3PAR Recovery Manager 4.1.0 For Microsoft Exchange 2010 User’s Guide
NOTE: If Windows will allow you to move, or even copy, exchange .LOG files because it is being used by another program, part of Exchange is still live. If this is the case, move on to step 2 on page 8.7.
2Repeat the
3With Exchange database(s) dismounted, preserve the current log files on your Mailbox Database volumes if you were not able to do so from step 1 on page 8.6.
4After you have put all the disk(s) out of maintenance mode, perform the following:
aCopy the .LOG files that you preserved and overwrite the logs recovered. This includes the extra logs not covered by the virtual copy, making the recovery more
bDelete the checkpoint file (.CHK).
cNow you are ready to
Result: The Exchange server performs a soft recovery and automatically replays the log. Once the store is mounted, a confirmation is displayed.
8.4.5 Data Restoration Using a Recovery Database
A recovery database is a mailbox database that allows the mounting of a restored mailbox database and data extraction from the restored database as part of the recovery operation. Recovery databases allow you to recover data from a backup or copy of a database without disrupting access to current data. Use the
The following are required to restore data using a recovery database:
■A recovery database must be created.
■Recovery databases can ony be used for Exchange 2010 mailbox databases.
■The target mailbox used for data merges and extraction must be in the same Active Directory forest as the database mounted in the recovery database.
■The database and LOG files containing the recovered data must be restored or copied into the recovery database folder structure that was created when the recovery database was created.
Recovery Procedures
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