Restoring a mailbox database to the Recovery Database in Exchange Server 2010

You can use the Restore wizard to restore an Exchange 2010 database to the Recovery Database.

About this task

SnapManager does not display the public folder database in the Restore wizard. You cannot restore public folder database to a Recovery Database.

If the backup set is not verified, SnapManager gives you the option to verify the backup set before the restore operation.

You can restore from the following restore sources:

Backup that was created on the same Exchange server
Unmanaged media
Backup that was created on a different Exchange server

After an actual restore process, you can optionally perform a verification operation to verify that your restored database is free of physical-level corruption.

Steps

Either select an Exchange server node in the Scope pane or connect to the DAG.
In the Actions pane, click Restore Wizard.
In the Which Exchange Server Created the Backups window, select the restore source.
In the Choose the backup that you want to restore window, double-click the backup set listed under the database.
In the Select the target for backup restoration window, select Restore to the Recovery Storage Group/Database.
In the Choose the items to be restored window, select the check boxes corresponding to the production databases that you want to restore.
In the Choose Recovery Storage Group/Database window, select the destination Exchange server to which you want to restore the backup set.
Note: You cannot specify a Database Availability Group (DAG) name as a destination Exchange server.
Specify the name of the new Recovery Database to which you want to restore the selected backup set.
In the Type of Restore window, select a recovery point for your database.

Configure the verification settings in the Verify options window:

To check the current logs (for up-to-the-minute restore operations only) and run database verification, in the Select Test Restore Options window, select Check current Logs.
If you do not want to perform exhaustive verification of the transaction log sequence and database metadata before the restore process, clear the Exhaustive verification check box.
If the restore server does not have access to the archived backup storage, click Advanced options, and then under Archived Backup Access, select Restore server does not have access to the archived backup storage.
To coordinate the backup and restore processes, make the following selections in the Job Control Options pane:

If you want to...	Then do this...
Cancel the current backup operation in progress	Select Cancel conflicting backup that is in progress.
Restore after the current backup operation is complete	Select Wait for running backup to complete.
End the restore operation	Select Abort restore if conflicting operation is running.

For an actual restore process, if you want SnapManager to automatically recover and remount your restored databases immediately after the restore process, select Mount Database Automatically After Restore in the Mount Options window.
Verify the restore settings and then click Finish.
To start the restore process, click Start Now.