Restore Exchange 5.5 to Different Server Arcserve 2000

[Kuria]

This is my scenario. I have been doing an Arcserve backup of my Exchange 5.5 using the Exchange Agent. I now need to transfer the Email service to another server. I have reinstalled Exchange according to the MS specifications (same name et al) and tested that configuration using an offline Exchange backup.
I have then installed Arcserve and the Exchange Agent to the new machine and now I need to do a restore of the Exchange onto this machine. The problem is that I can't do a "Restore by Session" since the Arcserve database for the backup session recides on another server. I can't also do a restore with the tape on the original server because my current Exchange server is online and I can't have 2 servers with the same name on the same network.
When I try to restore by backup media, my dbagent does not expand my Exchange data path so I can restore my Information Store.
Anything I am missing here?
Summary of question is:
If I backup EXCH server1 through the network onto a tape on Arcserve server2, how do I restore the tape onto EXCH server3 running Arcserve locally?
I need to resolve this urgently before my current server runs out of space surrounding yourself with dwarfs does not make you a giant.

 

[speshalyst]

HI,

All you need to do is to merge the tape into the new server.

On the ARCserve manager, you can find the "Merge" utility .

Use this to merge your tape in to the new database.
this will make the excahnge sessions to be displayed in the restore by session view...

cheers
speshalyst So it Shall be Written!
So it Shall be Done!!

 

[Kuria]

Thanks Speshalyst, I merged the tape and was able to restore by session to "the original location" - since as far as Arcserve is concerned, this is the same server (same name, organization, site).
Regards,
Kuria surrounding yourself with dwarfs does not make you a giant.