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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...
  • pkh's avatar
    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.