asked on

Exchange 2007 Mailbox Restore

Hi

i need to restore a mailbox iof a person who left the company a while ago.

i did follow the following.

http://www.symantec.com/connect/articles/how-restore-exchange-2007-mailbox-store-tape-using-backup-exec-12

http://www.trainsignal.com/blog/exchange-server-2007-recovery

but it wont pick up any mailboxes inside the RSG ?

i then checked backup exec and it restored 28gb into the RSG successfully

i then ran a powershell command and see the following. only 2.02mb in size for the RSG

any ideas what to do ?

Zniper

ASKER

This is how the backups are setup for the exchange edb

Ahmed786

Its better you can try this below symantec article.

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH51555

Zniper

ASKER

thanks for that , i did exactly that but still the size is waaaay too small to restore something from it.

SOLUTION

Ahmed786

membership

This solution is only available to members.

To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.

Start Free Trial

Zniper

ASKER

ok iam busy doing that

as per your link it shows that you must use the view by resource tab ?

i need to restore the old data that was stored on the 2 tapes below on the view by media.

and per your link it shows to use view by resource?

i can see the exchange and the correct db but the dates are incorrect ?

Ahmed786

No Problem its ok, it depends on setting of dates, so not to worry, just go ahead and select what you are looking for and update us

Ahmed786

You can also select from media if you remember the media name to which you backed up.

Zniper

ASKER

still nothing.

i restarted exchange server , restarted backup server , disabled anti virus...

now when i restore i only get the following 696 bytes with a successful. :S

must the RSG be mounted or dismounted when doing the restore ? will backup exec delete the files after restore ? (i did put the write lock on the tape)

Zniper

ASKER

iam now restoring to disk and then will try from disk to exchange.

it just doesnt look like backup exec wants to restore into that RSG

SOLUTION

Ahmed786

membership

This solution is only available to members.

To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.

Start Free Trial

Zniper

ASKER

thanks for that. that is the document i started working off from the start.

The steps passed successfully

ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION

Ahmed786

membership

This solution is only available to members.

To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.

Start Free Trial

Zniper

ASKER

ok so i got a edb converter and got the stuff i need that way.

more issues !!! :S

i want to restore but it keeps on giving the following

i have created new exchange administrator user as well, still no luck

Ahmed786

Have u tried with above steps wht i have given u recently.

Ahmed786

Any progress ?

Zniper

ASKER

hi

ahmed we bought kernal EDB - PST software and i got it all restored with the software.

your help have been greatly appreciated. I hate backup exec :S