Go to MS's site and get the Disaster Recovery article for your version of Exchange.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 8:23 AM Subject: Testing the validity of a backup > Hello, > > We have a secondary Exchange Server - so we have some type of playground for > testing reasons. > > If I wanted to take the tape Backup Tape from our primary Exchange Server > (with a Backed up message store), what do I need to do, to perform a restore > on a different Exchange Server? > > I know there are similarities in how SQL and Exchange store their Data - and > I could take a SQL database file, and mount it on a different SQL Server. > What would I need to do, on the other Exchange server, to initialize a new > Mail Store, and then perform a restore from tape - to make sure all the > mailboxes come back? Also, if the restore brings back all the mailboxes, > will they all be "Alien" mailboxes (as the existing users on the Domain, > already have mailboxes on the production Exchange Server). I am very > curious as to how this all works. > > This has always been an area of confusion for me, and as of yet, I never had > to restore a crashed server. I NEED to know what to do, when a server > crashes - and will perform some serious reading on that topic. But in the > meantime, I want to perform a sample restore to a different Exchange Server > to ensure the primary Message Store is being properly backed up from the > Main production machine. > > Thanks in advance for any information you can throw my way, > > Mike > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
