Recover exchange with edb files only

raenar · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 2

Hi,

I need to restore an old exchange server but I don't have a working
backup, I only have the edb files.

The domain is in-tact, in fact I am trying to restore to a DC from the
old domain (I have re-claimed all roles back to it).

I have got the database to mount without errors but there are no
mailboxes listed except for system ones. Have I missed something simple
or balls something up?

Archived from group: microsoft>public>exchange2000>information>store

Simon Walsh · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 25

Much more information is needed here:

- What version of Exchange?
- Have you installed Exchange in a new organisation or the existing one?
- It sounds like you have mounted blank DBs. Are you sure the DB paths point
to the correct edb files?

/Simon

wrote in message @i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Hi,
>
> I need to restore an old exchange server but I don't have a working
> backup, I only have the edb files.
>
> The domain is in-tact, in fact I am trying to restore to a DC from the
> old domain (I have re-claimed all roles back to it).
>
> I have got the database to mount without errors but there are no
> mailboxes listed except for system ones. Have I missed something simple
> or balls something up?
>

raenar · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 2

Hi, thanks for the reply.

It's Exchange 2000 SP3 and we are running standard so there can only be
one organization.

The DB is 4.8 gig and only 2 mailboxes show items. Yeah, pointing to
correct edb files.

Simon Walsh wrote:
> Much more information is needed here:
>
> - What version of Exchange?
> - Have you installed Exchange in a new organisation or the existing one?
> - It sounds like you have mounted blank DBs. Are you sure the DB paths point
> to the correct edb files?
>
> /Simon
>
> wrote in message
> @i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need to restore an old exchange server but I don't have a working
> > backup, I only have the edb files.
> >
> > The domain is in-tact, in fact I am trying to restore to a DC from the
> > old domain (I have re-claimed all roles back to it).
> >
> > I have got the database to mount without errors but there are no
> > mailboxes listed except for system ones. Have I missed something simple
> > or balls something up?
> >

Simon Walsh · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 25

So you can now see 2 mailboxes with items? In your original post you could
only see the system mailboxes..
Have you run any eseutil operations on this DB?
Do you have copies of the origianl files from the old server?

/Simon

wrote in message @e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
> Hi, thanks for the reply.
>
> It's Exchange 2000 SP3 and we are running standard so there can only be
> one organization.
>
> The DB is 4.8 gig and only 2 mailboxes show items. Yeah, pointing to
> correct edb files.
>
>
> Simon Walsh wrote:
>> Much more information is needed here:
>>
>> - What version of Exchange?
>> - Have you installed Exchange in a new organisation or the existing one?
>> - It sounds like you have mounted blank DBs. Are you sure the DB paths
>> point
>> to the correct edb files?
>>
>> /Simon
>>
>> wrote in message
>> @i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I need to restore an old exchange server but I don't have a working
>> > backup, I only have the edb files.
>> >
>> > The domain is in-tact, in fact I am trying to restore to a DC from the
>> > old domain (I have re-claimed all roles back to it).
>> >
>> > I have got the database to mount without errors but there are no
>> > mailboxes listed except for system ones. Have I missed something simple
>> > or balls something up?
>> >
>

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