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by sharon

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I want to test out my exchange server backup by restoring the information store to a different computer. We are running exchange 2000, windows 2000 server, and using ntbackup. I have a copy of the backup file on the alternate server and I'm ready to start the restore. My question is, will anything get messed up by restoring this way? If my restore is successful, then everyone will have a mailbox on the original exchange server, and the restore exchange server....

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by mgonzales

One of the big things in restoring the backup files is the computer name. I know in Exchange 5.5 the name of the server had to be the same or the restore would not work. I would go to support.microsoft.com and search for some white papers on this process. I did find a challenge in taking the tapes running on ntbackup to another machine and getting them to restore.

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