The PST is a nice idea, but the folder is 8.5 GB and on the Exchange 2003 server.
I do not think I can get a Change Control approved by management for the new Forest. Will have to think about this more. Thank You. On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Jump, Stewart <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi,**** > > ** ** > > If it is only a few folders why can’t you just copy them to a PST file or > your mailbox before the app developer makes any changes. then if it is > broken you just delete the folders from the live PF tree and copy the > folders back from your copy and let normal PF replication propagate the > items to all replicas.**** > > ** ** > > If the live copy is already broken then the restore method doesn’t have to > be the complete DB. Build yourself a new forest which has a different > Windows DNS name but the same Exchange Org and Site name. Do the restore to > that forest and copy the required public folders back to live via a PST > file. It might take longer but less chance of breaking the rest of the > Public folders. The only issue I had doing this was making sure the backup > system could connect to the restore forest. Either using identical username > and password or attaching the tape drive to the restore server if its > physical.**** > > ** ** > > Regards**** > > ** ** > > Stewart Jump**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > ********************************************************************* > If you receive this e-mail in error, please contact +44 20 7280 5000. The > information contained in this e-mail and in the attachments if any, is > confidential. It must not be read, copied, disclosed, printed, forwarded, > relied upon or used by any person other than the intended recipient. > Unauthorised use, disclosure or copying is strictly prohibited. > N M Rothschild & Sons Limited > Registered number 925279 > Registered in England at New Court, St Swithin's Lane, London EC4N 8AL > N M Rothschild & Sons Limited is authorised by the Prudential Regulation > Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the > Prudential Regulation Authority in the United Kingdom. > The firm reference number is 124451. > ********************************************************************* > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Todd Lemmiksoo > *Sent:* 25 June 2013 02:47 > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Exchange] Public Folders on Exchange 2003 and Exchange > 2010**** > > ** ** > > Thank you for all the replies. PF have not been a strong point in my > Exchange experience. Especially in my current job that is still in a mixed > PF environment. I do not understand why PF have not been moved off the 2003 > server by now. Looks like I should have finished the job when I first got > hired here.**** > > You are right about the developer having a backup of the application. > Looks like he is relying on the Exchange backups as his "code" is in the > form in the inbox of the PF. I am not in the know here.**** > > To re-state the procedure I would have to use, using your outline from the > prior message. I would dismount all three of the PF DB's, two in the 2010 > environment, 1 in 2003. Remove all three from Exchange. Restore a backup to > one 2010 mb server and mount it. Remount the second 2010 PF and the 2003 > PF. re-add the replicas.**** > > Hope this would work.**** > > I need to get a better understanding how 2010 PF works with two MB servers. > **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 7:12 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Usually, you do nothing of the sort.**** > > **** > > If you need to restore a PF db, you dismount the PF db on the target > server, remove it, remove it from replicas on all other servers, remount it > (it will be empty), and then re-add the necessary replicas.**** > > **** > > This is all about your developer, as I see it. He/she should maintain a > backup of the damn application!**** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Todd Lemmiksoo > *Sent:* Monday, June 24, 2013 7:47 PM**** > > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Exchange] Public Folders on Exchange 2003 and Exchange > 2010**** > > **** > > What is the correct method to restore Public Folders in a mixed 2010 2003 > environment. **** > > Dismount all PF databases. Restore just one 2010 PF database, let it be > used for about 1/2 hour. Then restore the other 2010 & 2003 PF database and > let them replicate off of the newer 2010 PF database. > ???**** > > **** > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Todd Lemmiksoo <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > The PF have never been removed from the 2003 server.**** > > **** > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Todd Lemmiksoo <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > That being said, then I will have to restore the DB into each 2010 MB > server along with the 2003 server. RIGHT!**** > > **** > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > No. the sequence numbers of the restored DB will be lower.**** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Todd Lemmiksoo > *Sent:* Monday, June 24, 2013 6:26 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Exchange] Public Folders on Exchange 2003 and Exchange > 2010**** > > **** > > My concern is "IF" I have to restore the PF database to the Exchange 2003 > server will it propagate to the 2010 servers since it will be older then > what is in the 2010 MB servers.**** > > **** > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > I’ve never done this.**** > > **** > > But theoretically, updates will propagate from 2010 to the 2003 server.*** > * > > **** > > What is the end-goal here? It probably isn’t what you want to do.**** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Todd Lemmiksoo > *Sent:* Monday, June 24, 2013 6:00 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Exchange] Public Folders on Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2010*** > * > > **** > > If I have to restore the Public Folder Database on the Exchange 2003 > server what happens to the replicas in the 2010 servers? > **** > > > -- > T. Todd Lemmiksoo **** > > > > > -- > T. Todd Lemmiksoo **** > > > > **** > > -- > T. Todd Lemmiksoo **** > > > > **** > > -- > T. Todd Lemmiksoo **** > > > > > -- > T. Todd Lemmiksoo **** > > > > > -- > T. Todd Lemmiksoo **** > -- T. Todd Lemmiksoo
