SBS 2008 Exchange 2007 information store recovery

Just had a call from someone with an SBS 2008 server.

They have got no disk redundancy, they had two disks and they installed the
OS onto one and used the other for the data.

Their second data disk E:\ ,which he tells me they moved their exchange
databases onto, has failed.

He's replaced the disk and the server boots up OK, but of course Exchange
2007 isn't working.

He has a backup of the information stores but he's having difficulty
restoring them.

Does he have to get new empty databases setup in Exchange 2007 in order to
overwrite them with his restore ?

At the moment he says he's just got an empty E:\ drive/partition.

On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:11:19 +0100, "Jim" <>
wrote:

>Just had a call from someone with an SBS 2008 server.
>
>They have got no disk redundancy, they had two disks and they installed the
>OS onto one and used the other for the data.
>
>Their second data disk E:\ ,which he tells me they moved their exchange
>databases onto, has failed.
>
>He's replaced the disk and the server boots up OK, but of course Exchange
>2007 isn't working.
>
>He has a backup of the information stores but he's having difficulty
>restoring them.
>
>Does he have to get new empty databases setup in Exchange 2007 in order to
>overwrite them with his restore ?
>
>At the moment he says he's just got an empty E:\ drive/partition.
>
>
>
>

Are you saying he can't simply restore the backup of his old E: drive
to the new E: drive? Shut the Exchange services down while trying to
restore it.

Ace

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Microsoft Certified Trainer
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services

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Hello Jim,


Thanks for your post and Ace's input.

For your reference, here is an article about restoring Exchange 2007 information store database, in case you need:

How to Perform a Basic Restore of Exchange Databases
Applies to: Exchange Server 2007 SP3, Exchange Server 2007 SP2, Exchange Server 2007 SP1, Exchange Server 2007
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...EXCHG.80).aspx


In addition, is your Exchange server 2007 has applied Service Pack 2? If so, you may use the below article to restore:

How to Restore a Backup of Exchange Using Windows Server Backup
Applies to: This procedure can only be performed locally on a computer running Exchange 2007 SP2 on Windows Server 2008.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...EXCHG.80).aspx

Hope this helps.


Sincerely,
Robbin Meng
Microsoft Online Newsgroup Support
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If they are using the SBS2008 backup just restore the exchange.
it should work restoring the complete volume even.

If not you will have to create a NEW exchange store
and let email push up (assuming they are in cached mode.)

then have them fix the server correctly of course
and move things where they should be "RAID etc."
Russ

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"Ace Fekay [MVP - Directory Services, MCT]" <>
wrote in message news:...
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:11:19 +0100, "Jim" <>
> wrote:
>
>>Just had a call from someone with an SBS 2008 server.
>>
>>They have got no disk redundancy, they had two disks and they installed
>>the
>>OS onto one and used the other for the data.
>>
>>Their second data disk E:\ ,which he tells me they moved their exchange
>>databases onto, has failed.
>>
>>He's replaced the disk and the server boots up OK, but of course Exchange
>>2007 isn't working.
>>
>>He has a backup of the information stores but he's having difficulty
>>restoring them.
>>
>>Does he have to get new empty databases setup in Exchange 2007 in order to
>>overwrite them with his restore ?
>>
>>At the moment he says he's just got an empty E:\ drive/partition.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Are you saying he can't simply restore the backup of his old E: drive
> to the new E: drive? Shut the Exchange services down while trying to
> restore it.
>
> Ace
>
> This posting is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties or guarantees and
> confers no rights.
>
> Please reply back to the newsgroup or forum for collaboration benefit
> among responding engineers, and to help others benefit from your
> resolution.
>
> Ace Fekay, MVP, MCT, MCITP EA, MCTS Windows 2008 & Exchange 2007, MCSE &
> MCSA 2003/2000, MCSA Messaging 2003
> Microsoft Certified Trainer
> Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
>
> If you feel this is an urgent issue and require immediate assistance,
> please contact Microsoft PSS directly. Please check
> http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.

Sorry folks, haven't seen him for a bit.

He's resolved it, basically let Exchange create a new empty database and
then set that for being overwritten and then restored from his backup.



""Robbin Meng [MSFT]"" <v-> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hello Jim,
>
>
> Thanks for your post and Ace's input.
>
> For your reference, here is an article about restoring Exchange 2007
> information store database, in case you need:
>
> How to Perform a Basic Restore of Exchange Databases
> Applies to: Exchange Server 2007 SP3, Exchange Server 2007 SP2, Exchange
> Server 2007 SP1, Exchange Server 2007
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...EXCHG.80).aspx
>
>
> In addition, is your Exchange server 2007 has applied Service Pack 2? If
> so, you may use the below article to restore:
>
> How to Restore a Backup of Exchange Using Windows Server Backup
> Applies to: This procedure can only be performed locally on a computer
> running Exchange 2007 SP2 on Windows Server 2008.
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...EXCHG.80).aspx
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Robbin Meng
> Microsoft Online Newsgroup Support
> ================================================== ================
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> ================================================== ================
>
>
>

Thanks for your reporting back and glad to know it was resovled.

Please do not hesitate to post in SBS forum if you need any other assistance in the future.


Best regards,
Robbin Meng(MSFT)