Using Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) › Perform a Restore › How to Restore a Microsoft Exchange Application › Specify the Microsoft Exchange Information to Restore › Define the Restore Options

Define the Restore Options

After you specify a recovery point and content to restore, define the copy options for the selected recovery point.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Restore Options dialog, select the restore destination.

   

2. Select the destination for the restore.

   The available options are to restore to the original location of the backup, restore the dump file only, or restore to a Recovery Storage Group/Recovery Mailbox Database.

   Restore to original location

   Restores to the original location from where the backup image was captured.

   Dump file only

   Restores the dump files only.

   For this option, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) will restore the Microsoft Exchange database file to a specified folder, and will not bring it online after recovery. You can then use it to mount on Microsoft Exchange Server manually.

   Note: When a Recovery Mailbox Database exists, restore with Dump file only option will fail.

   Replay log on database

   Specifies that when the database files are dumped to the destination folder, you can replay Microsoft Exchange transaction log files and commit them to the database.

   Restore to Recovery Storage Group (Microsoft Exchange 2007)

   Restores the database to a Recovery Storage Group (RSG).

   An RSG is a storage group that can be used for recovery purposes. You can restore a Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Database from a backup in a Recovery Storage Group and then recover and extract data from it, without affecting the production database that is being accessed by end users.

   • If single storage group or database (except a public folder database) from the same storage group are selected to restore, the default restore destination is "Restore to Recovery Storage Group" (or "Restore to Recovery Database").
   • If multiple storage groups or databases from multiple storage groups are selected to restore, Microsoft Exchange can only be restored to the original location or restore with "Dump file only" option. The default restore destination is "Restore to original location".

   Before restoring Microsoft Exchange 2007 database to a Recovery Storage Group, you must create a Recovery Storage Group and Mailbox Database with the same name.

   For example, if you want to restore MailboxDatabase1 from the First Storage Group to a Recovery Storage Group, create a Recovery Storage Group and add the database "MailboxDatabase1" to the Recovery Storage Group.

   Dismount the database before restore and mount the database after restore

   Typically before a restore, Microsoft Exchange will perform some checks to help ensure the following:

   • The database to be restored is in "Dismounted" status.
   • The database is not restored unexpectedly.

     To protect a Microsoft Exchange production database from being restored unexpectedly, a switch is added to allow the database to be overwritten during the restore process. Microsoft Exchange will refuse to restore a database if this switch is not set.

   For Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows), these two options are controlled by this "Dismount the database before restore and mount the database after restore" option. With this option, Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) lets you launch the restore process automatically without any manual operations. (You can also specify to dismount/mount database manually).

   • If checked, specifies that the recovery process will automatically dismount the Microsoft Exchange database before the restore process and then mount the database after the restore process is completed. In addition, if checked, this option will also allow the Microsoft Exchange database to be overwritten during the restore.
   • If unchecked, specifies that the recovery process will not automatically dismount the Microsoft Exchange database before recovery and mount the database after recovery.

     The Microsoft Exchange administrator would have to perform some manual operations such as dismount the Microsoft Exchange database, set the Allow Overwrite flag on the database, and mount the Microsoft Exchange database. (The recovery procedure is performed by Exchange during the mounting of the database).

     In addition, if unchecked, this option does not allow the Microsoft Exchange database to be overwritten during restore.

   Restore to Recovery Database (Microsoft Exchange 2010 and 2013)

   Restores the database to a Recovery Database. A Recovery Database is a database that can be used for recovery purposes. You can restore a Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Database from a backup to a Recovery Database and then recover and extract data from it, without affecting the production database that is being accessed by end users.

   Before restoring a Microsoft Exchange 2010 or Exchange 2013 database to a Recovery Database, you must first create a Recovery Database.

   Note: This option is not applicable for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

3. Click Next.

   The Restore Summary dialog opens.