Hi, we setup a SBS 2K3 for a client last week. Monday morning its rife with problems, being that the system disk had failed. The system disk contained the OS on C: and E: which contained amongst other things, contained the transaction logs.
The databases are on a disk which survived, but I am going to ignore those for now and try to restore from tape. We scheduled a backup each night, and it appears to have run properly on Friday, with the server crashing over the weekend. The backup selected the Information Store for that server (It did NOT include selecting the exchsrv folders on each disk). I have since rebuilt the server with SBS2K3 and exchange is installed, what I want to do is just restore the mailboxes to exchange. I dont want to restore the system state or user files, just the mailbox content. So do I just perform a restore of the IS only and assign accounts to the mailboxes, or create the accounts first and let the mailbox be restored to them? Is this possible at all to do? Lastly, there is a chance the backups did not work (I did a catalogue of the tape and there is stuff on it, but just in case its bogus)... Is there anyway to use the remaining database files which are still intact to restore the mailbox data? Your help is appreciated. Regards, Luke Cassar _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
