Offline Database Restore (Administrator)

Deployment Setup Advanced Troubleshooting

Table of contents

Configure Permissions to View All Mailboxes

Configure Tool to Run from UNC Path or Outlook

Configure Outlook for Offline Database Restores

Configure Language Support

Create Database Using a Snapshot

Mount the Snapshot

Prepare the Database

Configure Permissions to View All Mailboxes

You can provide certain users with the ability to view all mailboxes as follows:

1. Log on to the computer with Exchange Offline Mining Tool and Active Directory installed.  
2. Navigate to Start and click Active Directory Users and Computers.
3.
  • Right-click Users, point to New and then click Groups.
  • Enter exchangedbmineadmins in the Group Name box.
  • Under Group Type select Security.
  • Click Ok.
4.
  • Navigate to Start and click Active Directory Users and Computers.
  • Select Users.
  • In the right-pane select a user or group of users, right-click and select Add to a group...
  • From the Locations... tab, browse to the exchangedbmineadmins group in the From this location box.
  • Click Ok.

Configure Tool to Run from UNC Path or Outlook

Follow the steps given below to configure to run the Exchange Offline Mining Tool to from a remote location. 

1. Log  onto the computer with Exchange Mining Tool installed.  
2. Start the command prompt and run the following:

caspol -m -addgroup "LocalIntranet_Zone" -allcode FullTrust -n "DB Mining Tool Policy" -d "This policy is used to run DBMining Tool"

  

 
3. To push permission settings to multiple computers simultaneously, perform the following:
  • Start the command prompt of the remote computer:
  • On the command prompt navigate to the folder location of the .NET Framework's version directory.
  • Run the following command:

CasPol.exe -pp off -m -ag 1.2 -url //<computer_name>/ FullTrust

Where computer name is the full path where .edb files and the log files reside.

 c:\Progrm Files\Support Tools>cd c:\windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 >CasPol.exe -pp off -m -ag 1.2 -url//\\base2003\MiningToolExchange/FullTrust Microsoft <R> .NET Framework Caspol 2.0.50727.42
Copyright <c> Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Added union code group with"-url" membership condition to the Machine level. Success
c:\windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727
4. To establish a default security configuration file, perform the following:
  • Navigate to Microsoft.NET\Framework\<version_number>\config\security.config.
  • Copy the security.config file and append it with .default extension.
  

Configure Outlook for Offline Database Restores

You can provide end-users with the capability to access the tool from Outlook toolbar by configuring the following:

  Note that this functionality is supported with Exchange 2003 databases only.
1. Ensure that all users accessing the Exchange Offline Mining Tool must have read and execute permissions for the chosen UNC path.  
2.
  • From the CommCell Console, navigate to the <Client> with Exchange Mailbox Archiver Agent installed.
  • Right-click the <Client> and then click Properties.
  • Select the Advanced tab.
  • Enter the fully qualified UNC path to the Exchange Offline Mining Tool in the Path to Exchange mining tool box.
3.
  • From the CommCell Console, navigate to Client Computers, with Exchange Mailbox Archiver Agent installed.
  • Right-click the <Client> and select Properties.
  • Select the Registry Key Settings tab.
  • Click Add.
  • In the Name box enter  Galaxy.Ex2KMBDM.CVEAAddin.
  • In the Location box enter HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\.
  • In the Type box enter REG_DWORD.
  • In the Value box enter UIOptions.
  • Click OK.

Configure Language Support

By default, the Exchange Offline Mining tool will use the language setting of the computer on which it is installed. If you want the tool to use a different language, follow the steps given below:

1. Log onto the computer where the Exchange Offline Mining tool is installed.  
2.
  • Navigate to EvMgrCHost file, located in the MiningToolExchange directory available in the software folder.
  • Open the EvMgrCHost file in the edit mode and add lang=<language_code>

    Where language_code is one of the following:

    • fr-fr (French - France)
    • fr-ca (French - Canada)
    • es-es (Spanish - Spain)
    • es-mx (Spanish - Mexico)
    • de-de (German - Standard)
    • it-it (Italian)
    • ja-jp (Japanese)
    • ru-ru (Russian)
    • zh-cn (Chinese - Simplified)
    • en-us (English - United States)

Create Database Using a Snapshot

Database snapshots created with SnapProtect™ can be used for offline mining.

If you have not previously used SnapProtect to back up your databases, perform the following tasks:

Once you have the database snapshot, configure the database as described in the following sections.

Mount the Snapshot

  1. From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers | <Client>.
  2. Right-click Exchange Database and click All Tasks | List Snaps.
  1. Right-click the snapshot that you wish to mount and click Mount.
  2. Click Yes.
  3. In the Mount Path dialog box, specify the destination client and the path on the client in the Destination Client and Destination Path fields.

    On a Windows platform, enter a CIFS Share Name for the Agent.

  4. If you do not wish to save any changes made to the mounted snapshot after the snapshot is unmounted, select Protect Snapshot during mount.
  5. Click OK.
If you do not select Protect Snapshot during mount, the changes made to snapshot when it is mounted will be retained after the snapshot is unmounted and the snapshot can no longer be used for restore.

Prepare the Database

1. Log onto the computer on which the Exchange Offline Mining Tool is installed.  
2. Navigate to the Destination path, where the snapshot is mounted.  
3. Copy the .edb/.stm, log and .dll files to a location from where the Exchange Offline Mining Tool will access these files.  
4.
  • Navigate to Start | All Programs | <software> folder.
  • Click Exchange Database Mining Tool.
5. Click the Exchange menu and then click New.
6.
  • Browse or enter the location of the .edb files in the Exchange EDB Path box.
  For Exchange 2003, browse or enter the location of .stm files in the Exchange STM Path box.
  • Click OK.
  • Repeat this step to register additional databases.
7. Click the Exchange menu and then click Save.
8.
  • Browse or enter the location of the Configuration File to be exported.
  • Click OK.