Hi,
I'm writing an Exchange 2000 server recovery plan for my company and not
sure the following procedures are correct or not.
Situation: Partition (E:) holding the database files is down due to hardware
failure but the partition (D:) holding the transaction log files is
available.
Method A:
1. Restore the full backup performed last night but NOT "last backup set".
2. Copy the transaction log files (E*.log) into the temp folder and
overwrite temp files e.g. E:\First Storage Group\
3. Run ESEUTIL.EXE /CC to replay transactions.
4. Mount the stores to make them online.
Method B:
1. Keep the transaction log files (E*.log) in the original folder but delete
the edb.chk file
2. Restore the full backup performed last night and mark "last backup set".
3. Mount the stores to make them online.
I tried method B in a testing server succssfully but some transactions are
missing in the production server for the same approach. Method A works in
the production server but I'm not sure it can applied to all scenarios such
as alternative server restoration.
Could anyone point me which method is better and can ensure all transactions
can be replayed successfully?
Thanks in advance
Sam