11.5. Restoring a Storage Group to the Same Server
Problem
You need to restore a storage group from backup media or files.
Solution
Using a graphical user interface
Using the Exchange System Manager, navigate to the appropriate server and storage group.
Dismount the mailbox stores that you are going to restore by right-clicking each storage group and using the Dismount Store command.
Start the Windows Backup utility and ensure that it is set to Advanced mode.
Select the Restore tab.
Select your backup media or file.
In the left Ntbackup pane, find the backup media or file that contains the database copy you want to restore, then select it.
In the right Ntbackup pane, select the specific database that you want to restore.
Navigate down to the specific storage group that contains the mailbox store that you are going to restore and mark its checkbox, then click Start Restore.
The Restoring Database Store dialog box will appear. Select the name of the server you're restoring to. In this case, you're using the local server, which will already be selected by default. Next, enter a path for the location of the log and patch files. Ntbackup will put the files it restores here until it's ready to remount the restored database. Make sure that the directory you specify is on a volume with enough free space to hold the data you're restoring.
If the backup you're restoring is a full backup with no further backups after it, or the last backup in a series of differential or incremental backups, check the ...