Restore deleted Distribution Lists in Active Directory

[chris_ward_3]

I have an Exchange 2003 environment with Windows 2003 AD, and a user accidentally deleted members of a distribution list. Is there a way to restore active directory objects such as DLs?

[Deepali_Badave]

Hello,

Please note that this has to be treated as a recovery.
Perform the following steps to troubleshoot this issue:-

-- bring in a recovery server
-- restore entire Information Store to recovery server as redirection.
-- then export list from recovery server and import it back into production

( Use Exchange "Export" feature to get the distribution list)

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Patch summary for Security Advisories VX05-001, VX05-002, VX05-003, VX05-005, VX05-006, VX05-007

http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/277429.htm


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[Kathleen_Weigol]

Chris,

Did you ever find a solution to restoring distribution lists that was less painful than restoring the whole Exchange Server?

I got lucky this time and was able to restore the list through the users deleted folder (Tools-Recover Deleted Items), but cringe at the thought of restoring the whole information store for one user's lists.