Restoring backup sets from an archive

You can restore backup sets from an archive created by third-party software to the same Storage Group or server or to the Recovery Storage Group or Recovery Database. Using the Recovery Storage Group or Recovery Database enables you to mount a mailbox store copy on a production server and recover data within the restored mailbox while the current mailbox store is still running.

Before you begin

Steps

1. In the Scope pane, click Restore.
2. In the Actions pane, click Restore wizard.
3. Go to the Which Exchange Server Created the backups window.
4. Select Restore from Unmanaged Media.
5. From the Backup Exchange Server list, select the Exchange server on which the archive backup was originally created.
6. In the SnapInfo Directory Path field, type the path of the SnapInfo directory.
7. Select a backup set that you want to restore.
8. In the Where to restore panel, select a restore option.
9. Select the option to restore either the Mailbox Database or the Public folder, or both, as required.
10. Select the specified option to perform an up-to-the-minute restore operation or a point-in-time restore operation, as required.
11. Specify if the restore operation is a test restore operation.
12. Under Operation Options, select Verify transaction log sequence and database metadata before restore to verify transaction log sequence and database metadata before the restore operation.
13. Under Operation Options, select Exhaustive verification to verify all signatures and metadata before the restore operation.
14. Select the appropriate job control option under Job Control Options to determine the order of priority, if any conflicting backup operations are running.
15. If the restore server does not have access to the remote archived storage, select Restore server does not have access to archived backup storage.
16. Follow the instructions in the wizard, and go to the Mount Options page.
17. To recover and mount the database after the restore process, select Recover and mount database after restore.
18. To associate all mailboxes in the newly restored databases to the currently connected Exchange server, select Update user accounts associated with mailboxes in restored databases to point to mailbox server with the new name.
    Note: If you restore the backup created on a different server, and select the Update user accounts associated with mailboxes in restored databases to point to mailbox server with the new name check box, SnapManager uses the Exchange cmdlet Move-Mailbox - ConfigureOnly internally to connect all the mailboxes in the newly restored database to the currently connected Exchange server.

19. Click Finish.

• Up-to-the-minute restore from an archive backup
  As newer backups are made, older backups and logs for older backups get deleted. Because an up-to-the-minute restore operation is possible only if the logs are present, you can perform an up-to-the-minute restore operation from archive backup only if local log backup exists. Therefore, restoring from an archive backup is usually a point-in-time restore operation, and not an up-to-the-minute restore operation.