Recover an MS Exchange 2010 mailbox

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h3. 1. Create a Recovery Database

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

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 Server Backup Restore



Use Server Backup to restore a Microsoft Exchange 2010 Mailbox to an alternate location. See details in [Restoring a Microsoft Exchange 2010 Database to an Alternate Location|Restore an MS Exchange 2010 database to an alternate location].

{note:title=Notice}Use the database created above to map against the Recovery Point Exchange database. {note}

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h3. 3. Mount the Recovery Database

Mount the database if it was not already mounted by the Server Backup 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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{excerpt:hidden=true}Instructions on how to recover a Microsoft Exchange 2010 mailbox in Server Backup Manager.{excerpt}