Answer

The following steps can be used to restore an individual mailbox:

The environment is as follows:

Exchange Server name: EXCHMAIL01
Mailbox name: tsmuser01
Database with mailbox tsmuser01 in it: MDB013
Temp Mailbox name: tempuser02

Step#1. Create a recovery DB(for example named TSMRDB-DEBUG.edb on x: drive) and leave it unmounted on Exchanger Server that restore is performed(for example named EXCHMAIL01)

Step#2. Open Data Protection Management Console GUI-> "Protect and Recover Data"-> "Exchange Server - EXCHMAIL01"

Step#3. Click "Recover" tab -> Select "Database Restore" -> Select "All Backups", and search for the database with the mailbox in it (for example MDB013)

Step#4. Highlight the date/time of the backup to be restored.
( NOTE: With "Auto Select" set to true, if an incremental is selected, it will highlight back to the closest compete full backup prior)

Step#5. Right click on highlights, and select on “Restore Into” and choose the recovery database "TSMRDB-DEBUG"

Step#6. Click on “Show Restore Options” and set these restore options:
Auto Select True
FromExcServer *
Instant Restore False
Mount database after restore False
Replay Restored & Current Logs False
Replay Restored logs only True
Run Recovery True




Step#7. Click on Restore, there will be 2 warning windows pop-up as in below, click on "Yes" on both:




after clicking "Yes":





Step#8: After the full backup is restored and the logs are replayed, the health of restored database can be checked using the Exchange Management Shell command:

[PS] C:\>eseutil /mh x:\RDB\TSMRDB-DEBUG.edb

Step#9: If the database is in a clean shutdown state, have the database mounted

Step#10: Create a Mailbox Export Request by using the powershell command line to export the mailbox to a temp mailbox

[PS] C:\>Restore-Mailbox -Identity tempuser02 -RecoveryDatabase TSMRDB-DEBUG -RecoveryMailbox tsmuser01 -TargetFolder Recovery

Step#11: Export Mailbox to .pst into a shared folder URL.
11a) Create a folder on the x:\ and share it with everyone read\write.
11b) Export the mailbox to a .pst file
[PS] C:\>New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox tempuser02 -FilePath \\EXCHMAIL01\TSM User\tsmuser01_restore.pst

11c)Check whether Exchange Request is queued or in progress
[PS] C:\>Get-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox tempuser02

11d) Check the progress, i.e., % completed of exporting the mailbox to the.pst file
[PS] C:\>Get-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox tempuser02 | Get-MailboxExportRequestStatistics

Step#12: After export request is completed, use outlook to valid the restored .pst file, i.e, tsmuser01_restore.pst