While syncing with a newly installed Versa Mail for a Treo - a user's entire calendar got wiped out - not the email - just his calendar. Now having problems with the tape backup. Is there another way to restore just 1 mailbox. Is there a saved copy exchange keeps somewhere? Thanks.
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Restoring a mailbox 1
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Are you backing up your Exchange server with an Exchange aware backup program? If so, are you doing a brick-level backup or just backing up the entire store?
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Yes, exchange aware - Veritas. And yes, the enire store - but for some reason the tapes backed up fine (according to the log) but are having issues restoring. So I was hoping that exchange stuck a backup copy somewhere that I could get to. Because it looks like my tapes are not going to work.
No, Exchange doesn't do that for you.
If you're only backing up the store, and want to only retrieve one users information from the store, you'll have to build a second, temporary, Exchange server, restore the store to that server, mount it, then use exmerge to retrieve the users information to a PST, then restore that PST back to the users mailbox.
I'm Certifiable, not certified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.
If you're only backing up the store, and want to only retrieve one users information from the store, you'll have to build a second, temporary, Exchange server, restore the store to that server, mount it, then use exmerge to retrieve the users information to a PST, then restore that PST back to the users mailbox.
I'm Certifiable, not certified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.
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I should have said backing up brick level and the entire store. But a moot point if I am getting data read errors restoring from tape. You would think exchange would have a little better protection/recovery method. Thanks for the help and advice.
Did you check the "Recover Deleted Items" by any chance?
It seems the culprit here is the syncing software and not Exchange. Let's put the blame where the blame lies, after all.
I'm Certifiable, not certified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.
It seems the culprit here is the syncing software and not Exchange. Let's put the blame where the blame lies, after all.
I'm Certifiable, not certified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.
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