The searching part: http://www.sherpasoftware.com/MAEXchOverview.htm or similar.
The restore machine part: Restore to a new machine, different name, same site and org name (choose to create new during install). Restore backup tape part: No idea, never used Arcserve... Hopefully it allows for a redirected restore, otherwise you likely need a backup device attached to the local machine. > -----Original Message----- > From: Michel, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 1:57 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Restoring an old (no longer existing) server > > > Current setup: > - Exchange 2000 sp2 on mailbox servers and a single 5.5 > sp4 IMC server > - Currently using NTBackup for backups and Antigen 6.5 > for virus/content filtering > > I was just informed that, due to a lawsuit, I must restore an > old 5.5 server that no longer exists and restore the entire > database (not brick-level) for a period of about different 8 > months. I have the databases on a month-end tape from each > of those months and those tapes were made use ArcServe. I > also have long since reused that server. Once the database > is restored on the new server, I must then go through every > email from every user and search for text in either the > subject AND the body. After this is done for one month I'm > to blow everything away and start all over again with the > next month's tape. > > My question is how in the hell am I going to accomplish this? > Building the server and recreating the Exchange environment > is easy enough but I'm confused on the restore and the > searching parts. If I have to buy something like Trend for > the searching I guess it could be done and charged to the > client but I prefer not to. As for the backups, since I > cannot bring this server onto our network and the backup > server that has ArcServe is obviously on the network, how do > I do this? My best guess is to use a cross-connect cable and > bring the backup server offline during the restore time. Any > other suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. > > David Michel > Ruden McClosky Smith Schuster & Russell, P.A. > > > > NOTICE: This e-mail message and any attachment to this e-mail > message contains confidential information that may be legally > privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you must > not review, retransmit, convert to hard copy, copy, use or > disseminate this e-mail or any attachments to it. If you have > received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately > by return e-mail or by telephone at 954-764-6660 and delete > this message. Please note that if this e-mail message > contains a forwarded message or is a reply to a prior > message, some or all of the contents of this message or any > attachments may not have been produced by Ruden, McClosky, > Smith, Schuster, & Russell, P.A. > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
