Hi Christian,

You are correct. DP/Exchange restores the database and
extracts the data. Microsoft does not support pulling a
single mailbox or single mail-item from a full backup
and so DP/Exchange uses supported methods in order to
restore individual mailbox data from full legacy and VSS backups.
The point I was trying to make was that it is all handled
under the covers for you automatically.
With DP/Exchange, you enter a command like:
    TDPEXCC RESTOREMAILBOX svensson
and DP/Exchange figures out which backup, which storage group,
which database, etc., creates the recovery storage group/database,
restores the mailbox database into the recovery storage group/database,
extracts the specified data, sends it to the desired location,
and then cleans up after itself. Some customers are happy with the
tools built into Exchange for mailbox/mailitem recovery,
but other like what DP/Exchange offers.

Thanks,

Del

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu> wrote on 05/05/2010
01:35:35 AM:

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> SV: TDP for Exch Mailbox Restore
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> Christian Svensson
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> to:
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> ADSM-L
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> 05/05/2010 01:38 AM
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> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu>
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> Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
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> Hi Del,
> Isn't TDP 6.x.x restoring the entire Database first, then it's
> automatic pulling out the selected mailbox?
> Or is it only restoring the mailbox from that dataset?
>
> Best Regards
> Christian Svensson
>