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restore Exchange 2003 sp2 to new hardware as a VM
Hi I had an IBM server which was running Win2k3 and Exchange 2003 sp2
this server has crashed the motherboard is toast, I have full backups from last night
I have a server dedicated for daily/nightly backup using Symantec Backup Exec 2010 r2, which backed up the Exchange/info store /mailboxes last night
Since I have a Vmware environment newly deployed, Im thinking of creating a new VM with Windows 2003 sp2, and make this the Exchange Server
question is what steps are required to restore the Exchange back to functioning state?
-install Windows 2003 on the new VM
-on the backup server, do remote agent push install to this new VM, so the backup exec remote agent gets installed
-do I need to install MS Exchange 2003 on the VM?? silly question but I just want step by step instructions
-restore the backups to this new VM
anything else I need to do?
would I give the same server name and IP Address to the new vm?
this server has crashed the motherboard is toast, I have full backups from last night
I have a server dedicated for daily/nightly backup using Symantec Backup Exec 2010 r2, which backed up the Exchange/info store /mailboxes last night
Since I have a Vmware environment newly deployed, Im thinking of creating a new VM with Windows 2003 sp2, and make this the Exchange Server
question is what steps are required to restore the Exchange back to functioning state?
-install Windows 2003 on the new VM
-on the backup server, do remote agent push install to this new VM, so the backup exec remote agent gets installed
-do I need to install MS Exchange 2003 on the VM?? silly question but I just want step by step instructions
-restore the backups to this new VM
anything else I need to do?
would I give the same server name and IP Address to the new vm?
ASKER
ok I am installing Windows 2003 as a new VM right now
but I don't recall how many partitions the IBM Server had - I think it had 3
c:\windows....os partition
e:\ exchange was I think installed here
f:\ was a spare temp drive
so do I keep the same server name and IP Address too?
but I don't recall how many partitions the IBM Server had - I think it had 3
c:\windows....os partition
e:\ exchange was I think installed here
f:\ was a spare temp drive
so do I keep the same server name and IP Address too?
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no you retore everything with Symantec, just install the plan win2003 and Symantec Agent, create the partitions as on the old system then run the restore
BTW, if you had only a mainboard crash why not using the disks in another IBM server. I assume it's a Raid.