You can restore an Exchange database to a different location, either on the same destination server or on a different destination server within the same Exchange organization. This type of restore operation is called an “out-of-place restore operation”.
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You can perform the restore operation on a default subclient or a user-defined subclient that was backed up at least one time.
Before You Begin
Verify that the database that you want to restore is dismounted and marked for overwrite.
Procedure
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From the navigation pane, go to Solutions > Applications > Exchange.
The Exchange page appears.
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Click an Exchange database.
The Exchange Database page appears.
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From the Subclients section, use one of the following methods to perform a restore operation:
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In the Actions column for the subclient, click the action button
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Click a subclient that you want to restore, and then, on the subclient page, click Restore database.
The Backup content page appears.
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Click Microsoft Information Store.
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In the upper-right of the page, select a backup to restore:
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To use the most recent backup, click Show latest backups.
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To use a backup from a specific date, click Show backups as of a specific date, select a date, and then select the backup.
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To use a backup from a date range, click Show backups for a date range, select a date range, and then select the backup.
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Select the databases that you want to restore, and then click Restore.
The Restore options dialog box appears.
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Specify how you want to restore the data:
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Destination host: To restore data on the destination server, select a location.
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Restore to: Select Another Database.
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Source DB: For each source database that you select to restore, select a destination database.
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Click Submit.