Use one of the methods below to restore VSS-Enabled backups for Exchange Server 2007 and 2010. When restoring VSS-enabled backups, the options
No Loss Restore
and Mount database after restore do not apply.
You can restore the database stores to a different storage group (including
Recovery Storage Groups) on the same Exchange Server, or to a different Exchange
Server within the same Exchange organization.
Ensure the database you want to restore is dismounted and marked for
overwrite.
From the CommCell Console, navigate to Client Computers | <Client>.
Right-click Exchange Database and
then click All Tasks | Browse Backup Data.
Click OK.
In the left pane of the Client Browse window, navigate to
Exchange Database | Microsoft Information Store | <Storage Group>.
Select the database to be restored in the
right pane and click Recover All Selected.
Select the Destination client.
Select the Source DB and double-click in the Destination DB
column.
You can restore the database stores to be a physically different location on
disk (i.e., non-Exchange location) with a choice of whether or not to replay the
logs.
From the CommCell Console, navigate to Client Computers | <Client>.
Right-click Exchange Database and
then click All Tasks | Browse Backup Data.
Click OK.
In the left pane of the Client Browse window, navigate to
Exchange Database | Microsoft Information Store | <Storage Group>.
Select the database to be restored in the
right pane and click Recover All Selected.
Select the Destination client.
Select the Source DB and double-click in the Destination DB
column.
Click .. and select one of the following options in the
Storage Group dialog box:
Restore to Non-Exchange Location <Out of Place> - The
database will be restored to the specified location and the logs will be
replayed.
Restore to Non-Exchange Location <Out of Place, No Recover>
- The database will be restored to the specified location and the
logs will not be replayed.
Double click in the Out of Place Location column and click ..
to specify the fully-qualified destination.
Select the destination folder from the Destination client.
You can restore the database stores to a different storage group (including
Recovery Storage Groups) on the same Exchange Server, or to a different Exchange
Server within the same Exchange organization.
Ensure the database you want to restore is dismounted and marked for
overwrite.
From the CommCell Console, navigate to Client Computers | <Client>.
Right-click Exchange Database and
then click All Tasks | Browse Backup Data.
Click OK.
In the left pane of the Client Browse window, navigate to
Exchange Database | Microsoft Information Store | <Storage Group>.
Select the database to be restored in the
right pane and click Recover All Selected.
Select the Destination client.
Select the Source DB and double-click in the Destination DB
column.
You can restore the database stores to be a physically different location on
disk (i.e., non-Exchange location) with a choice of whether or not to replay the
logs.
From the CommCell Console, navigate to Client Computers | <Client>.
Right-click Exchange Database and
then click All Tasks | Browse Backup Data.
Click OK.
In the left pane of the Client Browse window, navigate to
Exchange Database | Microsoft Information Store | <Storage Group>.
Select the database to be restored in the
right pane and click Recover All Selected.
Select the Destination client.
Select the Source DB and double-click in the Destination DB
column.
Click .. and select one of the following options in the
Storage Group dialog box:
Restore to Non-Exchange Location <Out of Place> - The
database will be restored to the specified location and the logs will be
replayed.
Restore to Non-Exchange Location <Out of Place, No Recover>
- The database will be restored to the specified location and the
logs will not be replayed.
Double click in the Out of Place Location column and click ..
to specify the fully-qualified destination.
Select the destination folder from the Destination client.
You can restore the database stores to an active copy to a different database on the same Exchange Server, or to an active copy in a different Exchange
Server within the same Exchange organization. For more details, see KB article
number
Backup, Restore, and Disaster Recovery.
Ensure the database you want to restore is dismounted and marked for
overwrite.
From the CommCell Console, navigate to Client Computers | <Client>.
Right-click Exchange Database and
then click All Tasks | Browse Backup Data.
Click OK.
In the left pane of the Client Browse window, navigate to
Exchange Database | Microsoft Information Store | <Storage Group>.
Select the database to be restored in the
right pane and click Recover All Selected.
Select the Destination client.
Select the Source DB and double-click in the Destination DB
column.
Click .. and select a Storage Group.
Click OK.
Click OK to start the restore.
Run the following defragmentation command, in case the database fails to
mount:
You can restore the database stores to be a physically different location on
disk (i.e., non-Exchange location) with a choice of whether or not to replay the
logs.
From the CommCell Console, navigate to Client Computers | <Client>.
Right-click Exchange Database and
then click All Tasks | Browse Backup Data.
Click OK.
In the left pane of the Client Browse window, navigate to
Exchange Database | Microsoft Information Store | <Storage Group>.
Select the database to be restored in the
right pane and click Recover All Selected.
Select the Destination client.
Select the Source DB and double-click in the Destination DB
column.
Click .. and select one of the following options in the
Storage Group dialog box:
Restore to Non-Exchange Location <Out of Place> - The
database will be restored to the specified location and the logs will be
replayed.
Restore to Non-Exchange Location <Out of Place, No Recover>
- The database will be restored to the specified location and the
logs will not be replayed.
Double click in the Out of Place Location column and click ..
to specify the fully-qualified destination.
Select the destination folder from the Destination client.
This option does not apply when
restoring VSS-enabled backups.
A No Loss Restore appends the log files created since the last database
backup to a restored database, thus bringing the database to the most current
possible state. To perform a No Loss Restore, the database to be restored must
be from the latest backup.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers |<Client>.
Right-click the Exchange Database and click All
Tasks | Browse Backup Data.
Click OK.
From the Browse window, select the data to be restored in the right pane
and click Restore Current Selected.
The One-pass Restore feature provides a
performance-enhancing solution for conducting non-VSS restores of data from backups on
tape. Restoring data from tapes is generally less efficient and more time
consuming to accomplish than restoring data from other types of media. With this feature, only one-pass through the media is
required to gather all the information on the data to be restored and then
execute the restore.
One-pass Restores can also improve performance
of non-multiplexed backups on tape. However, using One-pass Restores for non-tape
media, which use a random access methodology for gathering the information
and data to be restored, generally does not yield any performance
improvement.
Before performing a browse and One-Pass restore, it is strongly recommended to
assign one storage group per subclient as the proper configuration for supporting this type of
restore as No Loss
Restore capabilities are not provided (data will be overwritten for all
stores within a storage group).
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers |<Client>.
Right-click the Exchange Database and click All
Tasks | Browse for One-Pass Restore.
Click OK.
In the left pane of the Client Browse window, navigate to Exchange Database | Microsoft Information Store | <Storage Group>.
Select the database to be restored in the
right pane and click Recover All Selected.
Browse and Restore from the CommCell Console allows you browse and restore mailboxes and mailbox items that were backed up. The browse option can also be invoked from the
client, agent, backup set, or subclient level.
List media option is useful to predict media required for the following operations:
To restore data associated with a specific backup set, subclient or instance
To restore the index required to browse data associated with a specific
backup set or subclient
To restore a specific file (or specific files and folders)
To restore data associated with a specific job
The list media operation can be performed for instances, backup sets, and subclients.
The following sections describe each of these methods.
The List Media feature can also be used in a number of other capacities. Refer
to the List Media documentation for
a complete overview of this feature.
From the CommCell Browser, navigate to Client Computers |
<Client> | Exchange Database.
Right-click the subclient for which you wish
to list media in the right pane and then click List Media.
From the List Media dialog box choose one of the following options:
Click Media For the Latest Data to list media associated with
the most recent data protection cycle.
Click Specify Time Range to list media associated with data protection
operations up to the specified date and time range.
Use the Data Before box to specify the end date and time.
Click Advanced and then click Exclude Data Before to list
media associated with data protection operations after the specified date
and time.
Note that you can use the Specify Browse Time and Exclude Data
Before options to list media between a specified date and time range.
Click OK.
The appropriate media is listed in the Media dialog box.
Once you initiate the restore operation, a restore job is generated in the Job
Controller. Jobs can be managed in a number of ways. The following sections provide
information on the different job management options available:
Jobs that fail to complete successfully are automatically restarted based on
the job restartability configuration set in the Control Panel. Keep in mind that changes
made to this configuration will affect all
jobs in the entire CommCell.
To Configure the job restartability for a specific job, you can modify the
retry settings for the job. This will override the setting in the Control Panel. It is also possible to override the default CommServe configuration for individual
jobs by configuring retry settings when initiating the job. This configuration,
however, will apply only to the specific job.
Backup jobs for this Agent are resumed from the point-of-failure.
Configure Job Restartability at the CommServe Level
From the CommCell Browser, click Control Panel icon.
Select
Job Management.
Click Job Restarts tab and select a Job Type.
Select Restartable to make the job restartable.
Change the value for Max Restarts to change the maximum number of
times the Job Manager will try to restart a job.
Change the value for Restart Interval (Mins) to change the time
interval between attempts for the Job Manager to restart the job.
The following controls are available for running jobs in the Job Controller window:
Suspend
Temporarily stops a job. A suspended job is not
terminated; it can be restarted at a later time.
Resume
Resumes a job and returns the
status to Waiting, Pending, Queued, or Running. The status depends on
the availability of resources, the state of the Operation Windows, or
the Activity Control setting.
Kill
Terminates a job.
Suspending a Job
From the Job Controller of the CommCell Console, right-click the job and
select Suspend.
The job status may change to Suspend Pending
for a few moments while the operation completes. The job status then changes
to Suspended.
Resuming a Job
From the Job Controller of the CommCell Console, right-click the job and
select Resume.
As the Job Manager attempts to restart the job,
the job status changes to Waiting, Pending, or Running.
Killing a Job
From the Job Controller of the CommCell Console, right-click the job and
select Kill.
Click Yes when the confirmation prompt
appears if you are sure you want to kill the job. The job status may
change to Kill Pending for a few moments while the operation
completes. Once completed, the job status will change to Killed and
it will be removed from the Job Controller window after five minutes.
You can restore Exchange Database from the command line interface.
Command line restores enable you to perform restore operations on multiple
clients at the same time. It also allows you to reuse the command line scripts
for additional restores.
When performing command line restores, note that backups taken from the
CommCell Console can be restored using Command Line and vice versa. However,
backups taken from a previous version of the CommCell Console can be restored
only from the Command Line.
In order to run the restores from command line, you need an input xml file
which contains the parameters for configuring the restore options. This input
xml file can be obtained using one of the following ways:
Download the
input xml file template and save it on the computer from where the
restore will be performed.
Generate the input xml file from the CommCell Console and save it on the
computer from where the restore will be performed.
In addition to the parameters provided in the template xml file, if you want
to include additional options for the restore, you can do so by selecting the
required options from the CommCell Console and generate the command line xml
script for the restore operation.
Follow the steps given below to generate a script which you can use to
perform a restore from the command line interface:
From the CommCell Console, navigate to <Client> |
Exchange Database iDataAgent | defaultBackupSet.
Right-click the <Subclient> in the right pane and then click Browse Backup Data.
Click OK.
In the right pane of the Browse window, select the data that
you want to restore and click Recover All Selected.
Select the required restore options which you want to execute using the
script.
Click Save as Script.
Enter the location where you want to save the script or click
Browse and navigate to the location.
The script will be saved as a .xml file
and a .bat file is created.
If a file with the same name already exists in the specified location,
the .xml file will be created with a timestamp. However, the .bat file will
overwrite the existing file.
Enter the username and password for the user account which you want to
use to perform the restore.
By default, the user account which you have used to login to CommCell
console is used for performing the restore. However, if the user account does
not have access to application and database, click Use a
different account.
Several additional options are available to further refine your restore
operations. The following table describes these options, as well as the steps to
implement them.
Be sure to read the overview material referenced for each feature prior to using
them.
Option
Description
related topic
Use hardware revert capability if available
This option allow you to revert the data to the time when the snapshot was
created. Selecting this option brings back the entire LUN to the point when the
snapshot was created, overwriting all the modifications to data since the
snapshot creation. This option is only available if the snapshot engine used for
SnapProtect Backup supports the revert operation.
From the CommCell Browser, click Client Computers |
<Client>.
Right-click the Exchange Database and select All Tasks
| Browse Backup Data.
In the Browse Options dialog box, click OK.
In the Client Browse tab, select the data to be restored and click
Recover all Selected.
In the Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box,
click Advanced.
Select Use hardware revert capability if available.
Click OK.
Startup Options
The Startup Options are used by the Job Manager to set priority for resource
allocation. This is useful to give higher priority to certain jobs. You can set
the priority as follows:
From the CommCell Browser, click Client Computers |
<Client>.
Right-click the Exchange Database and select All Tasks
| Browse Backup Data.
In the Browse Options dialog box, click OK.
In the Client Browse tab, select the data to be restored and click
Recover all Selected.
In the Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box,
click Advanced.
In the Advanced Restore Options dialog box,
click Startup.
On the Startup tab, select Change Priority.
Enter a priority number - 0 is the highest priority and 999 is the
lowest priority.
Select the Start up in suspended State check box to start the job
in a suspended state.
By default, the system retrieves data from the storage policy copy with
the lowest copy precedence. If the data was pruned from the primary
copy, the system automatically retrieves data from the other copies of
the storage policy in the lowest copy precedence to highest copy
precedence order. Once the data is found, it is retrieved, and no
further copies are checked.
You can retrieve data from a specific
storage policy copy (Synchronous Copy or Selective Copy). If data does
not exist in the specified copy, the data retrieve operation fails even
if the data exists in another copy of the same storage policy. Follow
the steps given below to retrieve the data from a a specific storage
policy copy:
From the CommCell Browser, click Client Computers |
<Client>.
Right-click the Exchange Database and select All Tasks
| Browse Backup Data.
In the Browse Options dialog box, click OK.
In the Client Browse tab, select the data to be restored and click
Recover all Selected.
In the Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box,
click Advanced.
In the Advanced Restore Options dialog box,
click Copy Precedence.
On the Copy Precedence tab, select the Restore from copy precedence
check box.
The data recovery operations use a default Library, MediaAgent, Drive
Pool, and Drive as the Data Path. You can use this option to change the
data path if the default data path is not available. Follow the steps
given below to change the default data path:
From the CommCell Browser, click Client Computers |
<Client>.
Right-click the Exchange Database and select All Tasks
| Browse Backup Data.
In the Browse Options dialog box, click OK.
In the Client Browse tab, select the data to be restored and click
Recover all Selected.
In the Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box,
click Advanced.
In the Advanced Restore Options dialog box,
click Data Path.
On the Data Path tab, select the MediaAgent
and Library.
Select the Drive Pool and Drive for optical and tape
libraries.
Select the name of the Proxy server if you
wish to restore using a proxy server.
You can select the Proxy server only when you are restoring from a snapshot.
This option is not available for a regular restore.
If the client's data is encrypted with a pass phrase, you must enter
the pass-phrase to start the data recovery operation. Follow the steps
given below to enter the pass-phrase:
From the CommCell Browser, click Client Computers |
<Client>.
Right-click the Exchange Database and select All Tasks
| Browse Backup Data.
In the Browse Options dialog box, click OK.
In the Client Browse tab, select the data to be restored and click
Recover all Selected.
In the Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box,
click Advanced.
In the Advanced Restore Options dialog box,
click Encryption.
This option enables users or user groups to get automatic notification on the
status of the data recovery job. Follow the steps given below to set up the
criteria to raise notifications/alerts:
From the CommCell Browser, click Client Computers |
<Client>.
Right-click the Exchange Database and select All Tasks
| Browse Backup Data.
In the Browse Options dialog box, click OK.
In the Client Browse tab, select the data to be restored and click
Recover all Selected.
In the Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box,
click Advanced.
In the Advanced Restore Options dialog box,
click Alerts.
Click Add Alert.
From the Add Alert Wizard dialog box, select the required threshold and
notification criteria and click Next.
Select the required notification types and click Next.
Command Line Interface enables you to perform backups or restore from the command line. The
commands can be executed from the command line or can be integrated into scripts.
You can also generate command line scripts for specific operations from the CommCell
Browser using the Save As Script option.
The CommCell Readiness Report provides you with vital information, such as
connectivity and readiness of the Client, MediaAgent and CommServe. It is useful
to run this report before performing the data protection or recovery job. Follow the steps
given below to generate the report:
From the Tools menu in the CommCell Console, click Reports.
Navigate to Reports | CommServe | CommCell Readiness.
Click the Client tab and click the Modify button.
In the Select Computers dialog box, clear the Include All
Client Computers and All Client Groups check box.
The Restore Job Summary Report provides you with information about all the
data recovery jobs that are run in last 24 hours for a specific client and
agent. You can get
information such as failure reason, failed objects, job options etc. It is useful
to run this report after performing the restore. Follow the steps
given below to generate the report:
From the Tools menu in the CommCell Console, click Reports.
Navigate to Reports | Jobs | Job Summary.
Click Data Recovery on the General tab in the right
pane.
On the Computers tab, select the client and the agent for which
you want to run the report.
