Need to restore previous copy of exchange database after system cr

microsoft.public.exchange.misc

26 Sep 2007 2:26 AM

Rob - IT Data Services

I have just had to rebuild a SBS2003 Server after the server crashed - the
problem is I only have the database files in there original file format.
Pub1.edb and Priv1.edb

How can I replace the current empty exchange databases with the new ones?

26 Sep 2007 5:32 AM

Ed Crowley [MVP]

If you named the server the same and installed the same version of Exchange,
and you restored Active Directory, then you can stop the Information Store
service, replace the Priv1.edb, Priv1.stm, and Pub1.edb files with the old
versions, move all the log and chk files to another folder. Then you should
be able to restart the Information Store service.

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Ed Crowley
MVP - Exchange
"Protecting the world from PSTs and brick backups!"

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"Rob - IT Data Services" <RobITDataServi***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:E303B32E-875F-4931-B18A-79DA1CBE9ED6@microsoft.com...
>I have just had to rebuild a SBS2003 Server after the server crashed - the
> problem is I only have the database files in there original file format.
> Pub1.edb and Priv1.edb
>
> How can I replace the current empty exchange databases with the new ones?
>
>