6.To enter the path, on the Restore Job Properties pane, under Settings, click Advanced, and then enter a path in Path on media server for staging temporary restore data when restoring individual items from tape. For more information about this path, see “Advanced options for restore jobs” on page 494 of the Backup Exec Administrators Guide.

7.Select specific restore options from the Properties pane as appropriate, and then start the restore job.

Restrictions when Restoring from Snapshot Backups

Note the following when restoring Exchange data from snapshot backups:

The specific options No loss restore, Temporary location for log and patch files, Purge all files, and Commit after restore completes are not applicable for VSS. Backup Exec performs a no loss restore and Exchange will use the soft-recovery process when the restored databases are mounted.

Backup Exec always performs a “no loss” restore from VSS backups. During Exchange recovery, both existing and restored transaction logs will replay. However, as a work around, a “point in time” restore from VSS is possible by manually deleting all current transaction log files before starting the restore job. Point in time restore capability is planned for a future release.

Exchange 2003 does not support restoring from a snapshot backup to a Recovery Storage Group (RSG).

Backup Exec 11d does not currently support VSS restores at the Exchange database level. This will be supported in a future release. If restores of individual databases are required, then each Storage Group must be configured with only one database.

Recovering Mailbox Data with Granular Restore Technology

Symantec’s GRT solution provides restore capabilities from any type of Backup Exec backup jobs, including VSS on host snapshot backups. GRT is not currently available from off-host VSS backups. If you checked Enable the restore of individual mail messages and folders from Information Store backups on the backup job properties for the Information Store backups, then you can restore individual messages and folders from that backup. The below illustration shows the granular selection possible.

Exchange 2003 VSS Backup Solution

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