Use the restoremailbox command to restore
mailbox-level data or mailbox-item-level data from Tivoli® Storage FlashCopy® Manager for Exchange backups.
The following information provides details about this
command:
- You can use the restoremailbox command with
VSS backups stored on local shadow volumes.
- Use the restoremailbox command or the mailbox
restore operation in the graphical user interface to restore mailbox-level
data or mailbox-item-level data. The graphical user interface
also provides the Mailbox Restore Browser, an interactive action panel
that lists all available mailbox actions. Some features of the restoremailbox command
are only available on the command-line interface:
- Use the command-line interface when you must use the /mailboxoriglocation parameter
to specify the server and the database where the mailbox was at the
time of backup.
- Use the command-line interface for /tempmailboxalias optional
parameter to specify the temporary mailbox to use when you run mailbox
restore operations on mailboxes that were deleted, re-created, or
moved since the time of the backup you are restoring from.
- To open the Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for ExchangeProperties form,
select Properties from the Actions pane.
Select the General page, where you can specify
the temporary log restore path, the temporary database restore path
and the alias of the temporary mailbox.
- With Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for Exchange you
can restore multiple mailboxes with the same mailbox restore operation.
- You can use the restoremailbox command to restore
data into a mailbox in an online Exchange Server or to restore data
as an Exchange Server personal folders (.pst) file.
- You can use the restoremailbox command on the
primary Exchange Server or on an alternate Exchange Server that is
in the same domain.
- You can limit the range of the mailbox data to restore by using
the /mailboxfilter parameter to specify filters
that are based on these mailbox message elements:
- Sender name
- Folder name
- Message body
- Subject line
- Attachment name
- Range of the message delivery date and time
The amount of time that is needed to complete the restore process
depends on the size of the mailbox databases, the network speed, and
the number of mailboxes to process.
Prerequisites for Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager for Exchange mailbox restore tasks
Before
you complete mailbox restore tasks, review the following prerequisites:
- Before you start, ensure that you have sufficient privileges to
restore mailboxes.
- Temporary space is needed to accommodate the mailbox database
during mailbox restore operations. Specify the location of this temporary
space by setting these two optional parameters in the Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager configuration
file with the tdpexcc set command:
- TEMPDBRESTorepath
If you choose to not enter
a path, the default value of TEMPDBRESTorepath is
the value of the TEMP environment variable.
- TEMPLOGRESTorepath
If you choose to not enter
a path, the default value of TEMPLOGRESTorepath is
the value of the TEMP environment variable.
The temporary restore locations must have enough space to restore
the entire restored databases and log files.
- Ensure that correct version of Microsoft Exchange
Server MAPI Client and Collaboration Data Objects is installed on
the Exchange server that you use to run the mailbox restore operations.
The correct version is identified in the Hardware and Software Requirements
technote that is associated with the level of your software. This
technote is available in the Tivoli Storage FlashCopy Manager
- All Requirement Documents website at http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21427692. When you are at the website, follow the
link to the requirements technote for your specific release or update
level.
The amount of time that is needed to complete the restore process
depends on the size of the mailbox databases, the network speed, and
the number of mailboxes to process.