BackupExec 2010 R2 - Restore entire mailbox store to Exchange recovery storage group

[itdirector1]

We are trying to restore an Exchange 2003 "Mailbox Store" to the Exchange Recovery Storage group.

- The backup was done using the same backup exec server & exchange 2003 server that we are restoring to.

- The backup was done using GRT to backup to disk.

- When we restore individual emails, it gets restored directly to the user's live inbox & the live mail box stores in exchange. We are trying to restore the entire Mail Box store & have it go to the recovery storage group, & not go to the live mail box stores. I can't find the option on this.

When you pick the entire Mail Box store, does it know to automatically go to the RSG? Seems risky & not well documented.

Backup Exec 2010 R2 Version 13.0 Rev 4164 : 32-bit : Win2K3 SP2

Thank you in advance.

[Sush---]

Hello there,

   Here is the detail technote about restoring Exchange 2003 Mailbox Store to Recovery Storage Group.

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH29719

AS it is Exchange 2003 backups make sure that the Exchange Information Store backups are not snapshot backups as snapshot backups restore to RSG will not work.

Thanks,

-Sush... 

[Mahesh_Roja]

KB

Best practices for Backup Exec 2010 Agent for Microsoft Exchange Server

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO21796

[itdirector1]

Thank you for the replies, but neither one answers my question.

I want to know how to make sure that when I pick the entire mailbox store (that was backed up using GRT), that the restore will go to the RSG on the mail server & not the live mail box/information store?

I am asking because when restoring an email from the the same mailbox store that was backed up using GRT, it does not give me an option; it just gets restored directly to the user's live mailbox. How do I make sure when I choose to restore the entire Mailbox Store, it is not going to the live mailbox store? I want to make sure it will be restored to the GRT.

Please see attached

Thank you in advance

[Sush---]

Hello there,

   Recovery Storage Group (RSG) is the feature of Exchange 2003 which can be used to mount another Mailbox store while your production is not hampered at all. When a RSG is created and the required Mailbox store is added to the RSG then the restore of that whole Store will always go to RSG as detailed in the technote " http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH29719 "

To know more about the RSG you can refer to the following articles from Microsoft:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824126

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124961(EXCHG.65).aspx

http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Exchange_Server_2003_Mailbox_Recovery.html

RSG is not for individual mailbox. So we can not restore a single mailbos to RSG so it has to be restore to the same mailbox. We can also restore the mailbox to a different mailbox using the Exchange Redirection option in the restore job properties.

Thanks,

-Sush...