In the event of a disaster, you can recover the Microsoft Exchange Database to a new client.
Before You Begin
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Ensure that the destination client is same as source client while performing a disaster recovery.
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Ensure that you have performed a Disaster Recovery of the computer using the Windows File System Agent prior to restoring the Exchange databases. Refer to Full System Recovery: Windows File System for detailed information.
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Make sure to install the Exchange database application in the destination client and create an empty database in the same directory structure as existing in the source client.
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Before restoring the backed up data ensure that the Storage Group \ Database name does not contain "+" in it.
Procedure
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From the CommCell Console, navigate to Client Computers | <Client> | Exchange Database.
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Right-click the Agent and then click All Tasks |Browse and Restore.
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Click View Content.
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Select the database in the left pane. The data and logs will be selected in the right pane.
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Click Recover All Selected.
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Select the name of the client computer from the Destination Client list.
This client should not be the same client on which the database originally resided.
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Click ... under Destination DB/Out of PlaceLocation column.
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Select a folder on the destination client.
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Select Immediate from the Job Initiation tab and click OK.