Ok, just to make sure I am on the same page, the only way to restore the directory, is to have the machine named the same? I guess that I will need to figure out a way to setup a test network, not just the exchange box to try it with the same name on my test server as the actual server.
Thanks, Mike Z -----Original Message----- From: Neil Raggett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 12:43 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: big problem with my DR procedure One of the requirements of doing an Exchange restore (As I understand it) it is having the same Server name. Hence, doing the restore on the live network to a test server would prove difficult. I do remember reading somewhere that you can restore the Information store (Not the directory) to an alternate server, but I would imagine that as the directory isn't being restored one of the effects would be loss of permissions (Like your describing). I have never tried this though and so I'm only guessing. Neil -----Original Message----- From: Mike Zatkalik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 01 March 2002 18:16 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: big problem with my DR procedure Neil, Well, the test exchange server, is on our actual domain, it is just not part of the site. We use it to restore mailboxes when needed, so the SAM should be fine. Under permissions, nothing is listed, not even the Account Unknown entries, it is like we are not backing up/able to restore something, like the directory that might be preventing us from getting the permissions transferred over. Thanks, Mike Z -----Original Message----- From: Neil Raggett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 12:08 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: big problem with my DR procedure On your test network, how up-to-date is the SAM database (Compared to the live domain)? I've seens the permissions on newer mailboxes disappear (show Account Unknown) when restoring to a test network with a SAM older than when the user on the live domain was added. Neil -----Original Message----- From: Mike Zatkalik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 01 March 2002 15:29 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: big problem with my DR procedure Well, I did another restore the other night of Exchange 5.5 sp3 and realized that the primary NT account permissions DO NOT transfer over. I can access all mailboxes as administrator, but the user ownership is gone. Also, the permissions at all levels are gone and have to be recreated. I/We never checked to verify permissions before this, as we just tried to access a mailbox as administrator, so I am just wondering if anybody knows right off what the problem might be. My thoughts, which might be wrong, but nonetheless going to speak my mind, is that we can't redirect the directory when doing a restore and because of that, permissions aren't being copied. So, please let me know whether I am right in my thoughts, or completely off-track. So, whether I am wrong or not, how do I copy permissions and restore them to a test server? TIA, > Mike Zatkalik > List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
