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Conference chefs::ms-exchange

Title:	Microsoft Exchange Server
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Moderator:	FLASK2::SYSTEM

Created:	Fri Feb 17 1995
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Number of topics:	1099
Total number of notes:	5174

942.0. "How can I recover my backed-up Exchange mail?" by TUXEDO::STRUTT (Colin Strutt) Wed Mar 19 1997 15:51

    I have a problem trying to restore an NT backup of an Exchange
    Information Store.
    
    I did a full backup of Exchange (using NT backup). Exchange was
    re-installed, but with new "parameters" (such as the organization name
    and the org unit name).
    
    I have been using this "new" installation (so I have some mail there).
    I did a full backup of this configuration.
    
    Now I try and restore the previous (original) full backup - the backup
    restore appears to succeed (it copies ~70Mb of stuff). But then the
    information store will no longer start. It gives an error 1105 (without
    any further explanation).
    
    I restore the most recent backup, and I have my new mail, but my
    previous (significant quantity of) stored mail is not available.
    
    Any idea how I may recover all my old mail in this situation?
    
    colin

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
942.1	I'm not optimistic about this one	tunsrv2-tunnel.imc.das.dec.com::foster	Stan Foster - [email protected]	`Thu Mar 20 1997 03:39`	14
	I dont think this will work. You are essentially trying to change the identity of the server by restoring a backup into a server that is now part of a different organisation. This wont work because all the directory objects have identifiers that tie them to an organisation if not to a server/site/nt-domain. So its like doing a heart transplant using an organ with the wrong blood type, and the patient is rejecting it. You may have to go back to the old configuration, re-restore the backup, save the mailbox(es) off to pst's and then rebuild the server into its new home before moving the pst's back into their (new) mailboxes.
942.2	See Planet Exchange WEB site for Recovery doc	COPS02::FRIES	Hi-NRG sitebyte (Gary at Postal)	`Thu Mar 20 1997 13:57`	14
	Hi Colin, You can find a nice Microsoft Disaster Recovery Document in winword6 format on the Planet Exchange Web site. http://messaging.vbe.dec.com/exchange/ The doc is quite large (about 990KB) so it will take some time to download it. Its an update to the Microsoft Exchange Backup/Restore supplemental procedures document. Regards, Gary
942.3	moved	CRIME::BIJAOUI	Tomorrow Never Knows	`Tue Mar 25 1997 08:11`	7
	Due to some restructuring, the Planet Exchange web site has moved to: http://messaging.vbe.dec.com/planetexchange Sorry for the inconvenience. Pierre.