Hi, We have Exchange Server 2003 and I am testing out NTBackup utility's restore operation for the Information Store. I have the location of the backup file and I would like to restore to the same database server, but not to the original production location and I can leave the mount database after restore unchecked. My goal is to restore Exchange's database files without disrupting the production database itself. Instead, I would like to restore to an alternate location ie D:\ExchSvr\InfoStore instead of its original location ie C:\ExchSvr\InfoStore. If I proceed with the restore using NT Backup utility, will I be able to do that? Just want to be safe this is what's going to happen. Any suggestions and/or comments greatly appreciated. Thanks!
This what recovery storage groups are for. http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/How-Recovery-Storage-Groups-Work.html This is a great way to test your backups without interfering with Exchange. "Archi3" wrote in message news:CED9C299-927E-4B62-9056-1C420ECC78FC@microsoft.com... > Hi, > > We have Exchange Server 2003 and I am testing out NTBackup utility's > restore > operation for the Information Store. I have the location of the backup > file > and I would like to restore to the same database server, but not to the > original production location and I can leave the mount database after > restore > unchecked. My goal is to restore Exchange's database files without > disrupting > the production database itself. Instead, I would like to restore to an > alternate location ie D:\ExchSvr\InfoStore instead of its original > location > ie C:\ExchSvr\InfoStore. If I proceed with the restore using NT Backup > utility, will I be able to do that? Just want to be safe this is what's > going > to happen. Any suggestions and/or comments greatly appreciated. Thanks! >
Thanks for the info. RSG is probably a project I can get into next, but at the very minimum, I just want to restore Exchange database files to another folder location on the same server from the original NTBackup .bkf file. When this happens, just want to be safe that these restored files doesn't take the place and overwrite the current production files. Any thoughts? Thanks! "Archi3" wrote: > Hi, > > We have Exchange Server 2003 and I am testing out NTBackup utility's restore > operation for the Information Store. I have the location of the backup file > and I would like to restore to the same database server, but not to the > original production location and I can leave the mount database after restore > unchecked. My goal is to restore Exchange's database files without disrupting > the production database itself. Instead, I would like to restore to an > alternate location ie D:\ExchSvr\InfoStore instead of its original location > ie C:\ExchSvr\InfoStore. If I proceed with the restore using NT Backup > utility, will I be able to do that? Just want to be safe this is what's going > to happen. Any suggestions and/or comments greatly appreciated. Thanks! >
