Restoring an Exchange Database Out of Place to a Storage Group or Database

Applies to: Exchange 2007 or later, and IntelliSnap

You can restore the database to a different storage group database on the same Exchange server, or to a different Exchange server that has the same version of Exchange and that is within the same Exchange organization.

The other database can be a Recovery Storage Group (Exchange 2007) or a Recovery Database (Exchange 2010 or later) when you meet the following conditions:

• The logical information about the storage group or database and the associated mailboxes in Active Directory is intact.

• You want to recover data from a single mailbox, a single database, or a group of databases that are in a single storage group or database.

  For example, you can recover mailbox items that were deleted from a user's mailbox.

Before You Begin

• If you use Exchange 2007, the backup must be VSS-enabled. If you use Exchange 2010 or later, the backup is VSS-enabled by default.

• Make sure that the database that you want to restore is dismounted and marked for overwrite.

• Make sure that the Storage Group or the Database name uses ASCII characters only and does not contain the plus (+) character.

Procedure

1. If you restore the database to a Recovery Storage Group or to a Recovery Database, create the RSG or the RDB.

   For more information, see the article on the Microsoft TechNet site that corresponds with your version of Exchange.

   • Exchange 2007: How to Recover a Mailbox by Using a Recovery Storage Group

   • Exchange 2010: Restore Data Using a Recovery Database

   • Exchange 2013 or later: Restore data using a recovery database

2. From the CommCell Browser, expand Client Computers > client.

3. Right-click Exchange Database, and then click All Tasks > Browse and Restore.

   The Browse and Restore Options dialog box appears.

4. Click View Content.

5. In the left pane of the Client Browse window, expand Exchange Database > Microsoft Information Store > Storage Group/Database.

6. In the right pane, select the database that you want to restore, and then click Recover Databases.

   The Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box appears.

7. From the Destination client list, select a standalone or a DAG client. If the selected destination client is DAG, then select a member server from the list.

8. In the Restore Options area, select Restore to Another Database.

9. In the list at the bottom of the dialog box, select the Source DB.

10. In the Destination DB/Out of Place Location column, click ...

    The Client Browse dialog box appears.

11. Select the path to the destination Storage Group or Database, and then click OK.

12. Click OK to close the Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box.

13. Manually mount the stores after the restore.