Exchange 2003 restore on Netbackup

[wardog25]

We are trying to test backup and recovery for our Exchange 2003 server. So as a test, I go into Backup and restore mode and select our smallest Message store (to make the test as quick as possible). I also select the log files.

I tell it to restore to Microsoft Information Store:\RSG\
on our exchange server (we only have 1 exchange server that holds mailboxes).

I have done this I don't know how many times. Each time I change a few options or something and every time it fails.

it gives this error:

unable to create object for restore: Microsoft Information Store:\RSG\MessageStore4
unable to create object for restore: Microsoft Information Store:\RSG\Log files_1220760007 (BEDS 0x2000FE1B: FS_NO_MORE_DLE)
- Commit is set, but no log files are included in this restore request. Log files are required to perform Exchange database recovery.
- You must restore the logs from the last backup set for Microsoft Information Store:\RSG\ by itself for proper recovery.

But if I try the log files separately, it still gives the same error. What's the deal?

 

[billo101]

I'm getting this same issue. we can restore other files to the exchange server but not the information stores.

Any ideas ?

unable to create object ..... a communications error has occured.

 

[billo101]

I got the answer to this. our client was at the wrong patch level.
upgraded to 5.1 MP5. restore worked fine.

 

[wardog25]

That's not the issue for ours. Both client and server are 6.5

 

[NickFerrar]

Have you created the RSG for the store you want to restore?

 

[wardog25]

Yes, I created one named RSG and tried to restore to that.

I heard someone say in another forum that I needed to create one with the same name as the SG I'm trying to restore. But that doesn't make sense, because I'm trying to restore one that is already live on that server. So it won't let me create an SG with that name because it already exists.