Robin,

You can do this. The "auto-select" is selecting all databases by default.
After everything is selected,, you can then de-select the databases
you do not want to restore. This works just fine.

Thanks,

Del

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 10/28/2008
06:32:16 PM:

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> TDP Exchange 2003 Legacy Restore With Differential Backups
>
> Robin Lowe
>
> to:
>
> ADSM-L
>
> 10/28/2008 06:33 PM
>
> Sent by:
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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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> I have a query on the process to use when executing Legacy TDP Exchange
2003
> Restores when using Differential Backups.
>
> My client's environment is MSCS Exchange 2003 Virtual Servers.
> TSM Server is AIX 5.4.3.2
> Windows TSM client is 5.3.4.3 and 5.4.1.2
> TDP 5.3.3
> TDP GUI is used for all restores.
>
> Currently all daily backups using TDP are FULL backups, but as the
volume of
> data grows I am looking at implementing differential backups to reduce
the
> amount of data transferred in the backup window.
>
> The restore process, is to always use the Recovery Storage Group.
> So, a restore of a single Mailstore Database can be safely executed
without
> compromising the live data.
> In order to do this, the Exchange administrator first defines the
database
> to be restored in the RSG, then we run the restore from the Full backup.
>
> When we introduce the Differential backup, does the restore process have
to
> be altered from Mailstore Database granularity to Storage Group by any
> chance?
>
> It appears that when you select the Differential Backup in the GUI
during
> Restore processing, the previous FULL backup appears to select all
mailstore
> DBs in the SG, is this correct?
>
> The worry is that in order to use RSG and Differential restores, the
> Exchange administrator would have to define to the RSG all the mailstore
DBs
> in a Storage Group in order to restore a single mailstore DB.
>
> Surely this cannot be correct; have I missed something in the process?
>
> Thanks
>
> Robin Lowe
> Storage Consultant