Restoring a Mailbox from a Backup to a Recovery Server
To restore a mailbox from backup, you must have a recovery server that has sufficient storage capacity to install Exchange Server and to restore the private information store database. This server can be on the same physical network as your production Exchange Server computer.
To restore a mailbox from a backup to a recovery server:
1.Take note of the following information that is on the production Exchange Server computer:
•Organization Name
•Administrative Group Name
•Storage Group Name
2.On the recovery server, install the Windows Server operating system, and then create a new Active Directory forest.
3.Run Exchange Server Setup and create a new organization that uses the same name as your existing Exchange organization.
4.Do one of the following:
•If the name of your administrative group is First Administrative Group, go to the next step, or
•Install Exchange Server to an administrative group other than the First Administrative Group:
a.Run Exchange Server Setup and then install Microsoft Exchange System Management Tools.
NOTE: At this point, do not install Microsoft Exchange Messaging and Collaboration Services. Type the name of your administrative group (the same name as the administrative group on your production server).
b.Start the Exchange System Manager.
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d.Click the General tab, select the Display administrative groups check box, and then click OK.
e.Quit and then restart the Exchange System Manager.
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g.In the Name box, type the name of the administrative group, and then click OK.
NOTE: You must use the same name that you used to name the administrative group on your production Exchange Server computer.
h.Quit the Exchange System Manager.
5.Run the Exchange Server Setup and install Microsoft Exchange Messaging and Collaboration Service and Microsoft Exchange System Management Tools (if the Exchange System Management Tools are not already installed on the server).