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Exchange Server 2003 Disaster Recovery Operations Guide

Published: May 28, 2004 | Updated: November 15, 2005

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Last reviewed: May 2004

Applies to: Microsoft Exchange Server 2003

Length: 155 pages

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Summary

This guide explains how to back up and restore the critical data in your Exchange Server organization. It covers how to use the backup utility (Backup) in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, how to back up Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, and how to restore Exchange Server 2003. This guide explains how to perform backup and restore procedures so that you can prepare for (back up) and recover from (restore) a failure that causes some or all of your data to become unavailable. This guide is intended for information technology (IT) professionals who perform backup and restore procedures or who write customized backup and restore procedures for their organization.

Download the Exchange Server 2003 Disaster Recovery Operations Guide for convenient reading and printing or study individual chapters online by exploring the following Table of Contents.

Important: Since the previous version of this guide was released, the topics indicated "(updated)" below have been updated and are available only online:

Table of Contents

Exchange 2003 Disaster Recovery Operations Guide

Introduction to the Exchange 2003 Disaster Recovery Operations Guide (updated)

Permissions Required

What Terminology Is Used?

Using the Backup Utility in Windows Server 2003 to Backup and Restore Your Data

Starting Backup

How to Start the Backup Utility

How to Switch Backup to Advanced Mode

Selecting the Default Settings for Backup

How to Specify the Default Settings for Backup

Using Backup to Back Up Your Data

Performing a Basic Backup

How to Perform a Basic Backup

Selecting the Destination for a Backup

How to Select a Destination for a Backup

Selecting Options for a Backup

Scheduling a Backup

Checking the Success of a Completed Backup (updated)

How to Verify That a Backup Completed Without Errors

Verifying Backed Up Data

Using Backup to Restore Your Data

How to Perform a Basic Restore

How to Rebuild a Catalog

How to Check the Application Event Log for Errors

Backing up Exchange Server 2003 (updated)

Data to Exclude from Windows Backup Sets or Full Computer Backup Sets

Creating Windows Backup Sets

How to Create a Windows Backup Set

Creating Full Computer Backup Sets

How to Create a Full Computer Backup Set Using Backup (updated)

Backing Up Domain Controllers (updated)

Backing Up Exchange Server 2003 Data

Backing Up Exchange Server 2003 Databases

How to Use the Remote Store Option in Backup

How to Back Up Exchange Server 2003 Databases

Backing Up the Microsoft Exchange Site Replication Service (MSExchangeSRS)

How to Determine Which Exchange Server Is Running the MSExchange SRS service

How to Back Up the MSExchangeSRS Service Database

Backing Up the Certification Authority (CA)

Backing Up Connector-Specific Information

Backing Up Exchange Server 2003 Clusters

Backing Up an Exchange Server 2003 Cluster's Shared Disk Resources

Backing Up the Exchange Server 2003 Databases That Are Stored on Shared Disk Resources

How to Back Up the Exchange 2003 Databases That Are Stored on Shared Disk Resources

Maintaining Records About Your Server Clusters

Restoring Exchange Server 2003 (updated)

Repairing Windows Server 2003

Running the Windows Chkdsk Utility

How to Run Chkdsk and Have It Repair Errors

Running Windows System File Checker

Using the Safe Mode Boot Options

Using the Last Known Good Configuration Boot Option

Using the Windows Recovery Console

Reinstalling Windows Server 2003

Repairing Exchange Server 2003

Reinstalling Exchange over a Damaged Installation

How to Reinstall Exchange 2003 over a Damaged Installation

Repairing Exchange Databases

How to Add the ..\exchsrvr\bin Directory to Your Windows Server 2003 System Path

Repairing Full-Text Indexing

How to Remove Full-Text Indexing Information

How to Re-Create Full-Text Indexes

How to Restore Microsoft Search

Restoring Windows Backup Sets

How to Restore a Windows Backup Set

Restoring Full Computer Backup Sets

How to Restore a Full Computer Backup Set

Restoring Domain Controllers

Restoring Individual Mailboxes

Restoring Exchange Mailbox or Public Folder Stores

Overview of the Database Restore Process

Recovering an Exchange Database

How to Dismount Mailbox and Public Folder Stores

How to Configure the Exchange Databases so That the Restore Process Overwrites Them

How to Determine the Database and Log File Locations of the Files You Are Restoring

How to Copy or Move the Existing Versions of the Database Files You Are Restoring

How to Ensure that Storage Group and Database Display Names Match the Names of the Files You Are Restoring

How to Rename a Storage Group or Database

How to Create a Storage Group

How to Create a Mailbox or Public Folder Store

How to Start the Microsoft Exchange Information Store Service (MSExchangeIS)

How to Select the Backup Files to Restore from Your Backup Media

How to Restore Selected Files

How to Run Eseutil /cc

How to Mount an Exchange Store

Resolving Exchange Database Restore Problems

Restoring Exchange Databases to Another Server

Restoring the Microsoft Exchange Site Replication Service (MSExchangeSRS)

How to Restore the MSExchangeSRS Service Database

Restoring the Certification Authority (CA)

Restoring Connector-Specific Data

Restoring Exchange Clusters

Replacing Damaged Exchange Cluster Nodes

How to Evict a Node from a Cluster

How to Add a Replacement Node to a Cluster

Restoring or Rebuilding a Cluster Node from Backups

Restoring Shared Disk Resources

Exchange Member Server Recovery

Member Server Recovery Methods

Member Server Recovery Procedures

How to Move or Copy Exchange Database and Log Files

How to Repair a Member Server

How to Install Windows Server 2003 When Recovering an Exchange Member Server

How to Run Exchange in Disaster Recovery Mode

How to Install a Service Pack in Disaster Recovery Mode

How to Remove Hard Disks from a Damaged Server and Install Them into a Standby Recovery Server

Advanced Recovery Strategies

Using Active Directory Attributes to Enable, Disable, and Re-Home Mailboxes (updated)

Using the Remove Exchange Attributes Task (updated)

Using the Exchange Mailbox Recovery Center (updated)

Understanding Mailbox GUIDs (updated)

Using ADSI Edit to Edit Active Directory Attributes (updated)

Using LDIFDE to Manipulate Mailbox Attributes (updated)

Sample Script Using ADSI to Re-Home Exchange Mailboxes (updated)

How to Re-Home Exchange Mailbox Accounts (updated)

Moving an Exchange Mailbox Database to Another Server or Storage Group (updated)

Issues with Transaction Log Files When Moving an Exchange Mailbox Database (updated)

Issues with the System Attendant Mailbox When Moving an Exchange Mailbox Database (updated)

Move Mailbox Operations and the Mailbox Tombstone Table (updated)

Detecting and Correcting msExchMasterAccountSid Issues (updated)

Sample Script to Search Incorrect msExchMasterAccountSid Status (updated)

Using Standby Clusters (updated)

How to Move All Exchange Virtual Servers from a Production Exchange 2003 Cluster to a Standby Exchange 2003 Cluster (updated)



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