Thanks for the replies. (I hadn't come across this Q in my searching - many thanks.)
Trouble is that I had restarted the IS before I read this Q article! [= consistent IS up to last backup, but not the post-backup transactions]. Restore - even with the "Restore in Progress" key LOOKS through the post-backup Logs but doesn't play them. My boss thinks there's something which says they have been played already so don't bother playing them again. [?] I have created a new IS from the tape so I don't think they have been played at all against this IS. The data is not in the IS. I was thinking that since the post-backup logs were copied manually there is nothing to tell Exchange 'old' and 'new' database paths like the reg key does, so the logs want to play into a dbase on G: (original drive) while the actual IS I'm restoring to is on an F: drive. Could this be possible? The users concerned were less than over the moon to have lost half a day's email but they've left us now! I've got time to try this again (with a smaller database this time). It seems the most imporatant thing is NOT to start the IS until, well, one knows exactly what one is doing! Thanks again. Eugene -----Original Message----- From: Couch, Nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 1:24 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Restore Single Mailbox Based on what you have said this should do the trick. That is if you do full backups every day. We have done that for several of our customers. Nate Couch EDS Messaging > ---------- > From: McCarthy, Eugene (AFIT) > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 04:24 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Restore Single Mailbox > > Hi All, > > I'd be interested to know if anyone has successfully restored a deleted > mailbox to its state half-way through the day (between backups). > > What happened: Administrator accidentally deleted mailbox - not his fault > really. > What I'd like: 1. Full restore of IS to re-create mailbox as it was at > time > of Tuesday evening backup (straight forward !) > 2. Replay Transaction Logs up to the last one before deletion (3pm > Wednesday). > > In theory, I may be able to frig the "Restore in Progress" reg key, empty > the .PAT file, and rename the last Log I want to use as edb.log. But will > it > work? Has anyone tried? > > Thanks for any feedback. > > Eugene > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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] _________________________________________________________________ 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]
