module for Exchange and RSG Recovery

Hi!

There is a difference between the mailbox level backup/recovery and store level backup/recovery:

The store level recovery save set specification is:

1.MSEXH:IS

You can recover the whole store, but not the induvidual mailboxes.

The mailbox level recovery save set specification is:

2.

MSEXCH:MB/%2FO=SAMPLE ORGANIZATION%2FOU=FIRST ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP%2FCN=RECIPIENTS%2FCN=TEST.USER1/

or:

MSEXCH:MB

You can recover induvidual mailboxes too.

I think your backup is working on the store level, and you dont see the mailboxes.

The Networker module for Exchange Administrator guide shows that the save set specification is:

MSEXCH:IS    it contains all storage groups, but does NOT include private mailboxes and public folders.

if you want to specify please add this lines:

MSEXCH:MB   (backup all private mailboxes)

MSEXCH:PF    (backup the public folders)

The Networker module for Exchange Administrator guide describes the save set notation. ( how to specify a single mail box, wildcards, etc)

I hope this helps.

Regards:

Paul

Sorry, it wasn't very helpful because I know all of that. You didn't understand what I'm going to do. The idea is to recover mailbox from IS backup using RSG method which is surely possible. And more specifically what I'm curious, is why "Recover -> From Recovery Storage Group" option in Networker User for Exchange Server doesn't work. I suspect a bug. And I don't want workaround because I know workaround and it works great. All I want to know is if there is somebody who uses this option and if it is really working.

anyway, thanks for your help

You would not see mailboxes here since you did not backup mailboxes using MSEXCH:MB. You should be able to see the Storage Group OR IS.

I would generally create RSG for a Storage Group and then recover Storage Group using Networker User for Exchange interface. This would recover the Storage Group to the RSG and then using Microsoft tools you can recover the mailboxes from RSG to the Exchange server.

If you want to recover mailboxes using Networker User interface, you need to take a mailbox level backup using MSEXCH:MB which needs some accounts and permissions detailed in the admin guide. Apart from that MB level backup is really painful and time consuming as it backs up individual mails and mailboxes.

The best way to recover mailboxes is to recover Storage Group in RSG and them mailboxes from RSG using Exchange tools.

Once again, this is not answer to my question...

"You would not see mailboxes here since you did not backup mailboxes using MSEXCH:MB."
Not true.

"If you want to recover mailboxes using Networker User interface, you need to take a mailbox level backup using MSEXCH:MB ..."
Or you need to take IS level backup, then use RSG for recovery and then use "Recover -> From Recovery Storage Group" option in Networker User for  Exchange Server (according to Networker documentation). But it doesn't work. And this and only this, is what I'm asking about.

"The best way to recover mailboxes is to recover Storage Group in RSG and then mailboxes from RSG using Exchange tools."
Yes I know that. That's exactly what I do.

once again, thanks anyway ...

cf13:

You can't use that option to restore because you didn't backup with the brick level method mentioned above.  Unless you use the msexch:mb it won't work.

Thanks

Paul

I may have mispoke.  After reading further in what you are trying to do, it should be possible.

Apparently after the restore has completed and you have mounted the database, it appears you should be able to talk back to the RSG via the networker user for exchange interface. Which will allow you to recover data to a recovered items folder for specific mailboxes.

Since I have no experience with this I cannot answer why it isn't working for you.  I just tried to test the feature myself, and I am not even able to select the RSG as an option to restore from.

Sorry I can;t be of further help.

Thanks

Paul

I think nobody has experience with this, because it simply doesn't work at all ;-)

I already gave up, since using recovery of Storage Group to RSG and  then mailboxes using Exchange tools works perfectly fine.

Thanks, it is good to know that this is really working. Thanks for the tips. Maybe someday I will try to fix this. As for now, my Exchange admin says that he is really happy using exchange tools as the last part of mailbox recovery and he is not interested with futher investigation. So, for me this thread is closed.

Thanks for help.