PowerProtect Data Manager 19.15 Microsoft Exchange Server User Guide

Prerequisite for Microsoft Exchange Server restore operations

You must run the set-mailboxdatabase cmdlet to allow a Microsoft Exchange Server database to be restored from a backup.

Run the set-mailboxdatabase PowerShell cmdlet with the following syntax prior to any restore operation:

set-mailboxdatabase <mailbox_database> -AllowFileRestore $true

where:

<mailbox_database>: Specifies the name of the database that is the target for the restore operation.
-AllowFileRestore $true: Specifies to allow restore operations for the database.

NOTE:Run this command for each target database for the restore operation.

The Microsoft documentation provides more information on the set-mailboxdatabase cmdlet.