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scottestes
Level 2
9 years ago

Recover expired backup set from tape

I am trying to restore a mailbox from a saved mailbox database.  The backup set is on tape and shows as expired, therefore it does not show up when selecting from the backup sets, and it is within th...
  • pkh's avatar
    9 years ago
    Even if the backup set had expired, as long as the tape had not been overwritten, the backup set is still on the tape. This is why you can duplicate it to disk.. Go to the Storage tab, find the disk storage to which you have duplicated the backup set. Click on it and you should see the list if backup sets on it. You can then right-click on the desired backup set and select restore