XADM: How to Do an Online Restore of an Exchange Cluster Server

• Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5

SUMMARY

This article outlines the steps necessary to perform an online restore of a Microsoft Exchange Server computer running on a Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS).

MORE INFORMATION

The following instructions assume that you have already installed Cluster Server. If you perform a full recovery of your Exchange Cluster Server, you must make sure that the Exchange Server virtual server name is the same as the server you are restoring to. You also must make sure that Exchange Server is installed using the same organization and site name (this information is case sensitive) that it used before the restore. Environment Considerations: To perform the following steps it is crucial that you have a stable cluster environment.

To perform an online restore of an Exchange Cluster Server:

1. Start the Cluster Administrator program, click Groups, and then click Exchange Cluster.



2. In the right pane, right-click the Microsoft Exchange Directory Service, and then click Take Offline.



3. Quit the Cluster Administrator program.



4. Start the Windows NT Backup program, and in the Tapes window, click the information store and directory service that you want to restore.



5. Click Restore, and click to select the virtual server name of the Exchange Cluster Server as the destination server.



6. Click to select the Erase All Existing Data check box, and then click OK.



7. After the restore is complete, in Control Panel, double-click Services, and then start all Exchange Server services.



8. After all the services start, start the Cluster Administrator program and restart the Exchange Cluster services.

Additional query words:

Keywords : exc55
Version : winnt:5.5
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbhowto