Single Mailbox Restore with Exchange 2013 Recovery Database
First Restore the Exchange database as a flat file:
- Load the Exchange Backup.
- Choose the mailbox database and log files and click “Action” / “Restore.”
- Check “Restore Files to Non-Exchange Folder.”
- Type in or browse to the target location.
- Click “Next.”
- Click “Restore.”
Once the recovery is complete, the database (EDB file) and transaction logs (LOG files) will reside in the path specified in Step 4 above..
- Add the restored database to the Exchange mailbox server as a Recovery Database. This is performed using the Exchange Management Shell (EMS).
- New-MailboxDatabase -Recovery -Name RESTORE1 -Server EXA2013 –EdbFilePath “C:\restore\Mailbox Database 1882717321.edb” -LogFolderPath “C:\Restore”
A new Recovery Database titled RESTORE1 will be created on server EXA2013 using the restored database and logs in C:\Restore.
Once the command is run, the Recovery Database will appear in the Exchange Management Console (EMC).
| NOTE:The Recovery Database must be brought into a clean shutdown state before it can be mounted. |
To bring the database into a clean shutdown state, use ESEUTIL /R to perform a recovery of the database.
| NOTE: If Exchange is unable to perform a successful recovery, a full list of options can be found at the following link: |
Mount the database using.
- Mount-Database “Database Name”
Recovering a mailbox, overwriting the existing mailbox
This example restores a mailbox for user UltraBac User1, overwriting the existing mailbox:
In the Exchange Management Shell type:
New-MailboxRestoreRequest -SourceDatabase RecoveryDB -SourceStoreMailbox “UltraBac User1” -TargetMailbox UltraBac.User1 -AllowLegacyDNMismatch
Restoring a Inbox and all subfolders, to a different folder
This example restores ‘UltraBac User2’ mailbox content into a folder named “Restored Items”:
In the Exchange Management Shell type:
New-MailboxRestoreRequest -SourceDatabase RecoveryDB -SourceStoreMailbox “UltraBac User2” -TargetMailbox UltraBac.User2 -TargetRootFolder “Restored Items” -IncludeFolders “#Inbox#/*”
Usefull Commands:
To verify the recovered database is mounted, run the following command;
- Get-MailboxDatabase -status “<Database Name>” | fl Mounted
To view the Mailboxes within the database, run the following command:
- Get-MailboxStatistics -Database ‘<Database Name>” -Recovery
To check the status of your Mailbox restore, run the following command:
- Get-MailboxRestoreRequestStatistics -Identity “<MailboxUser\RestoreRequestName>”
To restore a mailbox using the GUID, run the following command:
- New-MailboxRestoreRequest -SourceDatabase “<Database Name>” -SourceStoreMailbox “<MailboxGUID>” -TargetMailbox “<Target Mailbox Alias>” -AllowLegacyDNMismatch
| NOTE: If you need to restore a mailbox and also want to restore the “deleted items” (deletions+purges+versions) you need to use the –AllowLegacyDNMismatch switch |
To view the globally unique identifier (GUID) of each mailbox, run the following command:
- Get-MailboxStatistics -Database “<Database Name>” -Recovery | Format-List DisplayName, MailboxGUID
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