Troubleshooting › Failed to Restore Exchange Object (Message, Folder, or Mailbox) to the Original or Alternate Location

Failed to Restore Exchange Object (Message, Folder, or Mailbox) to the Original or Alternate Location

Symptom

Restoring a host-based backup Exchange object to the original location or alternate location may fail in the following situations:

• If the object is on a virtual machine through a proxy server.
• If the proxy server does not trust the Exchange Server certificate, the restore fails and the following message is displayed:

  Failed to communicate with exchange server. It is possible the certificate is not installed on the proxy server. Please ask the administrator to check.

Solution

Install the certificate on the Exchange Server.

Follow these steps:

1. On the Backup proxy server, open the web browser, and access the Outlook Web App (OWA) URL on the Exchange CAS server selected for restore .
2. Click Certificate error.
3. From the Certificate Invalid dialog, click View certificates.
4. From the General tab of the Certificate Information dialog, click Install Certificate.
5. From the Certificate Wizard Import dialog, choose Local Machine and then click Next.
6. Choose Place all certificates in the following store, and then click Browse.
7. Choose Trusted Root Certification Authorities, click OK and then click Next.
8. Click Finish to import the certificate to the Trusted Root Store on the Backup Proxy Server.
9. When you get the notification that The import was successful, click OK.

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