Disaster Recovery - 5.5 http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/administration/55/BackupResto re.asp Disaster Recovery - E2K http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/deployment/2000/E2Krecovery.a sp
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP kcCC+I Tech Consultant hp Services Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Michael Anderson Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 5:24 AM To: Exchange Discussions 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]
