02-23-2015 04:02 PM
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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02-23-2015 05:29 PM
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.
02-23-2015 05:29 PM
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.
02-23-2015 08:21 PM
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.
02-23-2015 11:35 PM
...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!
02-24-2015 01:31 PM
How do I duplicate the Information Store to disk?
Thanks.
02-24-2015 01:44 PM
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!
02-25-2015 04:44 PM
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?