About redirecting Exchange Server 5.5 database restores

Only the Information Store database can be restored to a server other than its original server. The Directory Store database must be restored to its original server; it cannot be restored through redirection.

When you redirect the restore of the Information Store database, the services are stopped while the store is restored. Users cannot access the database until the restore is complete and the services restarted.

Following are restrictions for redirecting Exchange Server 5.5 database restores:

Table: Restrictions for redirecting restores of Exchange Server 5.5 databases

Restriction	Description
The Site and Organization names of the original and destination servers must match.	Backup Exec does not prevent redirection of an Information Store when the Site and Organization names differ. If the Site and Organization names are different, the redirected restore may appear to complete successfully but the IS service will fail to start afterward.
The No loss restore option cannot be selected.	The No loss restore option must be unchecked so that any transaction logs on the destination server are removed to avoid an incompatibility that would prevent the Information Store service from starting. The No loss restore option appears on the Restore Job Properties for Exchange Server 5.5 dialog box.
The Directory Store cannot be restored through redirection.	You cannot redirect a restore job in which you have selected to restore one or more Exchange Server 5.5 Directory databases.

Restriction

Description

The Site and Organization names of the original and destination servers must match.

Backup Exec does not prevent redirection of an Information Store when the Site and Organization names differ. If the Site and Organization names are different, the redirected restore may appear to complete successfully but the IS service will fail to start afterward.

The No loss restore option cannot be selected.

The No loss restore option must be unchecked so that any transaction logs on the destination server are removed to avoid an incompatibility that would prevent the Information Store service from starting.

The No loss restore option appears on the Restore Job Properties for Exchange Server 5.5 dialog box.

The Directory Store cannot be restored through redirection.

You cannot redirect a restore job in which you have selected to restore one or more Exchange Server 5.5 Directory databases.

Before starting the restore job, review information on finding and viewing specific data to restore, as well as for details on restore options and submitting restore jobs.