How to Protect Exchange Server With DPM 2007

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Protecting Exchange

Server 2003 with DPM2007



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Objectives After completing this lab, you will be better able to:

• Add disks to DPM using the DPM Management Shell

• Install the DPM protection agent on a protected server

• Use the DPM Console to create protection groups

• Use the DPM Management Shell to create protectiongroups

• Recover Exchange databases in a variety ways

Computers used inthis Lab DC01

EX01

DPM01

The password for the Administrator account on all computers inthis lab is: P@ssword.

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Starting the Virtual PC’sStart the Virtual Machines in the following order:

1. In the Virtual PC Console, select [DC01] and click Start and wait for theboot process to complete. Do not start any of the additional VMs until this VMhas completed started otherwise the other servers will fail to start up correctly

2. In the Virtual PC Console, select [EX01] and click Start and wait for theboot process to complete.

3. In the Virtual PC Console, select [DPM01] and click Start and wait for theboot process to complete.

Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 Overview This lab uses Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, an application on which you can runmultiple virtual computers on the same physical hardware.

During this lab you will be running one or more virtual PCs on a lab host computer. The following tips will help you navigate from the host desktop to each of yourvirtual PC sessions:

The input focus of your mouse and keyboard passes to the virtual PC when you clickinside a virtual PC window. To move the input focus from a virtual PC window to thedesktop or to another window move the mouse pointer outside the Virtual PCwindow and then click on the desktop or window you want to access.




Data Protection Manager 2007

Thank you in advance for your interest in Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager2007 (DPM).

DPM 2007 is a key member of the Microsoft System Center family of management products,designed to help Information Technology (IT) professionals manage their Windowsenvironment. DPM 2007 is the new standard for Windows backup and recovery providingreliable protection and rapid recovery of data for both IT professionals and end-users.

DPM 2007 delivers continuous data protection for Microsoft application and file servers usingseamlessly integrated disk and tape-based media. DPM significantly reduces the costs andcomplexities associated with data protection through advanced technology for enterprises of all sizes.

The image below shows what a typical DPM 2007 deployment might look like. Thisdeployment topology is not necessarily reflective of you particular deployment.

For more information on protecting Microsoft Exchange with DPM 2007, please visit:

www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/DPM/workloads/EXCHANGE.mspx


http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/DPM/workloads/EXCHANGE.mspx

http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/DPM/workloads/EXCHANGE.mspx



Data Protection

The following table shows the data sources that DPM 2007 protects and the level of datathat you can recover using DPM.

Product Protectable Data Recoverable Data• Exchange Server 2003 with

Service Pack 2 (SP2)• Exchange Server 2007

• Storage group • Storage group• Database• Mailbox ( The entire

database is still recoveredin this scenario however you can search bymailbox )

• SQL Server 2000 with ServicePack 4 (SP4)

• SQL Server 2005 with ServicePack 1 (SP1)

• SQL Server 2008 (CTP)

• Database • Database

• Microsoft Office SharePointServer 2007

• Windows SharePointServices 3.0

• Farm • Farm• Database• Site• File or list

• Windows Server 2003•

Windows Storage Server 2003• Windows Server 2008

• Volume•

Share• Folder

• Volume•

Share• Folder • File

• Microsoft Virtual Server 2005R2 SP1

• Virtual server hostconfiguration

• Virtual machines• Data for applications running

in virtual machines

• Virtual server hostconfiguration

• Virtual machines• Data for applications running

in virtual machines

• Workstations running

Windows XP Professional SP2• Windows Vista editions except

Home (must be member of adomain)

• File data • File data




Figure 1.1 shows the protection process. This process involves creating and maintaining afull replica of the protected data and regularly creating recovery points of the synchronizedreplica. The replica serves as a full backup of the protected data. The recover points allowyou to recover previous versions of the protected data.

Figure 1.1 DPM protection process

DPM provides disk-based and tape-based protection for your data, which can be deployedas:• Disk-to-Disk (D2D) . Method of backup in which data from one computer is stored on the hard disk of

another computer. You can use this method to backup your DPM server using your existingalternative tape product.

• Disk-to-Tape (D2T) . Traditional method of backing up data from one computer to a storage mediasuch as tape.

• Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape (D2D2T) . This method combines D2D and D2T for extra protection. D2D2Tprovides the rapid recovery benefits of disk-based storage in the short term and archive storage for critical data using tape-based storage in the long term.




Data Recovery

The recovery process involves choosing a previous version of the data source from thestored recovery points on the DPM server, and then restoring a copy of the selected data toits point of origin on the protected server or to an alternate location. The recovery options

available to you as a DPM administrator vary depending on the type of data protected andthey type of data which you would like to recover.

Figure 1.2 shows the process for recovering data using DPM.

Figure 1.2 DPM recovery process




About these Labs

While performing the steps in these labs you are an administrator; either a system

administrator, or database or email administrator who previously relied on dedicated backuppersonnel for the Contoso Ltd. Company. Your company will use DPM to protect Exchangedata, and then to recover data due to data corruption problems that have occurred. TheDPM tutorial provides you with lessons that contain detailed instructions. The instructionshave been designed so that you can complete the lessons in the lab even if you do not haveextensive experience with DPM 2007.

These labs were not designed to show you each and every administrative feature availablein DPM however they will guide you through learning and understanding key features. Theyalso provide you with a pre-configured testing ground in which you can learn and demo DPM2007. Most of the tasks that you perform in DPM can be automated by using Power Shellscripting. These labs will provide you with the steps to complete certain tasks using theDPM console as well as using Power Shell scripting.

As you can see when you start the labs key pre-requisites have already been configured foryou:

DC01 - Active Directory has already been installed and configured. Both memberservers have already been joined to the domain ( contoso.int ).

EX01 - Exchange 2003 SP2 has already been installed and configured. Two storagegroups with 4 mailbox databases per storage group have already been configured. Test

users have been created and enabled on the Exchange server.

DPM01 - Data Protection Manager 2007 SP1 has already been installed for you. There has been no configuration done yet though as this will be done in the lab. Twoadditional hard disks (2 * 16GB) have been added to the server however they have not yetbeen added to DPM.

Image change requirements• Need to add the 2 nd disk to DPM and add it via Windows

• Run the command regsvr32 %windir%\System32\vss_ps.dll on DPM server

• Need to install the exmerge stand alone utility on EX01 (copy exchmem.dll file)

• Remove netproxy from all user accounts under IE connections

• Install .netframework 3.5 on DPM01

• Install this hotfix http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943295 on DPM01


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943295





•

Optional Pre-requisite Step

If you are interested in exploring the tape library features of DPM you can download andinstall the Firestreamer media changer from http://www.firestreamer.com/fs/changer-

install.aspx .

This application allows you to configure a 5 drive, 200 slot media library in your labenvironment. Details on how to use this application are provided athttp://www.firestreamer.com/fs/changer-config.aspx .

The reason that we have not pre-installed this application in the lab is that it is currently inbeta therefore it will need to be downloaded and installed when the labs are run.

There will not be detailed instructions provided in this lab for installing and configuring thisvirtual library.


http://www.firestreamer.com/fs/changer-install.aspx


http://www.firestreamer.com/fs/changer-config.aspx







1 T OURING THE DPM 2007 A DMINISTRATOR CONSOLE

The DPM console is based on MMC 3.0 and is fairly easy to navigate. This section willreview some of the main features of the console. Please note that some of these featuresmay only be available once you have configured protection.

Tasks Detailed steps

Complete the following task on: DPM01.1 Startup .1 Log on using the following credentials:

User Name AdministratorPassword P@ssword

Domain Contoso.2 Review general DPM

Options..1 On the desktop, double-click Microsoft System

Center Data Protection Manager 2007 ..2 If you are not already there, click on the

Monitoring tab..3 Under the Actions Pane click on Options .

Note : The options item is available no matter what DPM tab you are viewing.

.4 Here you can review the various DPM optionsthat can be configured and applied server wide.

.5 Click on the icon that looks like an i which is to

the right of the Management tab..6 Here you can review which SQL server DPM is

using as well as the current version of DPM that isinstalled.

.3 Review the Monitoring Tab.

.1 On the desktop, double-click Microsoft SystemCenter Data Protection Manager 2007 .

.2 If you are not already there, click on theMonitoring tab.

.3 If you are not already there, click on the Alertssub tab.

.4 Here you can see a list of any DPM alerts that

have been raised. If you would like to see anyinactive alerts click the check box next to Showinactive alerts .

.5 You can also change your view of these alerts byclicking on the drop down box next to Group by .

.6 Click on the Jobs sub tab.

.7 Here you can see a list of any DPM jobs based onthe current filter that is applied.




.8 You can also change your view of these jobs byclicking on the drop down box next to Group by .

.9 You can also change your view of these jobs byclicking on the drop down box next to FilterNames .

.10 To create a new filter, choose Action and thenCreate filter .

.11 Enter a name for you new filter and experimentwith the various filter options you have.

.12 When you have created your filter click Save.

.4 Review the Protection Tab.

.1 If you are not already there, click on theProtection tab.

.2 Here you can see a list of all the ProtectionGroups and protected items for this DPM server.

.3 You can also change your view of theseprotection items by clicking on the drop downbox next to Group by .

.4 By click on a protection group you can see a listof the various configuration settings in the detailspane below.

.5 If you need to modify any of the protectionsettings for a protection group you can click onthe protection group and then click on ModifyProtection Group under the list of selecteditems

.6 If you need to modify the disk allocation for anyof your protected items you can click on theprotection group and then click on Modify Disk Allocation under the list of selected items

.5 Review the Recovery Tab.

.1 If you are not already there, click on theRecovery tab.

.2 If you are not already there, click on the Browsesub tab.

.3 Here you can review the various protectedservers and protected data sets that you haveaccess to from this DPM server.

.4 Click on the Search sub tab.

.5 Here you can search for various pieces of protected data that you have access to from thisDPM server.

.6 Click on the drop down box next to Search andchoose Exchange Mailboxes

.7 Type the alias tony.smith into the search boxand click on Search .

.8 In the pane on the right hand side of the screenyou will now see a list of recovery points for themailbox that you just searched on.

Note: This list will only show the recovery points that




were created via an express full backup. If you wish torecover from an incremental backup you must use theBrowse sub tab.

.6 Review the Reporting Tab.

.1 If you are not already there, click on theProtection tab.

.2 Here you can review the various built in reportsthat you have access to from this DPM server.

.3 To run a report right click on the report andchoose View .

.4 You will then be prompted to select from a list of several variables.

.5 When you are ready to run your report click onOK .

.7 Review theManagement Tab.

.1 If you are not already there, click on theManagement tab.

.2 If you are not already there, click on the Agentssub tab.

.3 Here you can review the various agents that youcan protect from this DPM server.

.4 If you are currently protecting data on an agentyou will see that agent listed in the Protectedcomputers with protection agent grouping.

.5 If you have installed an agent but are not yetprotecting any data you will see that agent listedin the Unprotected computers withprotection agent grouping.

.6 Click on the Disks sub tab.

.7 Here you can review all the disks that you have

allocated to this DPM server along with thecurrent usage level of each disk..8 Click on the Libraries sub tab..9 Here you can review all the tape libraries that

this DPM server has access to.




2 A DD D ISKS TO DPMWe will now demonstrate two different ways to add disks to the DPM server. First we willadd one disk using the DPM GUI and secondly we will add the second disk using the DPMcommand shell.


Complete the following task on: DPM01.1 Startup .1 Log on using the following credentials:


Domain Contoso.2 Add Disks to Data

Protection Manager..1 On the desktop, double-click Microsoft System

Center Data Protection Manager 2007 ..2 Under the Management tab, click the Disks tab.

Note : Notice that no disks have been added yet.

.3 Under the Actions pane click Add .

.4 On the Add Disks to Storage Pool dialog, selectDisk 1 and click Add > .

.5 Click OK .

.6 When you are prompted to convert basic disks todynamic disks click on OK.

.7 You should now see Disk 1 listed under the list of disks and the %unallocated column should show100%.

.8 On the desktop, double-click DPM ManagementShell .

.9 Type the following command and then pressENTER:

$DPMDisk = get-DPMDisk –DPMServerNameDPM01


$DPMDisk | select *

Note : There are 2 disks available for DPM to use. Weare going to add the additional disk whereISINSTORAGEPOOL = FALSE using the commandshell.





Add-DPMDisk –DPMDisk $DPMDisk[0]

.12 Switch to the Administrator Console.

Verify that both Disk 1 and Disk 2 arelisted in the Disks tab.




3 I NSTALLING THE DPM P ROTECTION AGENT


Complete the following task on: DPM01.1 Install protection agent. .1 On the desktop, double-click Microsoft System

Center Data Protection Manager 2007 ..2 Under the Management tab, click the Agents

tab.Note : Notice that no agents have been added yet.

.3 Under the Actions pane click Install .

.4 On the Select Computers dialog select EX01

and click on Add ..5 Click Next ..6 On the Enter Credentials dialog enter

Administrator and P@ssword ..7 Click Next ..8 On the Choose Restart Method dialog select

Yes .Note : As the dialog mentions this will force a restart of the target server immediately after the client hasbeen installed.

.9 Click Next .

.10 On the Summary dialog, click Install .

.11 On the Installation dialog click Close .

.12 You can now watch the installation and restartingof the target server by viewing the Agents tab.

.13 When the client has been installed on the targetserver and the server has restarted the AgentsStatus column should change to OK.




4 P ROTECTING EXCHANGE S ERVER 2003Objective: In this step, you create a protection group that you configure to protect a storagegroup on a computer running Exchange Server. You use the Create New Protection Group

Wizard to guide you through the steps to create your protection group.Purpose: To start protecting storage groups on your computer running Exchange Server, youmust create a protection group.


.1 Configure ExchangeServer Protection

.1 On the Administrator Console, click theProtection tab.

.2 Under Actions click Create Protection Group .

.3 On the Welcome to the new ProtectionGroup wizard click next.

.4 Expand EX01 | All Exchange Storage Groups .

Note : Due to the limitations of the virtual environment this steps make take some time to complete.

.5 Select SG01 and SG02 and then click Next .Note : The selected databases are added to theSelected members box.

.2 Selecting a Name andProtection Method forthe Protection Group

.1 On the Select Data Protection Method page,in the Protection group name box, typeExchange Storage Groups.

Note : You can select short-term protection usingeither disk or tape, or you can select long-term protection using only tape.

In this step, if your virtual lab does not include virtualtape hardware, you will only be able to select short-term protection using disk-based protection.

.2 Select the I want short-term protection usingcheckbox, and then select Disk from the drop-down list.

.3 Click Next.

.3 Specify Exchange

Protection Options

.1 Prior to configuring Exchange protection you

need to ensure that the ESE.dll and ESEUTTIL.EXEhave been copied from \\EX01\c$\ProgramFiles\Exchsrvr\bin to the C:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft DPM\DPM\bin directory onDPM01 .

.2 Point to Run Eseutil to check data integrity .Note: To those of you familiar with protecting data inExchange, you should recognize the inclusion of




eseutil. To those of you not familiar with Exchangebackups, eseutil is used to validate whether the datais correct. That process consumes a lot of resources.DPM allows you the option to offload that resourceneed from the production Exchange server to the

back-end DPM server. There is one caveat here, for disk backup the tool runs on the DPM server. For tape backups it would still run on the Exchangeserver.

.3 Click Next .

.4 Specify Short TermGoals

.1 On the Specify Short-Term Goals page, type 5days as the Retention range .

Note : The retention range is how long you need your backed-up data available. For example, you decide if

you need today's data to be available a week fromnow, two weeks from now, or possibly a year fromnow.

.2 In the Synchronization frequency section,select 1 hour as your option.

Note : The default behavior is to synchronize every 15 minutes, which means that the DPM server willnever be more than 15 minutes behind the server it is protecting. The average Recovery Point Objective(RPO) becomes 15 minutes from any crises if theserver or disk is critically impacted. We have foundhowever that synchronizing this frequently does not

produce additional benefit over a 1 hour synchronization period.

.3 Click Next .

.4 Point to Disk Space Allocated in DPM .

.5 Click Next .Note : If you would like to review the space that DPMhas automatically allocated for this protection group

you can click on Modify.

.5 Specify Long-Term

Goals

Note : These steps will only be available if you haveadded a virtual tape library as noted above.

.1 On the Specify long-Term Goals page, type 7years as the Retention range .

Note: The retention range is how long you need your backed-up data available. For example, you may besubject to one or more industry regulations (e.g.Sarbanes Oxley or “SOX”) where you are mandatedto retain your data for seven years.




.1 In the Synchronization frequency section, acceptthe Weekly option.

Note: The default behavior is to perform a fullbackup once per week, which is usually more thanenough considering that most recoveries will now be

done from the disk-based replica instead of relyingon nightly incremental or differential tape backups.

.2 Click Next twice.

.2 Choose Replica Method .1 On the Choose Replica Creation Method page,click Next .

.2 Note : By default, replication will beginimmediately. However, you can choose to havereplication begin at a later time or manuallytransfer the data using removable media.

.3 Create the ProtectionGroup

.1 On the Summary page, review the tasks that DPMis set to perform to create the protection group,and then click Create Group .

Note : When the creation process is complete, DPMdisplays a Confirmation Page where you can view theresults of creating the protection group task.

.3 After the tasks complete successfully, on theConfirmation Page, click Close .

.2 In DPM Administrator Console, on the Protectiontab, expand the Exchange Storage Groupsprotection group, and then verify that thedatabases you selected are protected and thestatus is OK .

Note : It may take a minute for the replica to verify.




5 C REATE P ROTECTION GROUPS USING DPM S HELL

Now that we have seen how you can create a protection group using the DPM managementshell we are now going to complete the same steps using the DPM management shell. In

order to do this we will need to delete the existing protection group that we just created.Wait until the initial replica creation for this protection group has completed prior toproceeding with the next series of steps.


.1 Delete the existingprotection group

.1 On the Administrator Console, click the Protectiontab.

.2 Right click on the protection group namedExchange Storage Groups and choose StopProtection of group .

.3 When prompted to decide whether or not you wish

to keep the protected data select Deleteprotected data and click Stop Protection tocontinue.

.2 Locating the DataSource

.1 On the desktop, double-click DPM ManagementShell .

.2 Type the following command and press ENTER:

$ps = Get-ProductionServer -DPMServerNameDPM01 | where {$_.machinename -eq "EX01"}

Note : By using the | (pipe) command to send theoutput to the where clause we are limiting the number of servers that will be returned.

.3 Type the following command and press ENTER:$ps

Note : Here we can confirm that the where clauseworked correctly. This view shows the server domainand the protection state. A production server is any server that has the DPM protection agent installed onit.


$ps | fl

Note : Here we can see the same list of servers

however we have used the | (pipe) command. Thiscommand lets us send the output to the fl commandwhich produces a f ormatted l ist.


$dsSG01 = Get-DataSource -ProductionServer$ps –inquire | where {$_.name -eq "SG01"}





$dsSG02 = Get-DataSource -ProductionServer$ps –inquire | where {$_.name -eq "SG02"}

Note : The above two commands will pipe the protectable objects from the production server EX01 tothe variables $dsSG01 and $dsSG02.

.7 We will now use the two variables that we justcreated to create a protection group for storagegroups SG01 and SG02 .

.3 Create the ProtectionGroup


$newpg = New-ProtectionGroup-DPMServerName DPM01 -Name Shell_pg

Note : This creates a protection group only in thememory. We now have to add a protectable object.Before we can do that, the new protection group has tobe made modifiable.


Get-ModifiableProtectionGroup $newpg

.4 Add the Customer_Infodatabase forProtection

Note : Now that Shell_pg is modifiable, we need to adda data source for protection.


Add-ChildDataSource -ProtectionGroup$newpg -ChildDataSource $dsSG01


Add-ChildDataSource -ProtectionGroup$newpg -ChildDataSource $dsSG02

.5 Set Data SourceAllocation

Note : By default, the data source is not allocated to adisk yet. We can run a simple command to add it to aDPM disk.


Set-DatasourceDiskAllocation –manual –replicaarea 2GB –shadowcopyarea 2GB-datasource $dsSG01 -protectiongroup$newpg


Set-DatasourceDiskAllocation –manual –

replicaarea 2GB –shadowcopyarea 2GB-datasource $dsSG02 -protectiongroup$newpg

.6 Set the ReplicaCreation Method

Note : By default, the replication method is set tomanual. We will use the following command to set replication to begin immediately after the protectiongroup is created.





Set-ReplicaCreationMethod -ProtectionGroup$newpg –Now

.7 Set the RetentionRange

Note : The last step we need to do before saving the protection group, is set the retention range.


Set-PolicyObjective -ProtectionGroup$newpg -RetentionRangeInDays 5-synchronizationfrequency 60

.8 Save the Shell_pgProtection Group

Note : We can now save the protection group.

.1 Type the Following command and press ENTER:

Set-ProtectionGroup $newpg

.2 Switch to the DPM Administrator Console.

.3 Point to Protection Group: Shell_PG.

.9 Verify ProtectionGroup

.1 On the DPM Administrator Console, point to SG01and SG02 and ensure the status of both protectionsources is OK .




6 R ECOVER AN ENTIRE MAILBOX S TORE


Complete the following tasks on: EX01.1 Corrupt a Mailbox

Database.1 Log on using the following credentials:User Name AdministratorPassword P@ssword

Domain Contoso.2 Open Programs , Microsoft Exchange , System

Manager ..3 Expand Servers , then EX01 , then SG01.4 Under SG01 , right-click SG01-MB01 and click

Properties ..5 Click on the Database tab..6 Select This database can be overwritten by a

restore , and click OK ..7 Right-click Mailbox Database and click

Dismount ..8 Click Yes ..9 In Windows Explorer, browse to C:\Program

Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA and delete Priv.edband priv.stm .

Note : This will simulate a catastrophic hardware

failure.

Complete the following task on: DPM01.2 Restore the Mailbox

Database.1 Click the Recovery tab..2 Expand contoso.int , then EX01 , then All

Protected Exchange Data ..3 Click SG01 ..4 Under Recoverable Item, right click on SG01-

MB01 and then click Recover ..5 On the Review Recovery Selection page, click

Next ..6 On the Select Recover Type page, click Next ..7 On the Specify Recovery Options page, click Next ..8 On the Summary page, click Recover ..9 When the operation completes, click Close .




Complete the following tasks on: EX01.3 Verify Recovery .1 In the Exchange System Manager, refresh the view.

.2 Point to SG01-MB01 database.

.3 In windows Explorer, browse to C:\ProgramFiles\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA and verify thatpriv.edb and priv.stm exist in that directory.

.4 Close Windows Explorer.




7 R ECOVER A S INGLE MAILBOX – M AILBOX O FFLINE

This task will walk you through how to recover a mailbox when the entire mailbox has beentaken offline. An example of this would be an accidental mailbox deletion.


Complete the following tasks on: EX01.1 Delete user mailbox .1 Log on using the following credentials:


Domain Contoso.2 Open Programs , Microsoft Exchange , System

Manager ..3 Expand Servers , then EX01 , then SG01, then

SG01-MB01 .4 Click on Mailboxes.5 Right click on the mailbox for user Tony Smith and

choose Exchange Tasks.6 On the Welcome to Exchange task wizard page

click Next.7 On the Available tasks page click Delete

mailbox and then click Next.8 On the Delete mailbox page click next.9 On the Completing Exchange task wizard page

click Finish.10 Right click on the Mailboxes container and choose

Run cleanup agent.11 Right click on the Tony Smith mailbox and choose

PurgeNote : This will simulate a situation where a user’smailbox has been completely removed.

.2 Prepare Exchange formailbox recovery

Note : In order to recover a single mailbox to anExchange server, DPM does not perform a direct recovery to the production mailbox database. Instead,

you must follow this process:

1) Configure the Exchange server to have an alternatemailbox database

2) Configure this mailbox database so that it can beoverwritten by a mailbox recovery

3) Use DPM to select a mailbox for recovery.




4) DPM restores the entire mailbox database to thisalternate mailbox database.

5) Connect the mailbox back to the production user.

6) Move the mailbox back to the production database.

This process allows DPM to stay in full compliance withthe Exchange supportability guidelines.

.1 Open Programs , Microsoft Exchange , SystemManager .

.2 Expand Servers

.3 Right click on EX01 and choose new.. Storagegroup

.4 Enter Recovery1 as the name of the new storagegroup and click on OK

.5 Right click on Recovery1 and choose new..mailbox store

.6 Enter the name of Recovery1-MB01 as the nameof the mailbox database and click on OK

.7 Right click on Recovery1-MB01 and chooseproperties

.8 Click on the Database tab.

.9 Select This database can be overwritten by arestore , and click OK .

Complete the following task on: DPM01.3 Recover the Mailbox

to an alternatemailbox store

.1 On the Recovery tab, click SG01 .

.2 In the Recovery time dropdown, select a time thatis just before the latest value.

Note : If a user deleted important emails, you canselect a time prior to the information loss to restore themailbox to.

.3 In the Recoverable Item list, double click on SG01-MB01 .

.4 Right click on the mailbox named Tony Smith andchoose Recover .

.5 On the Review Recovery Selection page, clickNext .

.6 On the Select Recover Type page, ensure Recovermailbox to an Exchange Server database isselected and click Next .

.7 On the Specify Destination page, typeEX01.contoso.int for Exchange server, typeRecovery1 for Storage group name andRecovery1-MB01 for Database name

.8 Click Next .




.9 On the Specify Recovery Options page, click Next .

.10 On the Summary page, click Recover .

.11 When the operation completes, click Close .

Complete the following tasks on: EX01.4 Attach the recovered

mailbox to theproduction user

.1 Return to the Exchange System Managerconsole

.2 Right click on Recovery1-MB01 and chooseRefresh

.3 Right click on Mailboxes and choose Runcleanup agent

.4 Click on the Mailboxes container

.5 Right click on the Tony Smith mailbox and chooseReconnect

.6 In the Enter the object name to select box

enter Tony Smith and click on OK .7 If the recovery is complete you will receive a

message that says The operation hascompleted successfully , click OK

.8 Right click on the Tony Smith mailbox and chooseExchange tasks

.9 On the Welcome to Exchange task wizard pageclick Next

.10 On the Available tasks page click Move mailboxand then click Next

.11 On the Move mailbox page click next

.12 On the Move mailbox page select SG01/SG01-MB01 as the mailbox store and click next

.13 On the Move mailbox page click next

.14 On the Task Schedule page click next

.15 On the Completing Exchange task wizard pageclick Finish




8 R ECOVER A S INGLE MAILBOX – M AILBOX O NLINE

This task will walk you through how to recover the data from a user’s when the productionmailbox is still online. An example of this would be when a user has accidentally deletedsome or all of the email in their mailbox.


Complete the following tasks on: EX01.1 Delete all mail from

the user’s mailbox.1 Log on using the following credentials:User Name AdministratorPassword P@ssword

Domain Contoso.2 Open Internet Explorer and connect to

http://localhost/exchange/tony.smith ..3 Delete all the messages from the Inbox, Sent Items

and Deleted Items.Note : This will simulate a situation where a user hasaccidentally deleted many messages from their mailbox

.2 Prepare Exchange formailbox recovery

Note : In order to recover a single mailbox to anExchange server, DPM does not perform a direct recovery to the production mailbox database. Instead,

you must follow this process:

1) Configure the Exchange server to have a Recovery Storage Group

2) Configure the recovery storage group for the databasethat you wish to recover.

3) Configure this mailbox database so that it can beoverwritten by a mailbox recovery

4) Use DPM to select a mailbox for recovery.

5) DPM restores the entire mailbox database to a folder on the Exchange server.

6) The contents of this folder are moved to the Recovery Storage Group and the Recovery Storage Group ismounted.

7) The user’s mail is merged back into their mailbox using the Exchange Task wizard of Exchange 2003SP2.

8) An alternative method would be to use the exmergestand alone utility to export the user’s mailbox data to


http://localhost/exchange/tony.smith

http://localhost/exchange/tony.smith



a .pst file.

This process allows DPM to stay in full compliance withthe Exchange supportability guidelines.

.1 Open Programs , Microsoft Exchange , SystemManager .

.2 Expand Servers

.3 Right click on EX01 and choose new.. RecoveryStorage group

.4 Enter RSG01 as the name of the new storagegroup and click on OK

.5 Right click on Recovery1 and choose Adddatabase to recover

.6 In the search results pane click on SG01-MB01and click on OK .

.7 Click on the database tab.

.8 Change the name of the Exchange database topriv1.edb and change the name of the Exchangestreaming database to priv1.stm .

.9 Click on OK.

Complete the following task on: DPM01.3 Recover the Mailbox

to a Recovery StorageGroup

.1 On the Recovery tab, click SG01 .

.2 In the Recovery time dropdown, select a time thatis just before the latest value.

Note : If a user deleted important emails, you can

select a time prior to the information loss to restore themailbox to.

.3 In the Recoverable Item list, double click on SG01-MB01 .

.4 Right click on the mailbox named Tony Smith andchoose Recover .

.5 On the Review Recovery Selection page, clickNext .

.6 On the Select Recover Type page, ensure Copy toa network folder is selected and click Next .

.7 On the Specify Destination page, click on theBrowse button

.8 Navigate until you find EX01, Volumes, C:, temp

.9 Click on OK then click on Next .

.10 On the Specify Recovery Options page place acheck next to Bring database to a cleanshutdown state after copying the files andclick on Next

.11 On the Summary page, click Recover .




.12 When the operation completes, click Close .

Complete the following tasks on: EX01.4 Recover the data to

the Recovery StorageGroup and mount themailbox store.

.1 Navigate to c:\temp .

.2 You should find a directory that was created byDPM when you completed the above recovery. Anexample would be C:\temp\DPM_4-12-2009_9.0.17 .

.3 Browse through that directory until you find theMDBData directory.

.4 Cut or paste the data in the mdbdata directory andpaste it to C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\RSG01. If you use the CUT command the data will move tothe new directory much quicker. The downside tousing this method is that the data is being movedas opposed to copied so you will only be left with

one copy of it..5 Return to the Exchange System Manager

console.6 Right click on SG01-MB01 under RSG01 and

choose Mount Store.7 Right click on SG01-MB01 under RSG01 and

choose Refresh.8 Click on the Mailboxes container

.5 Recover the data tothe user’s mailboxusing the Exchange

Task wizard

.1 Right click on the mailbox Tony Smith and chooseExchange tasks.

.2 On the Welcome to Exchange task wizard page

click Next.3 On the Available tasks page click Recover

mailbox data and then click Next.4 On the Recover Mailbox Data page click next.5 On the Recover Mailbox Data page choose

Merge Data and click next.6 On the Task Schedule page click next.7 On the Completing Exchange task wizard page

click Finish

.6 Recover the data toa .pst file using the

exmerge utility.

.1 Open the directory c:\tools\exmerge .

.2 Double click on the exmerge.exe utility.

.3 On the Welcome to the Microsoft ExchangeMailbox Merge Wizard page click Next

.4 On the Procedure Selection page choose Extractor Export and click next

.5 On the Two Step Procedure page click next.

.6 On the Source Server page enter EX01 in theExchange Server Name field and click next.

.7 On the Database Selection page choose




RSG01/SG01-MB01 and click Next..8 On the Mailbox Selection page scroll down and

click on the name Tony Smith and click Next..9 On the Locale Selection page click Next..10 On the Target Directory page click on Change

Folder and select c:\tools , click Next..11 On the Save Settings page click Next..12 When the process is complete click on Finish and

review the .pst file that was generated in c:\tools .

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