Offline Database Restore (Administrator)

Deployment Setup Advanced Troubleshooting

Create the Offline Database

1.
  • From the CommCell Console, navigate to Client Computers | <Client> | Exchange Database.
  • Right-click the <Agent> and then click All Tasks | Browse Backup Data.
2. Click OK.
3.
  • Select the database in the left pane.
  • Click Recover All Selected.
4.
  • Click ... under Out of Place location column.
  • Select a folder on the client.
      The selected folder should be different from the one from which the database originated.
5.
  • Select Immediate from the Job Initiation tab.
  • Click OK.
6. You can monitor the progress of the restore job in the Job Controller window of the CommCell Console.
7. Once the restore job has completed, right-click the agent and click View | Restore History.
8. Click OK.
9. Right-click the job to view the following details:
  • Source client name.
  • Destination client name
  • Job status.
  • Reason for job failure.
  • View Events of the restore job.
  • View Log files of the restore job.
10. The database is restored on the selected location.

Register the Offline Database

11. Log onto client computer that has the Exchange Offline Mining Tool installed.  
12.
  • Navigate to Start | All Programs | <software> folder.
  • Click Exchange Database Mining Tool.
13. Click the Exchange menu and then click New.
14.
  • Browse or enter the location of the offline database's .edb files in the Exchange EDB Path box.
      For Exchange 2003, browse or enter the location of the offline database's .stm files in the Exchange STM Path box.
  • Click OK.
  • Repeat this step to register additional databases.

Export Database Configuration for End-Users

15. Log onto client computer that has the Exchange Offline Mining Tool installed.  
16.
  • Navigate to Start | All Programs | <software> folder.
  • Click Exchange Database Mining Tool.
17. Click the Exchange menu and then click Save.
18.
  • Browse or enter the location of the Configuration File to be exported.
  • Click OK.