Recovering a Mailbox from MS Exchange 2010

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h3. 1. Create a Recovery Database

To recover mailboxes, create a recovery database as described below.


1. Launch the Exchange Management Shell to restore the mailbox. Go to Start !arrow.png! (All) Programs !arrow.png! Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Exchange Management Shell.

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2. The Exchange Management Shell screen will open.

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3. Use the {{New-MailboxDatabase}} command to create a mailbox database object in the database container in the Active Directory. For detailed syntax and parameter information, see [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997976(v=EXCHG.140).aspx|http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997976%28v=EXCHG.140%29.aspx].






In our example, we restore the {{C:\test\RecoveryDB.edb}} file using the following command:
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New-MailboxDatabase -Recovery -Name RecoveryDB -Server XCHG -EdbFilePath C:\test\RecoveryDB.edb -LogFolderPath C:\test\logs
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h3. 2. Use CDP Restore

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h3. 3. Mount the Recovery Database

Mount the database if it was not already mounted by the CDP alternate restore.

To mount "RecoveryDB," use the {{Mount-Database}} command. For detailed syntax and parameter information, see [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998871(v=EXCHG.140).aspx]. In our example, we use the following command:
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Mount-Database "RecoveryDB"
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1. Use the {{Get-MailboxStatistics}} command to obtain information about a mailbox, such as the size of the mailbox, the number of messages it contains, and the last time it was accessed. For detailed syntax and parameter information, see [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124612%28ru-ru,EXCHG.140%29.aspx].

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2. Extract mailbox content from a restored database using the "{{Restore-Mailbox}}" command. The {{\-RecoveryDatabase}} parameter specifies the recovery database from which you are restoring the mailbox. In the following example, we restore a "MargeSimpson" mailbox. More parameters for "{{Restore-Mailbox}}" can be found here: [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb125218.aspx]




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Restore-Mailbox -Identity MargeSimpson -RecoveryDatabase RecoveryDB
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