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Sagar_Kolhe's avatar
Sagar_Kolhe
Level 6
8 years ago

Exchange 2013 Restore- Need help

Hello All, I need help for restoration of exchange 2013 database backup (one user mailbox) on recovery database created on the one of the mailbox server. I am not able to find the exact guide link o...
  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    8 years ago
    As far as I know you can only restore a database to Recovery database. Not a mailbox.

    To restore a user's mailbox is covered in NBU for Exchange manual.

    Links to manuals in Handy NBU Links in my signature.
Marianne's avatar
Marianne
Level 6
As far as I know you can only restore a database to Recovery database. Not a mailbox.

To restore a user's mailbox is covered in NBU for Exchange manual.

Links to manuals in Handy NBU Links in my signature.
Lowell_Palecek's avatar
Lowell_Palecek
Level 6
8 years ago

There are two misconceptions here.

You cannot restore entire mailboxes. You can restore content to either the original mailbox or another one. To restore the whole mailbox then, first create the mailbox, then restore the content. You can mimmick the idea of a recovery database at the mailbox level by creating a temporary mailbox to use as a recovery mailbox.

You cannot add content to a recovery database, because you don't bring it live into your environment in the normal sense. Think of the conflicts you would have if both the RDB and the original db were active. NetBackup GRT restore for exchange uses Exchange Web Services (EWS) from Microsoft to insert items into an active database. It would be a logical contradiction to put content into the RDB.

  • jurgen_barbieur's avatar
    jurgen_barbieur
    Level 6
    8 years ago

    don't you have the exchange recycle bin configured? if yes, you should be able to restore the mailbox from there