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Exchange Mount database from Backup

Hi

I use Acronis B&R 10 to backup an exchange 2007 server, the software takes an image of the server. I need to look at the data on the email server at a given date as a user is missing some emails.
If I were to extract the database.edb file would i be able to transfer this to the live server and mount this into a recovery storage group?

any help would be appreciated.

thanks.

sunnyc7

You cant do that using the backup method you described.

a) you need a exchange-aware VSS backup solution to do an email recovery.
With a image based backup, your best option is to mount it on a VM and then do import/export.

bains1000

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so there is no way i could get into the backup without coverting the images to VM and mounting the complete server?

sunnyc7

You imaged the server.
You didnt back it up to do a single mail item restore.
I believe the answer is no.

You can click on request attention on top and wait for comments from other experts. I think that will be a prudent thing to do.

Ajay Sharma

please try out the following procedure:-
1. Restore your backup to an alternate location
2. Create a recovery storage group on exchange 2007
3. Manually copy your exchange database copy like .edb, logs files etc. to recovery storage group
4. try to make it clean shutdown with the help of essutil whether its through soft repair or hard repair.
5. once it will be in clean shut down state your will able to recover your missing mails
hope it will work for you
Good Luck,

M A

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