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You can't restore your Exchange unless you restore your AD.
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You can't restore your Exchange unless you restore your AD.

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Re-installing from scratch - will use same domain name, same account names... &nbsp;I can't use the backup to restore mailboxes on fresh install? &nbsp;I had understood that this would be possible....?
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Re-installing from scratch - will use same domain name, same account names...  I can't use the backup to restore mailboxes on fresh install?  I had understood that this would be possible....?

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You could restore using portability. &nbsp;Below is a link with the same scenario as you:<br />
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<a href="http://www.ratzblog.com/2012/05/recover-mailboxe-using-database.html?m=1" rel="ugc">http://www.ratzblog.com/2012/05/recover-mailboxe-using-database.html?m=1</a>
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You could restore using portability.  Below is a link with the same scenario as you:

http://www.ratzblog.com/2012/05/recover-mailboxe-using-database.html?m=1 [http://www.ratzblog.com/2012/05/recover-mailboxe-using-database.html?m=1]

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Massive AD corruption on our Server 2008 machine has led us to the point where we are wiping it and re-installing Server 2008 Standard) and Exchange 2010 from scratch (they did and will reside on the same box).<br />
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I've managed to use the Windows Server backup Tool to create an Exchange backup - how do I use the backup to restore user mailboxes once all the software is re-installed.
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Massive AD corruption on our Server 2008 machine has led us to the point where we are wiping it and re-installing Server 2008 Standard) and Exchange 2010 from scratch (they did and will reside on the same box).

I've managed to use the Windows Server backup Tool to create an Exchange backup - how do I use the backup to restore user mailboxes once all the software is re-installed.

Rebuilding Server 2008 and exchange 2010 from scratch

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.

Exchange

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.