Microsoft Exchange 2007

To offer an enhanced solution, standalone Cove Data Protection (Cove) has replaced Backup & Recovery. Where Backup & Recovery has been enabled and continues to be so for devices, the options presented here are still available.

Where Backup & Recovery options are not present on your N-sight RMM dashboard, this means you will now need to use Cove.

To start a 30-day free trial of Cove, click the app switcher in the Product bar, and select Cove Data Protection (Cove).

Dismount the database

Logon to the Exchange server:

Go to the Exchange Management Console : Start > Programs > Microsoft Exchange Server > Exchange Management Console
In the console tree, expand Servers > Mailbox
In the result pane select the server containing the database
In the work pane choose the database to dismount
In the action pane click Dismount Database
Make a copy of the current database - In line with best practice we suggest making a copy of the current database and logs before proceeding.
Navigate to the database file path (for example C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\First Storage Group) then copy to a temporary location.

Restore the database

In the Backup Manager either Restore the data to the original location or select a different destination
Where an alternative destination was selected the data must be copied from there to the database file path (for example C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\First Storage Group)

Mount the database

Once the restore has successfully completed:

Go to the Exchange Management Console
In the console tree, expand Servers > Mailbox
In the result pane select the server the database is to be mounted on
In the work pane choose the database to mount
In the action pane click Mount Database
Verify the Status column has changed from Dismounted to Mounted

For more information on this process, see MS Exchange recovery.

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