Redirecting an Exchange 2007 snapshot backup to a storage group or the recovery storage group

This topic describes how to redirect an Exchange 2007 snapshot backup. You can redirect the restore to another storage group or to the recovery storage group (RSG).

For further instructions, refer to the following information on recovery storage groups on Microsoft's Technet site:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997260.aspx

To redirect an Exchange 2007 snapshot backup to a storage group or the recovery storage group

  1. The RSG or storage group must already exist. Do the following:

    • To restore to the RSG, create the RSG and the databases you want to recover on an Exchange server, if necessary. Leave the RSG dismounted.

    • To restore to another storage group, create a storage group that has databases. Those databases must have the same names as those in the original storage group.

  2. Open the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface.

  3. Click File > Specify NetBackup Machines and Policy Type.

  4. In the Specify NetBackup Machines and Policy Type dialog box, provide the following information:

    Policy type for restores

    Select MS-Exchange-Server.

    Destination clients for restores

    If you want to restore to a different server, change the destination client to the Exchange server that hosts the RSG or the storage group.

    If you want to restore the RSG or a storage group to the local server, leave the destination client the same as the source client.

  5. Click File > Select Files and Folders to Restore > from Normal Backup.

  6. From the NetBackup History pane, select one of the following:

    • The last full backup, or

    • The last full backup and all subsequent differential backups, or

    • The last full backup and the last cumulative backup

  7. In the All Folders pane, expand the Microsoft Information Store.

  8. Select the storage group you want to restore.

  9. Click Actions > Restore.

  10. In the Restore Marked Files dialog box, click the General tab.

  11. To redirect the storage group, do the following:

    • Click the General tab.

    • Select Restore everything to a different location.

    • Change the destination path.

      When you redirect a snapshot restore to the RSG, the ESE engine does not automatically redirect the storage group restore to its RSG, if it exists.

  12. Click the Microsoft Exchange tab.

  13. Check Commit after last backup set is restored.

    If you choose to restore backup images separately, you must check Commit after last backup set is restored only when you restore the last incremental backup set.

  14. If you want to restore to an RSG, check Redirect to Recovery Storage Group (RSG) (Only for Exchange 2007).

  15. Click Start Restore.

More Information

Snapshot restore options