Restore Information store on Exchange 2003 Ent Sp 2 installed on VMware esxi4.1.0
Hello, I am trying to restore an old copy of an information store on the the recovery storage mailbox and when I select the server where the mailbox is stored, i get the following error
"Cannot recognise server as Microsoft Exchange Server or Microsoft Exchange services are not started".
The services have been started. Plse help. Thanks
December 1st, 2010 2:19am
Please be more specific .
Is it the same server where you are restoring it or it is a different server
does the administrative group name , sg name etc matches ..
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December 1st, 2010 10:50am
What did you use to do the backup? What steps are you taking to attempt the restore? What do your event logs display post attempt? Troy Werelius
www.Lucid8.com
December 1st, 2010 9:23pm
Hi,
Please answer Khoj and Troy’s questions. Does the “Recovery Storage Mailbox” mean Recovery Storage Group?
To backup and restore information store on Exchange 2003, please refer to the following articles:
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Exchange_Server_2003_Mailbox_Recovery.html
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824126
If the issue persists, please capture the whole error message and paste it to Paint program, and then upload it to Skydrive (www.skydrive.live.com)
for research. Also, please upload the Event log file.
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December 2nd, 2010 10:27pm
Hello. Thanks for your reply. I will recreate the same infrastructure to restore the information store as per article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824126 .
December 14th, 2010 3:42am