Restoring Question

genghiz

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Mar 21, 2009, 12:14:21 PM3/21/09

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Hello Exchange gurus:

I have three Exchange 2003 servers in our organization. Two of those
Exchange servers have mailbox and public stores, the third one has none
(other than default).

We backup the exchange servers DISK-to-DISK.

The Question:

If the first two exchange server (ones with stores)crash and burn, can I
restore these stores from DISK-to-DISK backups, on the third Exchange
Server?

Please advise, or direct me to online resources that'll help me.

Appreciate your time.Thank you.

JJ

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Mar 21, 2009, 2:01:23 PM3/21/09

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No, you will not be able to as the servername is not going to match. You may
get it to work by making some changes to the third server. Please refer to
the Exchange recovery guide.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb125070.aspx

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Ed Crowley [MVP]

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Mar 21, 2009, 5:06:05 PM3/21/09

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Adding to what JJ says, having a third server already built won't help you.
But what you can do is remove Exchange and leave the server standing by.
When you need it, you can install Exchange 2003 with the /DisasterRecovery
switch and then restore the databases.
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genghiz

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Mar 22, 2009, 10:52:08 AM3/22/09

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JJ and Ed, thanks for your help. Apprciate it.

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genghiz

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Mar 22, 2009, 11:27:18 AM3/22/09

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Hi JJ and ED:
According to this Microsoft KB article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555603 it is doable.

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Ed Crowley [MVP]

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Mar 22, 2009, 1:54:42 PM3/22/09

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Do you really think that process is easier, especially in a time-critical
disaster recovery scenario?

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daveberm

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Mar 22, 2009, 9:03:30 PM3/22/09

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On Mar 22, 11:27 am, "genghiz" <g...@ghiz.net> wrote:
> Hi JJ and ED:

> According to this Microsoft KB articlehttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/555603it is doable.
>
> "Ed Crowley [MVP]" <cursp...@nospam.net> wrote in messagenews:uJaJbjmq...@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>
> > Adding to what JJ says, having a third server already built won't help
> > you. But what you can do is remove Exchange and leave the server standing
> > by. When you need it, you can install Exchange 2003 with the
> > /DisasterRecovery switch and then restore the databases.
> > --
> > Ed Crowley MVP
> > "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."
> > .
>
> > "genghiz" <g...@ghiz.net> wrote in message
> >news:eQKHVAk...@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >> Hello Exchange gurus:
>
> >> I have three Exchange 2003 servers in our organization. Two of those
> >> Exchange servers have mailbox and public stores, the third one has none
> >> (other than default).
>
> >> We backup the exchange servers DISK-to-DISK.
>
> >> The Question:
>
> >> If the first two exchange server (ones with stores)crash and burn, can I
> >> restore these stores from DISK-to-DISK backups, on the third Exchange
> >> Server?
>
> >> Please advise, or direct me to online resources that'll help me.
>
> >> Appreciate your time.Thank you.

This is the method commonly deployed by third party Exchange DR
solutions. It works pretty well and actually facilitates easier DR
testing as you can do a restore and only re-home a single test user
without having to do the whole disaster recovery install of Exchange.
There is no harm in trying this solution and seeing how well it works
out for you.

David A. Bermingham

genghiz

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Mar 23, 2009, 8:04:17 PM3/23/09

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Dave and Ed, thanks for your time. I will test it and let you know.

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