Is it possible to modify MBS' script to copy mailboxes to PSTs of size less than 2gb to point at a PF? http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael/archive/2009/10/16/exporting-mailboxes-larger-than-2-gb-on-an-exchange-server.aspx
If you go this route, make sure the OS you're running it on is 32bit. Kurt On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Todd Lemmiksoo <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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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
