It's a very safe and simple process. We do it all the time and we manage 18 
Exchange Servers at different locations.
We have an Exchange restore server at all the Exchange sites to which we 
restore the Information Store. Then we extract the users mailbox.

Rajesh Oak
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On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 11:27:50
 Bruce Kamp wrote:
>I have done it a couple of times without causing any problems.....  I
>followed the manual.
>
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>Bruce Kamp
>Midrange Systems Analyst II
>Memorial Healthcare System
>E: bkamp AT mhs DOT net
>P: (954) 987-2020 x4597
>F: (954) 985-1404
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>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Stapleton [mailto:stapleto AT BERBEE DOT COM]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 11:19 AM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Re: restoring exchange in seperate environment
>
>
>On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 09:18, Tuyl Adrie, A.C. van wrote:
>> What is the safest way to restore an exchange server in a seperate
>> environment (to extract one mailbox for instance). My Exchange
>> Administrator doesn't have full confidence that the method described
>> in the manual, i.e. restoring in the same domain, but without joining
>> an existing site is safe. He's afraid of double connectors, double
>> mail etc, double servers in the site etc.
>
>It is absolutely safe, as long as you follow the instructions in the TDP for
>Exchange manual. I've done it (or seen it done) a dozen times. Your Exchange
>administrator needs to read the MS docs on this process; it's well
>documented.
>
>--
>Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
>


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