recover exchange from online backup

[jono11]

We lost the drive with our priv and pub edb files. I replaced the drive, restored the information store with backup exec. I can not get the IS service to load. SA, DS and MTS come up OK. I ran isinteg -patch but no luck.

What have I missed?

 

[Griffyn]

You must be getting some messages in the event log. What are they?

 

[SimonDavis]

When you say you restored the info store, did you restore the exchange directory as well?

Sorry if that's an obvious thing to suggest, but I once forgot to do it, and it took me hours to figure out! I use Arcserve, which backs up the directories in a different session.

 

[jono11]

Simon

No I did not. I'm sure life would have been easier had I restored both services.

I recovered the exchange edb files. I found a reg key for restore in process which seems to have held up the recovery. I deleted the key and ran isinteg -patch and all services are up and running.

Thanks again for the advise

J