This is only true if you are restoring the directory.
If you are only restoring the PRIV and PUB database then the machine name
does not have to be the same.
The org name should be the same though.

Mark


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boireau, Eric (MED) [SMTP:BOIREER AT EUROMSX.GEMSE DOT FR]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 9:54 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Restoring Exchange
>
> When you restore an Exchange server. You have to restore it on the "same"
> machine. In fact, in your case you have to make a mirror of the production
> box.
> Same Name, Same domain, Same FileSystem then restore Exchange DB. To do
> the
> restore you have to do it on a separate network.
> I agree that is not an easy operation. It is the same for all backup
> product.
> It is not due to adsm but to Exchange
> Eric
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ittner, Sean [mailto:Sean.Ittner AT SEA.SIEMENS DOT COM]
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 3:25 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Restoring Exchange
>
>
> Hello all - I am a newbie here but I thought I understood ADSM.  I am
> trying
> to restore my exchange database to another machine so that I can recover a
> mailbox.  I have followed all the steps from both the ADSM documentation
> and
> the Microsoft documentation but I cannot get the Information Store to
> restart after I have restored it.  The event viewer reports problems with
> the transaction logs and not being able to read them.  Am I missing a
> step?
> I installed exchange to the same service level, set the logging to match
> the
> production machine (no circular logging), restored the private database
> using the ADSM agent......
> Anyone have experience making this work?
>
> Sean Ittner
> Siemens Energy & Automation