The latter method you describe is now the current vogue, I believe, because it should be a lot faster.
1. Restart with blank database. 2. Restore old database to recovery storage group. 3. Switch stores. 4. Exmerge "new" store content back into old. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Blevins Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 7:53 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Recovery Storage Group question True, as long as you can live with the long Exmerge time associated with moving that much data (from the old production databases mounted in the Recovery Storage Group). For no down-time, that's the way to go. However, you could also simply switch the dial-tone DB's to the recovery storage group to do the exmerge if need be. And then once the restored DB's are mounted, exmerge back in the data from the dial-tones. In any case, I agree that for the least amount of downtime (which in any of these scenarios is minimal) you would exmerge from the restored DB's in the recovery storage group. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Presley, Steven Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 10:43 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Recovery Storage Group question I guess what I was getting at (while using ExMerge is certainly an option) is that you can only exmerge a database that is mounted, which means users are online accessing the dial-tone database most likely while you are running exmerge. In that design there is the risk that you will lose some data that has changed between doing the exmerge on an individual mailbox before you get a chance to bringing the server offline to replace the dbs with the restored ones. Generally the best option is to take the mail that your have restored in the recovery group and use the tools that come with the Exchange 2003 SP1 to import the mail into your live dial-tone database. This way you avoid that risk of losing data. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Blevins Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 10:39 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Recovery Storage Group question Generally those would be Exmerged out, and then Exmerged back in to the freshly moved databases (which are obviously much larger). -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Presley, Steven Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 3:27 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Recovery Storage Group question What about the transactions that your customers made against the dial-tone databases? Best regards, Steven -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan Beeler Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 11:59 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: re: Recovery Storage Group question Actually, I just tested it, and it works. Very cool. Finally, restores in E2K3 are much more pleasant than they used to be. Thanks! _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. 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