Bill, Microsoft Exchange has a restriction that you cannot restore an Exchange 5.5 database into an Exchange 2000 server (let alone into an Exchange 2003 server.)
See this URL for the statement from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/exchange/2000/all/reskit/en-us/resguide/c28back.mspx You would need to keep versions of the Exchange 5.5 Server installation disks (as well as Windows NT or Windows 2000) in order to rebuild the Exchange 5.5 Server... which you could then restore your data. This is not a TSM restriction, it would apply to any vendor using the Exchange Server backup APIs. Thanks, Del ---------------------------------------------------- "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 01/27/2005 09:15:23 AM: > I have a client that is currently running Exchange 5.5 and doing monthly > backups retaining them for 7-years. They have plans to migrate up to > Exchange2003. That's not a problem going forward, but what about all the > monthly data in Exchange 5.5 format....can I restore a 5.5 database into a > 2003 server? Or would they need to keep an 5.5 server around just to restore > these monthly backups? > > This goes along with the threads on this list about long-term retention of > data and being able to recover that in the future. > > Bill Boyer > "An Optimist is just a pessimist with no job experience." - Scott Adams
