Windows

Neither Backup Exec or NT Backup support a single mailbox restore - you can only restore the entire information store as of the moment of backup.

The recommended single-box restore procedure involves building another off-line server with the samename and Exchange service account and password as the server that the backup came from.

You then restore the entire information store to this off-line server, log on to the mailbox you want and archive its contents to a *.pst file. You can then transfer that *.pst file to the regular server and have the mailbox user import it into their mailbox. It works well although it does take some time and you have to have a spare server and workstation.

If you need more information on the specificprocedure, please write and I can point you in the right direction.

regards!

paul

Paul M. Wright, Jr. MCSE, CNE
McKay Technologies

Hi Jasjeet,

You could switch to Arcserve IT which has a brick level back up for Exchange.

John.

It is very bad you don't read what the author said:
he has veritas backup exec agent.

The problem is that he doesn't know/never checked it. too bad :-(

Before running to the tape backup solution:
If you are using excachange 5.5 and outlook 98 or 2000, u can try restoring item removed from
the deleted item.
it is : tools->recover deleted items.

It still it doesn't help, be sure to specificy
the exchange service account in "securiy" in
backup exec.
There are two method of exchange back up:
store (like ntbackup or veritas with no agent).
brick level(which u have).
the second option is great: u can restore a single mailbox in 5 minutes.
if the second method doesn't work for you,
it is a BIG problem to run disaster recovery.
as others said, u need a second server and an experianced exchange administrator.

anyway...
backup without check it no backup.


Mark.