Hi Rodney, Thanks for the mail , I know the use of these logs but my question is should i copy the res1.log,res2.log,priv.pat & pub.pat files also along with the edbxxx.log .
Harshang shah (mcse,ccna) --- Rodney Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After you have restored your information store, the > information store > service > will replay through any log files generated since > the last online backup, > and will recover all data. > > Now, if you have deleted any transaction logs since > your last online > backup, you are toast and you have lost all the data > in the transaction > logs. The key with transaction logs is that you > shouldn't lose any since > they are sequential. > > Since it seems that you have played around with > doing the restore and the > logs, you should have a backup of the original > transaction logs at the > time of the failure if you need to recover all the > data. If you happen to > have those logs, just restore your backup and you > are set. > > The res1.log and res2.log are log files that are > reserved if there isn't > enough space... > > The .pat files are normally seen when backups are > taking place... > > Rodney Li > > > Hi All, > > > > My Exchange 5.5 server with 250 mailboxes had > crashed > > 2 days back due to some scsi card problem , just 5 > - 6 > > hours after the online backup was over .To prevent > the > > downtime I did an online restore on another server > , > > everyone can also access their mailboxes .Now the > > problem is that after the backup was over there > are > > transaction log files of 300 mb which have not > been > > committed to the database .I have these files on > the > > old server.Users are complaining that their mails > for > > this particular period are not there . Now I want > to > > recovers the users mails from these log files . I > know > > how to do a online restore of the database but am > not > > much confident about restoring the log files > .Infact I > > tried it but am not successful with it .There are > > events like the 5000,1180 & 1120 starting the > > information services after copying these log files > ,I > > searched through TechNet also but it says > something > > different only .I need help on the exact log > files > > that I should copy besides the sequence thing > ,should > > I also copy the res1.log, res2.log, priv.pat, > pub.pat > > & edb.log from the old server . > > > > Thanks & Regards, > > Harshang Shah > > (mcse,ccna) > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness > > http://health.yahoo.com > > List Charter and FAQ at: > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
