Restoring from RSG direct to users mailbox (selecting subfolders)
Hi, I'm trying to restore a specific folder and all the subfolders from a mailbox in the RSG to a users inbox. I can restore the entire mailbox successfully into a new folder in the users inbox. However when I try and select one specific folder it import nothing. See below for the PS I'm running: restore-mailbox -identity "recovery inbox" -rsgdatabase "recovery storage group\mailbox database" -rsgmailbox "Joe Bloggs" -TargetFolder "recovery" -includefolders "\inbox\subfolder" I basically want all the folders and mails within "\inbox\subfolder" to end up in "Recover inbox" mailbox within the "Recovery" folder. As I mentioned before it works perfectly without the "-includefolder" command but nothing at all is imported when this is added. I have also tried the following options: -indludefolders "\inbox\subfolder\*" -indludefolders "\inbox\subfolder" -indludefolders "\inbox\subfolder." -indludefolders \inbox\subfolder\." -indludefolders \inbox\subfolder\*.*" Kind regards soops Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 & Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Configuration
September 27th, 2010 7:09am

In target u must mention wer is ur recover folder is like first stroage group/mailboxdatabase. -bpara
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September 27th, 2010 7:37am

Hi, Also you can so this by : 1) you will need first to recreate a recovery storage group and restore this database to the recovery storage group 2) export this mailbox from the Recovery storage group to a PSTAnil
September 27th, 2010 8:22am

Hi Bpara, Do you mean I should enter: -includefolders "recovery storage group/mailbox database/joe bloggs/inbox/subfolder" Thanks JamesMicrosoft Certified Systems Administrator: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 & Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Configuration
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September 27th, 2010 8:29am

Thanks Anil, I have done the first part. Unfortunatly I do not have the option of using PST's as the clients are on a remote site so I need to restore directly to there inbox Thanks again, soopsMicrosoft Certified Systems Administrator: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 & Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Configuration
September 27th, 2010 8:30am

Check out third party product, like Lucid8's DigiScope http://www.lucid8.com/product/digiscope.asp Troy Werelius Lucid8
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September 28th, 2010 6:55pm

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September 28th, 2010 8:46pm

Thanks guys. Never did get to the bottom of this, so in the end restored all the users mail excluding sent, calendar, etc (by using -excludefolders) and asked the user to delete what they didnt need. Thanks soopsMicrosoft Certified Systems Administrator: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 & Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Configuration
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September 29th, 2010 4:02am

1) create an RSG 2) restore the DB backup onto the RSG 3) select specific e-mails/mailbox you would like to restore.
September 29th, 2010 2:44pm

1) create an RSG 2) restore the DB backup onto the RSG 3) select specific e-mails/mailbox you would like to restore.
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September 29th, 2010 9:42pm

Hi Jose, Thanks for your input but you either you have posted on the wrong thread of you haven't actually read this one. Thanks JamesMicrosoft Certified Systems Administrator: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 & Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Configuration
September 30th, 2010 3:34am

Hi soops, I have also do some research and some tests. Your method is a good way using excludefolders. In my opinion, when we use the includefolders parameter usualy like -includefolders \inbox,\calendar , it seems link we must specify the accurate folder but not could use wildcard. I would also suggest that you could use \inbox\* instead of \inbox\subfolder to make a test, because that there is no subfolder called "subfolder", right? :) Regards! Gavin
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September 30th, 2010 5:00am

Hi Gavin, Thanks very much for your input. In the restore I confirmed that the "subfolder" folder did exist. When I tried \inbox\subfolder\* nothing was restored which is a very simalar test to your idea above. Thanks soopsMicrosoft Certified Systems Administrator: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 & Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Configuration
September 30th, 2010 6:07am

Hi Soops, So that seems we could not use the wildcard when we use the command. Regards! Gavin
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October 1st, 2010 5:12am

You can probe to do this: get-mailboxstatistics -identity "Display Name" || fl identity you get: identity: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx get-mailboxfolderstatistics -identity xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx Check the exactly name from folders that you need, this depend by Mailbox laguange. And then do: restore-mailbox -identity "recovery inbox" -rsgdatabase "recovery storage group\mailbox database" -rsgmailbox "Joe Bloggs" -TargetFolder "recovery" -includefolders "\FolderName\SubFolderName" If exist the \recovery\Inbox\SubfolderX include the -AllowDuplicates parameter. Regards, J. Manuel
October 5th, 2010 4:51am

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