Is there some way to restore the registry to a non-functional location on your
hard drive, then copy the Imail section and paste it into the functional copy of
the registry?
Doing an automated daily backup of the Imail registry sounds like a very good
idea. It seems to be as simple as running a daily script which invokes the
"regback.exe" utility which comes with Imail. Some backup software enables you
to run a specific script before backing up up your hard drive to tape each
night; for example, you could run "c:\imail\regback -b c:\imail\backup\imbackup"
Adam
-----Original Message-----
From: Tor Rognmo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, April 28, 2000 11:45 PM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Restoring i-mail after server crash
>Actually I did select the option of backing up the registry on the tape. My
>tape backup was geared towards a full restore in case of a crash: i.e. do a
>minimal install of the server then do a full restore including security,
>registry etc.
>The problem that arose was that I couldn't do a full system restore. The
>reason was the crash was caused by hardware problems - dual cpus that
>weren't identical (though equal in speed) and therefore caused corruption of
>the multi processor drivers in nt. So after the crash I switched from a dual
>processor, onboard scsi Asus board to another more recent board with dual
>cpu support and a separate Adaptec scsi controller. (Note: part of the
>problem was that the cpu's were PIII 450s which are no longer commercially
>available - if they had been it would have been a pure hardware issue.)
>Because of that, doing a full restore would restore the old drivers and
>guarantee blue screen of death when starting the server. So I had to do a
>full new install of the operating system and a selective restore of data
>files from tape.
>That brought back the c:\imail folder but not the registry.
>I guess what I was wondering about was if there was a way to 'poke a hole'
>in the actual registry files contained in the backup tape - which I can't
>restore for the above reasons - to extract the ipswitch mail keys. I'm not
>holding my breath on that solution (in fact I'm just taking a break from the
>not-so-amusing task of recreating the 1000 or so accounts in imail).
>However, I did learn an important lesson from this, which I'd like to share
>with other users. Never assume that a problem will be either hardware (in
>which case you replace the part) or software (in which case you restore the
>latest tape backup). Sometimes the two are interconnected, so prepare for
>that eventuality by doing a separate backup of important registry and system
>items.
>Tor
>
>
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>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of ## Dusty Carden
>Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 6:49 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Restoring i-mail after server crash
>
>
>So I am assuming you did not select the option to backup the
>registry when you backed up on tape. If you had chose that option
>then you may have hope. When is the last time you ran rdisk /s?
>It may be a pain, but you could re-install and use the last ERD
>and get back some of the information.
>
>If you did not trash the old NT folder you might check the
>System32/Repair folder to see if an older repair is there.
>
>Dusty
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tor Rognmo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 4:44 PM
>Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Restoring i-mail after server crash
>
>
>> No I didn't back up the registry. I had a tape backup of the whole hard
>> drive - system folders included - based on the assumption that if there
>was
>> a crash everything would be restored. The problem is that after the
>restore
>> there is new and different hardware in the machine, and win2000 goes
>> directly to the blue screen of death because of the old device drivers. So
>I
>> had to go for a full install of the server and then restore bit by bit
>from
>> the latest full tape.
>> Is there anywhere on this tape that I might be able to pull something out
>of
>> the old registry, or is that mute unless I restore everything?
>
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