You don't have an online backup? That you could restore to a box with a different name.
Ed --- Paul Hutchings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm hitting the MSKB as I speak, but I wondered if > there's a quick 'n' dirty > answer to this. > > Long story short I need to get pub.edb back from > last nights backup, > someones outlook crashed doing a move of a load of > contacts, the contacts > appear to have mysteriously lost all their category > assignments. > > I have a verified online backup from last night done > using ntbackup, what I > would like to do is to do an offline restore (for > lack of a better word) so > that I have the pub.edb file, I'll then look at > building a box with Exchange > 5.5 on it and recovering the .edb file to it. > > It seems ntbackup will only let me restore the > entire IS (50-odd gb vs 2gb > for just the public store), and only to the original > location, I'm pretty > happy once I have the .edb file that I can bring it > up on a recovery box. > > I'll admit to having been caught somewhat one the > hop here, I've read the > disaster whitepapers but they appear to assume you > want to recover the lot, > onto the original box (which is the scenario I'd > taken into account). > > regards, > Paul > -- > Paul Hutchings > Network Administrator, MIRA Ltd. > Tel: 44 (0)24 7635 5378, Fax: 44 (0)24 7635 8378 > mailto:[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] > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _________________________________________________________________ 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]
