Hello gurus Sorry to bother you, but I thought I would just update you with my disaster recovery scenario. Here is what I done:
1. Stopped All exchange Services 2. Deleted the *Data Folders under Exchsrve program folder 3. Restarted Exchange Services 4. Exchange started to Complain that although the objects existed in AD, the files were missing. 5. Ran NTBackup. Prior to starting step 1. I had created a BRAND NEW online Exchange backup. 6. Dismounted the Mailbox/Public Store. Stated this could be over written by a Restore. 7. Restored the Microsoft Exchange Server Information Store icon, and chose Last Backup Set and Mount Databases. Specified that C:\TEMP was the location to store the restore.env file and logs! 8. Restore stated it was completed. 9. Checked Event Log. Found a whole load of Exchange Error messages stating that Hard was not completed. The Event ID's are as per the Technet Article Q253931 10. Opened a command prompt, went to the exchsrvr BIN Directory, run the following command as per the Technet Article - ESEUTIL /CC C:\Temp\First Storage Group <Pressed Return>. I should point out that the First Storage Group folder was created by NTBackup/Exchange and not me! 11. The screen scrolls down with various options for this tool and I am presented with an ">" if I press any key, it takes me back to the command prompt. When viewing the details on the screen I see a Jet error, which is stating that it cannot find the restore files). Again, I am still unable to find any Technet article on this problem. 12. Try to restore from an Offline Backup. Stop all Services, perform Restore. Reboot the Server and I am still unable to mount the Databases :( 13. Stop all services, deleted the *DATA Folders, restart services, mount Mailbox/Public store and create new stores. 14. Reimport my data from a .PST File As you can see, I am not having much success :( And I am very disturbed that despite the fact I am following all the directions from Microsoft's Technet / white papers, I am still experiencing problems! Can anyone actually tell me or confirm that they have tried to simulate a DR scenario like this and they have 100% recovered successfully. Simon Weaver NT Domain Administrator Ext. 5544 Tel: 02392-705544 (Direct Dial) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Dahl, Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 22 October 2001 06:18:PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Ex2k Restore Failed using Backupexec Simon, Sounds to me like your doing everything you should be doing. Especially by practicing your disaster recovery solutions! I wish I had more suggestions for you, but since you appear to be performing the restore by the books, I don't know of anything else to look out for. Peter Dahl. -----Original Message----- From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 10:42 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Ex2k Restore Failed using Backupexec Yes Peter. I also dismounted the stores first :) Then ticked the box, this can be overwritten by a restore! Obviously I think the problem here is me :) But if anyone can offer some guidance on what I should / should NOT have done, then I am all ears. I have downloaded all the white papers from Microsoft and Veritas on disaster recovery scenarios, so I will give this a try this evening. But if this was a "real" disaster recovery situation, then I would look extremely stupid :( Simon Weaver NT Domain Administrator Ext. 5544 Tel: 02392-705544 (Direct Dial) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Dahl, Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 22 October 2001 02:40:PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Ex2k Restore Failed using Backupexec Did you check the box for the databases in Exchange System Manager which allows the database to be overwritten by a restore? Peter Dahl. -----Original Message----- From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 2:23 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Ex2k Restore Failed using Backupexec Hi, I tried to simulate a disaster recovery scenario. The downside is the recovery was not a success. I do FULL Online Backups of my Exchange Server. I stopped the services, deleted the core components of MDBDATA and MDTDATA once the services were stopped and then restarted. Obviously, exchange complained! Brilliant - lets restore from Backup! Performed a restore while the services were online and it completed with errors. Checked the event log and there were errors stating that the Mailbox store could not be mounted. I verified a Technet Article (Q253931) and it told me that I should have selected "Last Backup Set" - however I could not find this option in Veritas. So I decided to run the ESEUTIL /CC tool as per the Technet instructions. >From the Exchange Server BIN Directory at a command prompt I typed the following: Eseutil /cc C:\temp\First Storage Group <Return Key> This generated a Jet error that I have yet to find any TechNet article against. I spent a long time sorting this out, to no avail. In the end I started from scratch and rebuilt the Server. I was not happy about this, because I wanted to simulate recovery procedures. Does anyone have any idea what mistake(s) I may have made about this? Any feedback is most welcome, considering I am quite new to Ex2k. Thanks Simon Weaver NT Domain Administrator Ext. 5544 Tel: 02392-705544 (Direct Dial) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... This email is for the intended addressee only. If you have received it in error then you must not use, retain, disseminate or otherwise deal with it. Please notify the sender by return email. The views of the author may not necessarily constitute the views of Astrium Limited. 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