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BCT-Tech
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10 years ago

How to restore Exchange 2003 mailbox with BE 10d

We need to recover 2 mailboxes from a LTO3 tape backup with Backup Exec 10d.  The Exchange Server (2003) has long been decomissioned and is not accessible.

We have a Windows 2003 Server and BE 10d installed, and the LTO tape drive working.

What are the steps needed to extract the 2 mailboxes?

Thanks!

 

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  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    10 years ago

    You would need a server with Exchange 2003 to recover the mailboxes.  These mailboxes cannot be recovered using a newer version of Exchange.  This is a Microsoft limitation.

    If you have BE 2014 which is the latest version, then you could restore the mailboxes to PST's, thus eliminating the need for an Exchange server.

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  • pkh's avatar
    pkh
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    You would need a server with Exchange 2003 to recover the mailboxes.  These mailboxes cannot be recovered using a newer version of Exchange.  This is a Microsoft limitation.

    If you have BE 2014 which is the latest version, then you could restore the mailboxes to PST's, thus eliminating the need for an Exchange server.

  • VJware's avatar
    VJware
    Level 6
    10 years ago

    PST restores would be possible only if this was a GRT enabled backup. And if the backup was GRT enabled, then pkh's suggestion of restoring to .pst would be the easiest option.


     

  • CraigV's avatar
    CraigV
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    ...there is another way around this...duplicate the Information Store to disk to get the *.edb file. Once done, use an application "Kernel for Exchange" to pull the information out of the *.edb into a *.pst.

    It works well, and I've used it in the past before restoring to PST came with BE 2012 (which I never bothered to install) or where I couldn't do a straight restore to Exchange with BE.

    Thanks!

  • CraigV's avatar
    CraigV
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    10d SHOULD be the same as the link below, just check it out and see:

    http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH24544

    You would want to duplicate existing backup sets.

    Thanks!

  • BCT-Tech's avatar
    BCT-Tech
    Level 2
    10 years ago

    I tried duplicating the information store to disk, with 3 different tapes. It would write some data to the recovery folder, then error out saying "the storage device has failed".

    I uninstalled BE11d and installed BE 2014. I have tried twice now to restore the Exchange data. It sees the mailbox store, but errors out with "Connection to the restore target has been lost".

    I have installed all the lastest patches to 2014.

    Any ideas?