I recently lost my public folders. I was unable to restore all of the from a granular backup. The only think I can think of is to go to tape and restore from there. I have been reading post and understand that RSG are not possible. Could I just restore to the original location? If I do this will I have to repair my database? I don't mind because I can just bring back what I have from the netbckup granular job again. Thanks. norman mattox

Yes you should be able to recover the public folder database only to the original location No need to restore your mailbox database which is what it sounds like you were considering? If you only lost a few folders from your PF db you could take it offline, copy it to an alternate location, recover over it from backup and then use Lucid8's DigiScope http://www.lucid8.com/product/digiscope.asp to open the offline copy and recover anything that is not in your recovered database NOTE: You can get a DEMO license of DigiScope that will allow you to open any mailbox or public folder database so that you can at least see if the information is within for recovery. Troy Werelius www.Lucid8.com Search, Recover, & Extract Mailboxes, Folders, & Email Items from Offline EDB's and Live Exchange Servers with Lucid8's DigiScope

I recently lost my public folders. I was unable to restore all of the from a granular backup. Hi Norman, Did you try the steps to recover public folders in the below link? How can I recover a deleted Public Folder in Exchange 2007? http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/exchangesvradmin/thread/50376689-cbe0-41c0-ae3d-492940deb0fd/ Frank Wang Forum Support Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help. If you have feedback for TechNet Subscriber Support, contact tnmff@microsoft.com.

I recovered some this way. I think I need to restore the entire database/logs from backup. Can I do this wilth public folders?norman mattox

Sure but before you do that I would ensure that you get a good backup of the current PF database in case you want to go back to it. As stated earlier I would also take it offline and get a flat file backup or copy of it case you decide you want to use a 3rd party tool to review or recover data and as mentioned above you can get a DEMO license of DigiScope http://www.lucid8.com/product/digiscope.asp that will allow you to open any mailbox or public folder database so that you can at least see if the information is within for recoveryTroy Werelius www.Lucid8.com Search, Recover, & Extract Mailboxes, Folders, & Email Items from Offline EDB's and Live Exchange Servers with Lucid8's DigiScope

Hi Norman, If you want to restore public folder database using Netbackup,please see this document: How to recover Public Folders in Exchange 2007 http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH140088 Frank Wang

Hi Norman, Any updates? Frank Wang

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