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Hi all,<\/p>\n

In response to a few questions we’ve had (and also due to the fact that people are having difficulty finding Microsoft’s documentation on the matter), we have released a brief document that describes how to restore Exchange Server 2007 from a Windows Server 2008 image backup (VHD backup made by Windows Server Backup or BackupAssist).<\/p>\n

http:\/\/wbadmin.info\/articles\/howto-exchange-2007-restore.html<\/a><\/p>\n

The article above describes how to restore using the Windows Server Backup restore UI.<\/p>\n

It is also possible to do the restore by:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Restoring the Exchange application to an alternative location, such as your desktop – which will restore just the files of the Exchange databases<\/li>\n
  2. Dismounting the relevant Exchange stores \/ shutting down the Exchange services<\/li>\n
  3. Copying over the mailbox directories from your newly restored location back to the original location<\/li>\n
  4. Restarting the Exchange services \/ remounting the stores<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Important disclaimer:<\/b> We’re not sure if this method is documented or supported by Microsoft, but note that it is virtually idential to the “Forklift” procedure that was popular with Exchange 2000\/2003, where it was possible to restore Exchange databases to new exchange servers using the same method.<\/p>\n

    We recommend using the Microsoft UI to do the restore where possible – that was the first method described in this blog post.<\/p>\n

    Hope that answers a few questions!<\/p>\n

    Linus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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