XADM: How To Restore an Offline Backup of the Directory Service and Information Store

ID: Q183266


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 5.5, 4.0, 5.0


SUMMARY

This article describes the steps to be followed when restoring an offline backup of the directory service and the information store.


MORE INFORMATION

An Offline backup of the directory service and information store is made by stopping the Exchange Services and copying the contents of the Exchsrvr\Dsadata and Exchsrvr\Mdbdata directories respectively, from each drive on the computer running Microsoft Exchange Server.

If you have an offline backup of the Microsoft Exchange directory service and information store, follow the steps below to restore this backup:

  1. Stop all the Microsoft Exchange services.


  2. Determine the location of the database and logs for the directory service and information store service, from the following registry locations:

    Directory Service log path

    
          HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeDS
          \Parameters\Database log files path
         

    Directory Service database path

    
          HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeDS
          \Parameters\DSA Database file
         

    Information Store Service log path

    
          HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeIS
          \ParametersSystem\DB Log Path
         

    Private Information Store database path

    
          HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeIS
          \ParametersPrivate\DB Path
         

    Public Information Store database path

    
          HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeIS
          \ParametersPublic\DB Path
         


  3. Copy the Dir.edb file (in the Dsadata directory) to the directory service database path.


  4. Copy any directory service log files to the directory service log path.


  5. Copy the Priv.edb file to the private information store database path.


  6. Copy the Pub.edb file to the public information store database path.


  7. Copy any information store log files to the information store service log path.


  8. Start the Microsoft Exchange directory service.


  9. From the command prompt, change to the Exchsrvr\Bin directory and execute the following command:
    isinteg -patch


  10. Start the information store service.


  11. Start the other Exchange Server services.


Additional query words:

Keywords : XADM exc4 exc5 exc55
Version : winnt:4.0,5.0,5.5
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbinfo


Last Reviewed: December 20, 1999
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