On a computer where the Exchange Plug-in is installed, you can restore an Exchange database to flat files. The Eseutil utility can then be used to bring the data into a database.
To restore an Exchange database to flat files:
1. On the navigation bar, click Computers.
A grid lists available computers.
2. Find the computer with the Exchange database that you want to restore, and expand its view by clicking the computer row.
3. Click the Jobs tab.
4. Find the job with the Exchange database that you want to restore, and click Restore in the Select Action menu for the job.
5. In the Choose What You Want to Restore dialog box, select Restore to folder, and click Okay.
The Restore dialog box shows the most recent safeset for the job.
6. To restore data from an older safeset, or from SSI (safeset image) files, do one of the following:
• To restore data from an older safeset, click the calendar button. In the calendar that appears, click the
date of the safeset from which you want to restore. To the right of the
calendar, click the specific safeset that you want to use.
• To restore data from SSI (safeset image) files on disk, select
Directory on disk from the Source Device list. Click the folder
button. In the Select Folder
dialog box, select the directory where the files are located, and click
Okay.
SSI files are full backups exported from the vault or backed up to disk instead of to a vault. It can be quicker to save backup files on physical media and transport them to a location for a restore, than to restore data from a vault in a remote datacenter.
Note: If SSI files were created by a backup to a directory on disk, you cannot restore from the SSI files until they have been imported into the vault and you have synchronized the Agent with the vault.
7. In the Files to Restore box, select the check box for each database or storage group that you want to restore.
8. In the
Encryption Password box, enter the data encryption password. To view the
password hint, click the Hint button.
9. Under Restore
Destination, enter a path for the destination, or click the folder button.
In the Select Folder dialog
box, select the location where you want to restore, and click Okay.
10. To change the log detail level, bandwidth options or hard recovery option, click Advanced Restore Options. In the dialog box, do one or more of the following:
• In the Log Level Detail list, select the level of detail for job logging. See Advanced restore options.
• Select or clear the Use all available bandwidth option. See Advanced restore options.
• Select or clear the Start Hard Recovery option.
If the Start Hard Recovery option is selected, transaction logs are replayed after backup data is restored. The restored storage database is prepared for use by Exchange, and logs are rolled forward if they are in the original directory and no log files are missing or corrupt. These processes are recorded in the Windows Event viewer.
If the Start Hard Recovery option is not selected, the storage group/database will not be available to Exchange after a restore. The Administrator must review the restored Exchange files and database and manually mount the database. For more information, see documentation from Microsoft.
Click Okay.
11. Click Run Restore.
The Process Details dialog box shows the restore progress and indicates when the restore is completed. Other recent job processes might also be listed in the dialog box. See View current process information for a job.
To close the Process Details dialog box, click Close. If the restore is running, it will continue to run.