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by rcoolman

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Have a SBS 4.0 with its 5.x version of Exchange that crashed. Server OS is gone, NT backup had backed up Information store and Directory. Is there any way to retrive data? Tried re-installing SBS and restoring what I have but then Exchange won't run. Anyone?
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by mebudman

reinstall SBS with the same computer name.

Restore the exchange Information store. Do not restore the Directory store.

Start MsexchangeSA
Start MsexchangeDS

Run eseutil /p /ispriv

run isinteg -patch

start MSexchangeIS
start MSexchangeMTA
start MSexchangeIMC

goto configuration->servers->servername properties, run the IS/DS consistency checker
check all boxes, click on all inconsistencies,
click ok, accept the Public Folders warning
this should restore your IS and Directory structure.

Hope this helps. Because I have been there and done that, not a pretty sight.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

Besure that the restored exhange is at the correct service pack as your backup.

by mckaytech

The first answer is pretty good and the only thing I would add to that is that you need to re-install with the same Exchange service account and password.

Microsoft has a couple of articles and whitepapers on disaster recovery of Exchange servers. You can start at article Q185078, follow the link to their white paper on backup and restore and also may want to take a look at Q272234.

Once you've done the restore, if you have any errors when re-starting the Information Store, you can use the same Knowledge Base to look up the error and find out what to do about it.

Good luck! Exchange restores can be challenging but are successful most of the time.

paul

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