XADM: Restore Re-populates Deleted Folders

• Microsoft Exchange Server, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

It is possible that one or more folders that were deleted from a Microsoft Exchange Server may return after you perform a restore from a backup. This will happen if the folders were deleted between the time of the backup and the time of the restore.

MORE INFORMATION

This can happen if a Microsoft Exchange Server in the Microsoft Exchange Site has a bad folder tombstone table. The Microsoft Exchange Server being restored might try to backfill the missing changes from the Microsoft Exchange Server with the bad tombstone table. This will cause the deleted folder to be returned via the backfill process.

The only workaround is to delete the folder again and let the delete replicate throughout the Site.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Exchange Server version 4.0. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Exchange Server 4.0 U.S. Service Pack 2. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbusage kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00.sp2 XADM
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
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