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ive recreated the mailbox name and attempted a restore... no dice! how do i do this?!
Dan
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accidental deleted mailbox exch5.5. can't restore.access is denied 1
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StevieWonder
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do not recreate the mailbox, just restore the mailbox from the backup.
StevieWonder
StevieWonder
I too have need of this -- it seems that "re-creating the mailboxes" is indeed a step that is suggested.
IN BE 8.6, with Exchange 5.5, I have brick level mailbox backups for three Mailboxes that have since been deleted -- the mailboxes do not exist on the Exchange Server any longer.
I need to restore the contents of these three mailboxes in order to make pst files from them.
It does not matter if I redirect the Restore to another mailbox even -- which again, is one of those things that "looks like it will work" from the Veritas User 8.6 Manual -- which granted is vague
Yes you can do it -- No, mailbox restores MUST go into existing mailboxes of the same name as the mailbox the backup was done from...
what is the Truth?
Help.
I also have Information Store and Dir Store backups
AS WELL AS
"brick level mailbox backups"
My goal is to get the mailbox data from three no-longer-existing on the Exchange Server mailboxes restored
to ANY mailbox -- same name recreated or not -- long enough to export a pst file for each one of the 3 to have on hand if needed.
IN BE 8.6, with Exchange 5.5, I have brick level mailbox backups for three Mailboxes that have since been deleted -- the mailboxes do not exist on the Exchange Server any longer.
I need to restore the contents of these three mailboxes in order to make pst files from them.
It does not matter if I redirect the Restore to another mailbox even -- which again, is one of those things that "looks like it will work" from the Veritas User 8.6 Manual -- which granted is vague
Yes you can do it -- No, mailbox restores MUST go into existing mailboxes of the same name as the mailbox the backup was done from...
what is the Truth?
Help.
I also have Information Store and Dir Store backups
AS WELL AS
"brick level mailbox backups"
My goal is to get the mailbox data from three no-longer-existing on the Exchange Server mailboxes restored
to ANY mailbox -- same name recreated or not -- long enough to export a pst file for each one of the 3 to have on hand if needed.
StevieWonder
Technical User
Perhaps this will help:
It's about restoring a mailbox in exchange 5.5
StevieWonder
It's about restoring a mailbox in exchange 5.5
StevieWonder
Thanks Stevie Wonder -- that is a good idea aboutthe "non-Production Exchange Server -- but we do not have the luxury as yet for a "Server that has Exchange on it other than the production one.
I found that I was able to "use" an existing Mailbox on our Production Exchange Server -- and re-direct the Mailbox restores (one at a time) to this "Vacant" mailbox.
Then I could let my own Outlook see that Mailbox as an additional mailbox -- export the contents of the re-directed Restore to a .PST file -- build a brand new mailbox for the person whose original mailbox was deleted; and Import that PST file into it; thus having what is desired -- a way to see all the old emails of the former employee whose Mailbox was deleted without a PST file being made prior to his mailbox being deleted.
The "non-production Exchange Server" is still a good idea -- this whole method is cumbersome...
and even for the past employees who DO have the PST file created -- there is still substantial TIME involved in "setting up a mailbox to Import the old PST file INTO
(a process which sometimes takes 2-3 hours of sheer Import on a large PST file)
The goal is, on the one hand -- not to have the Exchange Server "cluttered up" with Mailboxes for departed employees -- EVEN IF THEY ARE HIDDEN they still take up space on the Exchange Server...
and on the other hand...
to be able to say "here they are, Sir!" when a request is made to
"see all the emails that former employee Joe Blow sent a year ago to Company X"
because, like I say -- even with a .pst file available, there is still the task of Importing it into a mailbox to truly "get at" the old emails
The "non-production Exchange Server" looks better and better
I found that I was able to "use" an existing Mailbox on our Production Exchange Server -- and re-direct the Mailbox restores (one at a time) to this "Vacant" mailbox.
Then I could let my own Outlook see that Mailbox as an additional mailbox -- export the contents of the re-directed Restore to a .PST file -- build a brand new mailbox for the person whose original mailbox was deleted; and Import that PST file into it; thus having what is desired -- a way to see all the old emails of the former employee whose Mailbox was deleted without a PST file being made prior to his mailbox being deleted.
The "non-production Exchange Server" is still a good idea -- this whole method is cumbersome...
and even for the past employees who DO have the PST file created -- there is still substantial TIME involved in "setting up a mailbox to Import the old PST file INTO
(a process which sometimes takes 2-3 hours of sheer Import on a large PST file)
The goal is, on the one hand -- not to have the Exchange Server "cluttered up" with Mailboxes for departed employees -- EVEN IF THEY ARE HIDDEN they still take up space on the Exchange Server...
and on the other hand...
to be able to say "here they are, Sir!" when a request is made to
"see all the emails that former employee Joe Blow sent a year ago to Company X"
because, like I say -- even with a .pst file available, there is still the task of Importing it into a mailbox to truly "get at" the old emails
The "non-production Exchange Server" looks better and better
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