There is quite a bit of information on how to do this in the Microsoft
Exchange Administration Guide written by Microsoft.
However, David is on the right track, the computer is on the network, just
not part of the NT domain. This is so that the systems don't freak out by
seeing two exchange servers with the same infomations store.
The Exchange admins should have a guide on how to do this, other wise I'm
positive you can buy the Exchange Admin Guide on Amazon. Also there is some
info in the VERITAS Exchnage Extension Guide. Here is a little info I have
from a previous life,
Server Restoration Procedures
Single Mailbox Restore - when you need to restore a mailbox because
it was accidentally deleted or a user deleted a message and needs to recover
it.
Note A user can recover any deleted items (mailbox or public folder)
from the server for up to 3 days without any administrator intervention.
This new feature in Exchange 5.5 is called the Deleted Item Recovery.
Outlook client has a new feature called Recover Deleted Items, which enables
the user to recover any deleted items. TRW messaging team has agreed to set
the maximum days to keep deleted items to 3 days.
The hot-spare server should already have been configured with
Windows NT and Exchange Server (Org and Site) to receive the restoration of
the private information store. If not, Windows NT Server needs to be
installed and configured, the server name must be unique (EXSP99, EXRC99),
and it must join the SEGEXCHANGE NT domain.
Install the Exchange Server software and when prompted to "Join an
Existing Site" or "Create a new Site", ensure that you choose the option to
"Create a New Site" and name it accordingly, Org:TRW and Site:SEGSP or SEGRC
as in the production system. The server should also be on the production
network for ease of transferring the recovered PST file to the target host.
Also, install the Outlook client on this recovery server.
Note that the server name of the restore machine needs to be unique
for the single mailbox restore procedure. Also note that the dir.edb will
not be restored from tape, only the priv.edb. In the event that the dir.edb
is restored, no replication will occur since the spare server will have a
different server name than the server from which the tape is being restored
from. The worse case if this happens is the dir.edb will sense that the
server name and the Exchange server name from the dir.edb is different and
the DS service will not start. Note: As an ultimate precaution to prevent
unwanted directory replication, administrators can unhook the cabling
linking the restore server to the network until the restore is complete and
the mailbox is recovered.
Restore the Information Store From Tape
1. Restore the private information store to the server. (include the
priv.edb, patch files and transaction logs)
2. Select ERASE ALL EXISTING DATA.
3. After the restore, start the DS and IS services and then perform the
DS/IS Consistency Adjustment.
Recover User Mailbox
1. Log onto the recovery server using the Windows NT Administrator ID.
2. Run Microsoft Exchange Administrator program.
3. Select the recipients container and double click on the desired
user's mailbox name.
4. From the GENERAL tab, select the button PRIMARY WINDOWS NT ACCOUNT.
5. From the "Primary Windows NT Account" dialogue box select "SELECT AN
EXISTING WINDOWS NT ACCOUNT" and then select OK.
6. From the ADD USER OR GROUP screen select ADMINISTRATOR, select the
ADD button and then select OK.
7. Select OK on the User Property screen.
8. Configure a profile for the desired user.
9. Add a Personal folder file to the profile.
10. Run the Microsoft Outlook client on the recovery server.
11. Highlight the "Mailbox - USERNAME" on the left panel.
12. Select the first folder or item in the list on the right panel.
13. From the pulldown menu select EDIT, SELECT ALL.
14. From the pulldown menu select FILE, COPY.
15. In the Copy screen highlight the PERSONAL FOLDER and then select OK.
All data will be copied to this PST file.
16. Copy the PST file to the destination location. This can be done via
tape backup and restore if necessary.
17. Add this PST to the user's profile on the production server and or
send the PST to the end user with instructions. You may need to send this
on a tape. If you have network access, you might copy this recovered PST to
the desired server.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Miriam Ben-Haim [mailto:miriam AT techunix.technion.ac DOT il]
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 10:56 PM
To: David A. Chapa
Cc: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] restore of Exchange 5.5 mailbox
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, David A. Chapa wrote:
>The way I have seen this exchange recovery is to
>restore the entire store to another machine (off the
>network since it has to have the same name, etc as the
>production machine to work), bring up the exchange
>server on this machine (still off network), recover the
>mail box in question to the file system. Then getting
>the recovered email to the production server.
>
>I'm not an exchange person and I don't even pretend to
>be, I am just commenting on what labor I have witnessed
>in the past of some of the Admins I have worked with.
>
>I may have missed some steps...but that's basically it.
I'm not an 'exchange person' either, but I just finished installing the
Veritas exchange agent on our management's main NT server, and I wonder
about what you say here:
How can you restore anything to a machine that is off the network with
NetBackup?
Miriam
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