Sorry Joseph If you could tell me how to go about this that would be great As I really don't know where to begin as I thought exchange was tightly integrate to its ad And if that ad wasn't there then exchange would be useless
Thanks Graeme On Thu, 9 Feb 2017 at 09:49, Graeme Carstairs <loonyto...@gmail.com> wrote: > ok > So should I be able to stand up the exchange box without its dc's and then > extract from its edb files? > > > On Wed, 8 Feb 2017 at 23:07, Joseph L. Casale <jcas...@activenetwerx.com> > wrote: > > You don’t need the original DCs… > Its honestly not that much work, but it does take a few moments. > > > > *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: > listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Graeme Carstairs > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 8, 2017 3:03 PM > *To:* exchange@lists.myitforum.com > *Subject:* Re: [Exchange] Extracting mail from edb files > > > > Yeh some bright spark got rid of the original dc's so we don't have the > domain the exchange was part of > > > > All we have is the exchange servers vhds > > > > As they thought they had recovered everything and started a new sight > their backups and dr > > > > Suffice to say the first thing I have sorted with them is to make sure > everything is now backed up > > > > > > On Wed, 8 Feb 2017 at 21:47, Joseph L. Casale <jcas...@activenetwerx.com> > wrote: > > Mock up a tiny segregated lab and do a supported restore, then see what > the databases present? > Did your org use any third party archiving tools etc? > > > > *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: > listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Graeme Carstairs > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 8, 2017 2:21 PM > *To:* exchange@lists.myitforum.com > *Subject:* [Exchange] Extracting mail from edb files > > > > Hi > > > > I have been asked to look at this problem and thought I had it licked but > no > > > > An offices entire server farm was destroyed by water damage > > They had backups > > They decided to setup a new ad domain restored file data, restored sql data > > But for exchange they extracted PST files from the edb contain on the vhdx > images they had just before the disaster using stellar edb to PST And > imported them into fresh mailboxes on a new exchange 2013 setup > > > > Now 6 months down the line they have discovered that all mailboxes are > missing a years worth of attachments. > > They have presented me with 3 vhdx files and two differenceing files for > the drives with the databases and the logs on them > > I have mounted the vhdx and used stellar against the edb and still the > last years attachments are missing > > > > Is it possible that they are in the logs or the differnceing disks? > > > > Or is there a better tool than the stellar one to extract > > > > Now I didn't work on the original setup so don't know why the differnecing > disks were created or can't say if a tool was used to remove the attachments > > > > But what I do have is all the vhd's for the virtual exchange server ( they > only retained one copy ) > > > > Any suggestions would be appreciated > > > > Thanks > > > > Graeme > > -- > > Graeme Carstairs > > > > e-mail :- loonyto...@gmail.com > > -- > > Graeme Carstairs > > > > e-mail :- loonyto...@gmail.com > > -- > Graeme Carstairs > > e-mail :- loonyto...@gmail.com > -- Graeme Carstairs e-mail :- loonyto...@gmail.com