Legacy Exchange recovery options

From the Exchange server, launch the Exchange agent and select Launch Restore. The Exchange InfoStore Recovery interface allows restore of an entire information store (see Legacy Exchange Quantum Recovery for item level recovery). The Exchange agent restores a system to the state it was in prior to the system’s most recent backup. To begin the restore process, select a date from the calendar located on the Restore interface. Next, select a backup from the Daily Backup Batches display and click Restore Batch.

The days that are displayed in bold font on the calendar indicate that a backup was performed on that day. When a date is selected on the calendar, it becomes highlighted to indicate the current selection.

The restore process varies slightly depending on the type of backup selected. If a master or differential backup type is selected and Restore Batch is selected, the Restore Master dialog box displays. Select the item to be restored form the Backup File list, then click Restore Selected to start the restore. Cancel will interrupt the restore transaction. Performing a restore requires that the Exchange information store is not mounted.

Only un-mounted storages can be successfully restored to their original location. Therefore, if an information store is mounted, the Unmount option is enabled to indicate that the store should be un-mounted prior to being restored. Select Overwrite to overwrite an existing store.

The Exchange agent utilizes the NTBackup Restore Wizard to accomplish the store level restore functionality.

The Exchange agent allows the restore of any combination of drives, folders, or files. However, in order to ensure precise synchronization of the Exchange server restore operation, we highly recommend that the backup of an information store’s storage group and the restore of an information store’s storage group be coordinated. Therefore, if a backup has been performed of all storage groups in a specific information store, we advise that all storage groups be selected for restore as well.

Follow the instructions on the Restore Wizard dialog to continue.

The Exchange backup files are first restored to the temporary location that is specified in the Temporary location for log and patch files field. This field defaults to the Microsoft Windows temporary folder but it can be changed to another location.

Confirm that the selected restore settings are correct and select Finish to continue with the restore. To specify advanced settings for the restore operation, select Advanced and proceed with the interactive wizard.