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sbs 2003 failed hardware restore from backup
Hi - I have a server with 2 bad drives (raid 1) so I am reloading sbs 2003 sp2 from scratch. Here is how I have it backed up. The system state via ntbackup, its own backup file , the information store, its own backup file. I backup the rest of the server via robocopy so I have live files. My question is what steps do I need to use to restore this server. Currently I have the os installed but I have not setup the small business server side if it, I cancelled the installation on my first login. The server is the same IP and name...
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Thanks I did have this documentation but didn't know if I could use the live files somehow. I don't know if I have a list of the user accounts to recreate them...
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how would I do an exmerge using my information store backup after I reinstall sbs from cds. can i get public folders as well and is it done the same way as the email accounts? sorry for all of the questions just in a pinch and need to have it back up by monday.
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so what is the best way to get my mailboxes back from my backup???
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what options do I use to restore the ntbackup of the information store. Do I restore it to its original location or to a folder on the server.
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fyi I was able to restore the server using the robocopy backup files and the system restore. I only had a few errors but I have corrected most of them. Exchange is the last thing I have to do. I can mount the store but the edb and stm files were in use "via robocopy" so I am trying to restore them with my ntbackup file. see the post above.
Restore to another location. Then go through the recovery steps. Once mounted, you can move the mailbox data back into the current store.
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When I go to mount the recovery store I get an error and creates new edb files with nothing in them and I can't change to the correct files.
Sorry to leave you mid-question khoopes. I Was away for an extended weekend, but I see others have assisted.
SBS will only support one store. I assume you dismounted the default SBS stores before trying to mount the restored file? Have you verified the permissions were copied with RoboCopy to the backup and to the new location? If you cannot mount the store you could try using Exmerge as per:
http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/403
If you don't have many users you can also export the users Outlook data to a *.pst from their workstation, create a new profile, and then re-import into Outlook.
Once successful I would run the SBS BPA and see if you have any other major issues. I am surprised this method worked as well as it did. You don't want to find out two weeks from now other features, updates, etc. are failing.
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=5334
SBS will only support one store. I assume you dismounted the default SBS stores before trying to mount the restored file? Have you verified the permissions were copied with RoboCopy to the backup and to the new location? If you cannot mount the store you could try using Exmerge as per:
http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/403
If you don't have many users you can also export the users Outlook data to a *.pst from their workstation, create a new profile, and then re-import into Outlook.
Once successful I would run the SBS BPA and see if you have any other major issues. I am surprised this method worked as well as it did. You don't want to find out two weeks from now other features, updates, etc. are failing.
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=5334
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Thanks for everyone's help. Most of the answers would have applied if I backed up correctly in the first place but I was able to work around it and make it work...
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