eseutil as this is just a simple db.
If so, this would be SUPER helpful as I can do this without bringing down the server and can do it this morning.
Thanks,
Berne