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How to Select Restore Destinations

When restoring a database level backup, you can restore data to its original location (default) or you can restore data to an alternative location.

Use the option, Restore files to their original location, only when you want to restore data to the exact location that you backed up from and the hierarchy of the server has not changed.

For all other scenarios, you must restore data to an alternative location.

Note: The restore target Exchange Server must be the same version as the source Exchange Server.

• For Exchange Server 2003 -- Expand the server you want to restore to, and select the Microsoft Exchange Server - Database Level (IS) object. Before you can restore an Exchange Server database backup to an alternative location, you must ensure that the server you are restoring to is configured exactly the same as the original server you backed up from. To determine what needs to be identical, use the worksheet provided in the Appendix, Using the Server Configuration Worksheet - Exchange Server 2003 Systems. Information in all fields on this worksheet except the Server Name field must be the same on the server you are restoring to.
• For Exchange Server 2007, 2010, and 2013 -- To restore data to an alternate destination, the Restore Manager must communicate with the Exchange agent on the target server so that it can browse for Exchange objects. You can enter the agent backup account by right-clicking the Microsoft Exchange Server - Database Level. On the agent side, if the agent backup account is not provided, the machine user account is used instead. Restore destination browsing can be down to the database level.