Data this old I wouldn't even have around. We rotate our backup tapes frequently and destroy old tapes that we're not going to use anymore.
I'll grant that some specific industries may require longer e-mail retention, but thankfully ours isn't one of them. -Ben- Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote, CNA, MCPx4 Director of Information Services Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert http://www.hawaiilawyer.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Dickenson, Steven [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 7:55 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Recovery Help. Request made from a new Exchange Admin. > > Data this old, I wouldn't put it anywhere NEAR my production > environment. > You can use a spare desktop machine for this type of work. > Build a new server, and restore your data to that. If I were > you, I'd keep it off the same LAN as your production servers, > also. Through it on a test-lab VLAN, if you have one. > > Steven > --- > Steven Dickenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Network > Administrator The Key School, Annapolis Maryland > > -----Original Message----- > From: labigdawrg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 1:28 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Recovery Help. Request made from a new Exchange Admin. > > > > Hello All: > > Second day on the job as the new Exchange Admin and I need help! My > employer has a two yr old backup tape of Exchange data. The > Co. was using > Arc-Serve 6.5. We are now using Veritas but found a version > of Arc-Serve > and believe we have recovered the data. > > Now, I need to place the data onto an Exchange Server so I > can XMerge the > necessary mailboxes into .pst files. Is there a way I can move the > priv.edb and pub.edb files to my bridgehead or other mail servers and > XMerge the needed data that is being requested for legal reasons > nonetheless? Or, do I need to build a new Exchange Server? > Any detailed > information is much appreciated. Thank you. > > LABD > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > ext_mode=&lang > =english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > ext_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ 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: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
