421 - Recovering a single Exchange 2007 mailbox using a Recovery Storage Group

This article discusses how to recover a single mailbox using Backup Pro and Microsoft Exchange 2007 Recovery Storage Group.

1. Restore the Exchange database for the date required using the Backup Client Server Edition.
2. Follow the TechNet article: How to Recover a Mailbox by Using a Recovery Storage Group.
   If you get any errors mounting the database, e.g. MapiExceptionCallFailed: Unable to mount database. (hr=0x80004005, ec=-544 when mounting the Recovery Storage Group run a ESEUTIL /P then /D on the restored mailbox database restored to the Recovery Storage Group.
3. When done, follow the TechNet article: How to Remove a Recovery Storage Group.

A test case recovering the RSG and restoring a database:

• new-mailboxdatabase -mailboxdatabasetorecover "Mailbox Database" -storagegroup EXCH07\RSG -EDBFilePath "C:\Program Files\Attix5 Pro\Backup Client SE\MSExchBackup2\Mailbox Database.edb"
  "MailBox Database.edb" is the file located in the Exchange dump folder.
• set-mailboxdatabase -identity EXCH07\RSG\"Mailbox Database" -AllowFileRestore:$True
• mount-database -identity EXCH07\RSG\"Mailbox Database"
• Restore-Mailbox -RSGMailbox 'John Doe' -RSGDatabase 'RSG\Mailbox Database' -id 'Joe Blogg' -TargetFolder 'restore_adi_mailbox'
  Mailbox "John Doe" is restored to a different active mailbox, "Joe Blogg". See the articles above for different restore options.