That should be doable as I have a spare drive large enough to put in the recovery server, I'm just a little surprised that ntbackup for Windows 2000 doesn't give the option of restoring either/or database?
regards, Paul -- Paul Hutchings Network Administrator, MIRA Ltd. Tel: 44 (0)24 7635 5378, Fax: 44 (0)24 7635 8378 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Hlabse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 18 September 2003 15:27 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Recovering 5.5 pub.edb from online backup done > with Windows > 2000 ntbackup > > > > It's all or nothing based on what you have indicated. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Paul Hutchings > Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 9:52 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > > I'm hitting the MSKB as I speak, but I wondered if there's a > quick 'n' dirty > answer to this. > > Long story short I need to get pub.edb back from last nights backup, > someones outlook crashed doing a move of a load of contacts, > the contacts > appear to have mysteriously lost all their category assignments. > > I have a verified online backup from last night done using > ntbackup, what I > would like to do is to do an offline restore (for lack of a > better word) so > that I have the pub.edb file, I'll then look at building a > box with Exchange > 5.5 on it and recovering the .edb file to it. > > It seems ntbackup will only let me restore the entire IS > (50-odd gb vs 2gb > for just the public store), and only to the original > location, I'm pretty > happy once I have the .edb file that I can bring it up on a > recovery box. > > I'll admit to having been caught somewhat one the hop here, > I've read the > disaster whitepapers but they appear to assume you want to > recover the lot, > onto the original box (which is the scenario I'd taken into account). > > regards, > Paul > -- > Paul Hutchings > Network Administrator, MIRA Ltd. > Tel: 44 (0)24 7635 5378, Fax: 44 (0)24 7635 8378 > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t ext_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
