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Creating a recovery database – HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Software User Manual

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Data Restoration Using a Recovery Database (For Exchange 2010/ Exchange 2013)

A recovery database is a mailbox database that allows HP 3PAR Recovery Manager to mount a
restored mailbox database and extract data from the restored database as part of the recovery
operation. Recovery databases allow you to recover data from a backup or a copy of a database
without disrupting access to current data. Use the Restore-Mailbox cmdlet to extract mailbox content
from a restored database.

The following are required to restore data using a recovery database:

A recovery database must be created.

Recovery databases can only be used for Exchange 2010 or Exchange 2013 mailbox
databases.

The target mailbox used for data merges and extraction must be in the same Active Directory
forest as the database mounted in the recovery database.

The database and .LOG files containing the recovered data must be restored or copied into
the recovery database folder structure that was created when the recovery database was
created.

The database must be in a clean shutdown state. Use the Eseutil.exe tool to place the
database into a clean shutdown state.

Creating a Recovery Database

To create a recovery database:
1.

Start the Exchange Management Shell by clicking Start

→Program Files→Exchange→Exchange

Management Shell.

2.

In the Exchange Management Shell window, enter the following:

New-MailboxDatabase -Recovery -Name -Server

— The name of the recovery database being created

— The name of the mailbox server

3.

Create a second recovery database, specifying a custom path for the database file and log
folder as follows:

New-MailboxDatabase -Recovery -Name -Server

-EdbFilePath "" -LogFolderPath ""

— The name of the recovery database being created

– The name of the mailbox server

— The path to the database file

— The path to the log file

Restoring a Mailbox Database Using a Recovery Database

You can restore a mailbox database using a recovery database by manually copying the database
files to the appropriate folder on the server.

NOTE:

Keep the original backup file in case you need to start over.

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