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Urgent - AD screwed, need to restore the information store - 26.Nov.2004 1:11:00 PM

jamesap1986

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Hi All,
I am using Exchange 2003 Server Standard. Three days ago we had some guys working on our system, and the whole AD became corrupt.

I have had to rebuilt the entire domain forrest. Of course, Exchange doesn't like this, so I rebuilt exchange also. I have the two files Priv1.edb and Priv1.stm.

I would really like to know if there is any way of restoring the information store? I have only been running Exchange for 6 months, so if you can offer instructions it would be most appreciated!

I'm starting to get very worried, and so are the staff who face the possibility of loosing their email if I can't get things up and running again!

Thanks for your help in advance!

James

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RE: Urgent - AD screwed, need to restore the informatio... - 26.Nov.2004 6:41:00 PM

rytmehans

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Hi,

If the new server is working properly you can create a recovery server and recover the mailboxes from here - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;813337

You won't be able to use the recovery storage group option as this requires the original active directory to be intact

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RE: Urgent - AD screwed, need to restore the informatio... - 27.Nov.2004 12:46:00 AM

jamesap1986

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Hi There,
I noticed that those Microsoft articles are for Exchange 2000 Server, I am running Exchange Server 2003. Will I be required to restore each mailbox one by one? Can someone who has had to do this before please help me!
Thanks,
James

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RE: Urgent - AD screwed, need to restore the informatio... - 27.Nov.2004 11:26:00 AM

Henrik Walther

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The article also applies to Exchange 2003.

If you want to take a faster route (and spend quite a few bucks as well!) you might want to recover using one of below products:

Mailbox Recovery Software from Ontrack Data Recovery

Aelita Recovery Manager for Exchange

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