Point-of-failure recovery for volume restore, Single mailbox recovery – HP 3PAR Recovery Manager Software for VMware vSphere Licenses User Manual

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information, see

“Using the Recovery Manager GUI” (page 29)

or

“Using the Recovery

Manager CLI” (page 51)

.

5.

Delete the original .EDB, .LOG, and .CHK files for a clean restore.

CAUTION:

ONLY remove the files, NOT the parent/intermediate folders of the files. The

original database path and its structures must be kept the same. You can moved the files to
new locations instead of deleting them.

6.

Go to the backup server and execute the Recovery Manager file copy restore command:
RMExch restore -s <exchangeServer> -g <storageGroup> -t <timestamp>

-filecopy

. Alternatively, you can execute a file copy restore using the GUI. For more

information, see

“Restoring a Storage Group with File Copy Restore” (page 47)

).

7.

Copy the .LOG files that you preserved and overwrite the logs recovered, including the extra
logs not covered by the virtual copy. This process makes the recovery more forward-in-time.

8.

Delete the checkpoint file (.CHK).

9.

Remount the database(s) to continue.

The Exchange server performs a soft recovery and automatically replays the log. After the
store is mounted, Recovery Manager confirms the restore.

NOTE:

In some situations Exchange might display a warning message indicating one or

more log(s) are out of sync and might not display a confirmation.

Point-of-Failure Recovery for Volume Restore

To perform a point-of-failure recovery for volume restore:
1.

Move the currently existing log files on your storage group volumes that you want to roll
forward.

NOTE:

If Windows does not allow you to move, or even copy, Exchange .LOG files because

the files are being used by another program, part of Exchange is still live. If this is the case,
move on to

the next step

.

2.

Repeat the point-in-time recovery for volume restore from

step 1

.

3.

With the Exchange database(s) dismounted, preserve the current log files on your storage
group volumes if you were not able to do so for

step 1

.

4.

After you have taken all the disk(s) out of maintenance mode, perform the following:
a.

Copy the .LOG files that you preserved and overwrite the logs recovered, including the
extra logs not covered by the virtual copy. This process makes the recovery more
forward-in-time.

b.

Delete the checkpoint file (.CHK).

c.

Remount the database(s) to continue.

The Exchange server performs a soft recovery and automatically replays the log. After
the store is mounted, Recovery Manager confirms the restore.

Single Mailbox Recovery

Following are two methods for single mailbox recovery using Exchange.

“Restoring a Mailbox from a Backup to a Recovery Server” (page 87)

“Using the Recovery Storage Group Feature” (page 89)

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