Restore Exchange Data using ProxyHost

Before You Begin

• Review the general and agent-specific restore requirements accessed from Restore Backup Data prior to performing any restore operation.
• For ProxyHost clients to which you are restoring Exchange data, the Exchange log files must be deleted before beginning the restore operation. When an Exchange database and transaction log are restored, only that portion of the transaction log that existed at the time of the backup is overwritten. Log files that were created after the backup still exist, but they are not associated with the restored transaction log. The presence of these unrelated files within the transaction log causes the backup to fail in the truncating log phase. To prevent this from occurring, you must manually delete Exchange log files before using the ProxyHost iDataAgent to restore Exchange data.

Select the desired procedure:

Restore Exchange 2000 data to the production server

Restore Exchange 2000 data by Synchronizing the BCV group

Restore Exchange 2003 data to the production server

Restore Exchange 2000 data to the production server

Supported Snapshot Environments:

• EMC TimeFinder (TEIM)
• Compaq EVM
• EMC SnapView 1.0 or 2.0
• QSnap for Windows

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To restore Exchange 2000 data to the production server:

1. Dismount Exchange stores and manually truncate all the log files.

2. Perform any ProxyHost restore procedure.

   NOTES

   • From the Restore Options (General) dialog box, you must select the Unconditional Overwrite option.
3. When the restore has successfully completed:
   • If you restored the KMS database, make sure that you stop and then re-start the Microsoft Exchange Key Management Service.
   • If you restored the SRS database, make sure that you stop and then re-start the Microsoft Exchange Site Replication Service.
4. Mount the Exchange stores.

Restore Exchange 2000 data by Synchronizing the BCV group

Supported Snapshot Environments:

• EMC TimeFinder (TEIM)
• Compaq EVM
• EMC SnapView 2.0

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To restore Exchange 2000 data by Synchronizing the BCV group:

1. Perform any ProxyHost restore procedure.

   NOTES

   • From the Restore Options (General) dialog box, you must select:
   1. the backup host as the destination machine
   2. the Unconditional Overwrite option
2. When the restore has successfully completed on the backup host, dismount all Exchange Services that will be restored.
3. On the backup host, run the BCV restore command to synchronize the data from the backup host to the primary devices. The restore command will differ depending on which snapshot engine you are using; refer to the manufacturer’s documentation for instructions on synchronizing a BCV/clone with the primary volume.
4. When the synchronization has successfully completed, mount the Exchange stores.

Restore Exchange 2003 data to the production server

Supported Snapshot Environment:

• QSnap for Windows

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Permitted Actions

To restore Exchange 2003 data to the production server:

1. Dismount Exchange stores and manually truncate all the log files.

2. Perform any ProxyHost restore procedure.

   NOTES

   • From the Restore Options (General) dialog box, you must select the Unconditional Overwrite option.
3. When the restore has successfully completed:
   • If you restored the KMS database, make sure that you stop and then re-start the Microsoft Exchange Key Management Service.
   • If you restored the SRS database, make sure that you stop and then re-start the Microsoft Exchange Site Replication Service.
4. Mount the Exchange stores.