Re: Is it possible to restore from just priv1.edb etc. files? by Brandan
Brandan
Mon Sep 24 14:10:07 PDT 2007
Yes, that worked. Fantastic!
Thank you John, I really didn't think we would be able to do it from just
the files. Now I need to install a decent backup !
Thank you again, hope this thread helps another !
Brandan
"John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote:
> If the user new user accounts already had mailboxes created for them then
> you will need to delete the mailboxes through ADUC before reconnecting them.
>
> --
> John Oliver, Jr
> MCSE, MCT, CCNA
> Exchange MVP 2007
> Microsoft Certified Partner
>
>
> "Brandan" <Brandan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C69CD458-E20A-4941-918A-3C8DFC3338BD@microsoft.com...
> > OK, looking good so far. Except, when I try to reconnect to them to there
> > users accounts, I get...
> >
> > 'An object (Users or Object) with the following name cannot be
> > found:"username". Check the selected object types and locations for the
> > accuracy and ensure that you have typed the object name correctly, or
> > remove
> > this object from the selection.#
> >
> > The user accounts do exist. under users in Server Management.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Brandan
> >
> > "John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> No need to copy log files just the .edb and .stm files.
> >>
> >> --
> >> John Oliver, Jr
> >> MCSE, MCT, CCNA
> >> Exchange MVP 2007
> >> Microsoft Certified Partner
> >>
> >>
> >> "Brandan" <Brandan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:272A61A6-D640-48F6-92CA-D69B3B8D49F3@microsoft.com...
> >> > Thanks for your help John.
> >> >
> >> > Do I copy the log files as well? Everything in MDBDATA ?
> >> >
> >> > Brandan
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Yes, since you did use the same Server name you should be able to
> >> >> follow
> >> >> these steps to mount your databases:
> >> >>
> >> >> 1. Stop your Information Store service.
> >> >> 2. Copy the contents of the MDBDATA folder to a temp location.
> >> >> 3. In ESM, go to your Mailbox Storage Group properties under Database
> >> >> tab
> >> >> and make sure "this database can be overwritten by restore" is
> >> >> checked.
> >> >> 4. Copy the old priv1.edb, .stm, etc. to the MDBDATA folder.
> >> >> 5. Now right click in ESM and mount Store.
> >> >> 6. Now right click on the mailbox store and select Run Cleanup Agent.
> >> >> This
> >> >> will mark all the mailboxes with Red X's.
> >> >> 7. Right click each mailbox and reconnect to user accounts.
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> John Oliver, Jr
> >> >> MCSE, MCT, CCNA
> >> >> Exchange MVP 2007
> >> >> Microsoft Certified Partner
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "Brandan" <Brandan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:6AFAC7A2-2DCC-4065-B3A3-A6E5176033CE@microsoft.com...
> >> >> >I had a dead SBS 2003 server. Had to rebuild from scratch and used
> >> >> >the
> >> >> >same
> >> >> > server and domain name. Basically to cut a long story short, I only
> >> >> > have
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > raw files and logs. Priv1.edb, priv1.stm, pub1.edb etc.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Is there anyway I can restore to the new setup ?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Would appreciate your help.
> >> >> > Brandan
> >> >>
> >>
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