Mounting databases on a Recovery Storage Group in Exchange Server 2007

When the Exchange Information Store service restarts, the databases in the Recovery Storage Group are not mounted automatically. Use the Restore wizard to mount databases on a Recovery Storage Group.

Steps

1. Select an Exchange server node in the Scope pane.
2. In the Actions pane, click Restore wizard.
3. In the Which Exchange Server Created the Backup window, select any of the following options:
   • Restore SnapManager backups that were created on the same Exchange server
   • Restore from Unmanaged Media
   • Restore backup created on a different server

4. In the Choose the backup that you want to restore window, double-click the backup set present in a Storage Group.

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

5. In the Select the target for backup restoration window, select Restore to Recovery Storage Group.
6. In the Choose the items to be restored window, select the check boxes corresponding to the production databases and LCR replica databases that you want to restore.
7. In the Choose Recovery Storage Group window, select the destination Exchange server to which you want to restore the backup set.
8. Specify the name of the new Recovery Storage Group to which you want to restore the selected backup sets.
9. In the Type of Restore window, select a Recovery point for your database.
10. Configure the verification settings in the Verify options window:
    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. To coordinate the backup and restore processes, do the following 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.

11. 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.
12. Proceed with the steps as directed by the Restore wizard.