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Windows Server Forum / Exchange Server / Administration / July 2008Restore Exchange Process Help
I am testing out the ability to backup an Exchange 2003 store (Machine1), taking that store to a brand new machine (Machine 2), then restoring the store. The key here is the new machine is built from scratch so I don't have the same SIDS. In my test case machine 1 has users: User1, User2 and User3. When I built the new Machine 2 I manually created the same users. I use NTBackup to create my .bkf on Machine1. The only things I am putting on this test .bkf is the Exchange private and public stores as well as system state. I am only using the First Storage group created by Exchange 2003 when installed. I then go to Machine2 and catelogue the .bkf so I can restore. NTBackup on Machine2 can then open the .bkf and see the stores. Before I started the backup I dismounted the public and private stores on Machine2 and checked them as being able to be restored from a backup. I ran the restore and successfully restored the private and public. Now I'm at the stage where the stores won't mount. I am figuring because the SIDS are different so Machine2 has no idea what to do. My goal is to see if I can restore to a new hardware machine and carry over the mailboxes. In the past I have used exmerge to create .pst files for each of the users (on Machine1) then another exmerge to merge the data from the .pst files into the new mailboxes (on Machine2). Now I want the ability to do it via an NTBackup .bkf file. How do I do this? Any links to steps to make this happen? Thanks! -Richard K The SIDS don't matter, Exchange Org and Administrative Group do however. Are these the same in your Test Enviroment as Production? Oliver I am using the default "first administrative group" on both Machine1 and Machine2. How do I find out what the "Exchange Org" is? > The SIDS don't matter, > > Exchange Org and Administrative Group do however. Are these the same in > your Test Enviroment as Production? > > Oliver This article may help http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Restoring-Exchange-Server2003-Alternate-Hard ware.html Oliver > I am testing out the ability to backup an Exchange 2003 store > (Machine1), taking that store to a brand new machine (Machine 2), [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > -Richard K See http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Exchange-2003-Backup-Restore-NTBACKUP.html http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Restoring-Exchange-Server2003-Alternate-Hard ware.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/258243 (for starters) Note that this all presumes your destination server is already in the same AD as the old one. So in your case you'll need to restore the system state from one of your original DCs. > How do I do this? - Backup your stores - Shut down your Exchange server (simulating a system crash or any other need to recover) - Install another server (or re-install the OS on the same server) - Give the new server the same name as the old one - Join it to the same Active Directory domain the old one was in - Install Exchange on the server using the /disasterrecovery switch - Apply the same service pack and patches that were installed on the old server - Restore the backup - Mount the stores Massimo If the stores do not mount verify the following; 1. Make sure the second system is patched exactly the same 2. Go ahead and try making the following attributes the same Exchange Org Storage Group Name Store Name Database Name 3. If your production environment used to be a 5.5 environment then you need to change the legacydn on the second system to match the legacydn on the production server. Moving an Exchange Mailbox Database to Another Server or Storage Group http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997006(EXCHG.65).aspx Exchange: Building an Exchange Recovery Server http://msexchangetips.blogspot.com/2006/07/exchange-building-exchange-recovery.html James Chong (MVP) MCITP | EMA; MCSE | M+, S+, Security+, Project+, ITIL msexchangetips.blogspot.com > I am testing out the ability to backup an Exchange 2003 store (Machine1), > taking that store to a brand new machine (Machine 2), then restoring the [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > -Richard K |
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