Restoring Mailboxes

[colin81]

Hi

Does anyone know of a way to restore users mailboxes once they have been deleted?

Thanks for Reading
Colin

 

[Grenage]

If you have a brick level backup then no problem, if not you will need to restore to another exchange server and export from there.

 

[patelbg2003]

Usually depends on what backup software / method you are using. Usually theirs only two types Mailbox backups or Brick level (Priv & Pub.edb).

I user Veritas 8.5 backup software and do a full backup of the IS and DS every night, So If I wanted to recover a mailbox I would have to recreate a exact duplicate of my exchange 5.5 server and recover a backup.

Ontrack have produced software while allows to restore a priv.edb file to any server and recover using their software, but I have not investigated how the software works at present (

http://www.ontrack.com/powercontrols/)

thread10-496136 Patel


Hope this helps!!

 

[colin81]

Hi Guys

Thanks for the reply, I was sort of hoping there might be another way around these options....very hopeful I know! My company did not buy the backup exec for exchange when they had the chance so im stuck doing a whole restore to a new server by the looks of it

Thanks for your time....im off to lay some bricks

Colin

 

[fuego007]

If you are not using backup software that is 'Exchange-aware', your databases are probably not being backed up. Check your backup logs. If priv.edb, pub.edb, dir.edb, etc. are being skipped because they're open, then you don't have a proper exchange backup. If you didn't install an Exchange client for your backup software, this is probably the case.

Please post to this thread to let me know.

Bob

 

[colin81]

Hi Bob

We do backup priv.edb, pub.edb, dir.edb etc. Services are closed prior to backup by a batch file and then backed up on arcserve 2k, we do not have the capability to retore single mailboxes etc

Thanks for your concern
Colin

 

[30362]

You can use the Ontrack Power Controls software to extract a single mailbox from the EDB file, just restore the file somewhere else on your network (doesn't have to be on to an Exchange server) and then point Power Controls at the file.

You then create a PST file and move whatever you want in a drag-and-drop GUI.