MS Exchange Server Restore

MS Exchange Server Restore

Your MS Exchange Server data that you have backed up from your NetworkBackup Client can be restored from the Offsite DR Server.

How to begin the restoration process?

  • Login to your Offsite DR Server and choose the Recovery tab. In the recovery page, click Restore option beside the corresponding MS Exchange Server backup that is to be recovered. In case you are not able to identify it with the backup name, you can identify it with the plugin type from the 'plugin' tab.

Step 1: Select Version and Files to Restore

  • A tree listing various backup time-stamps with the full backup as its parent node will be displayed. This list that is generated is based on incremental and retention configured. In case Additional Full Backup is configured, then there will be more than one parent node list based on the configuration. The first step is to select the restore version and click Next to proceed with the restore process.

  • Once done choosing required time-stamp, proceed to select the backed up files/folders to restore.
  • You can select files/folders in 3 ways. You can:
    • Select the root folder to proceed to restore the entire backed up data for the chosen time-stamp.
    • Select specific files and folders alone based on requirement and proceed with the restore.
    • Using the filter option, you can filter files by file types with extensions(Ex: *.doc). Filtering more than one file type can be done by separating them with a comma (Ex: *.doc, *.pdf and so on). Proceed further by clicking Next.

Step 2: Select Restore Settings

  • The next step in the restore process will be to configure the Restore Settings for the restore.
  • Restore deleted files - This gives 3 options to choose from which are explained below
    • Skip deleted files
    • Deleted files only
    • Include deleted files
  • Skip deleted files (Restore backup data skipping deleted files) - Choosing this option will not restore the deleted files and skip them instead.
  • Deleted files only (Restore deleted files alone) - This option will restore the files that are deleted alone and omit the other backed up data from the restore process.
  • Include deleted files (Restore backup data along with deleted files) - This option will restore the backup data along with the deleted files.
  • You can compress your restore data and download it in a zip format by selecting the ‘Enable Compressed Restore Data’.

Information Note:

The password you enter should satisfy the following conditions:

  • The password should contain only the characters [a-z] [A-Z] [0-9]
  • The password should contain at least 6 characters and at most 12 characters
  • The password should not contain spaces or other special characters
  • Provide the restore location for the backed up files and click Next to proceed to restore your data

Step 3: Review Configurations

  • You have reached the final step of the restore process wherein you have to review the configuration you have provided and click Restore Now option. This will trigger the restoration process. Review the restore progress and make sure it gets completed successfully.

  • Once you trigger the restore, you can track its progress from the restore progress tab. After being redirected to the Restore page, choose the inverted arrow mark in the status section to view the restore progress page.

The Restore Progress page consists of details such as:

Backup Schedule: The name of the backup that is being restored

Client Name: The name of the client from which the backup was triggered

Current File: The file that is being restored at the moment

Total Files: The count of the total number of files that have to be restored

Transfer Rate: The rate at which the restore is happening

Files Restored: The count of the files that were restored successfully

  • You can abort your restore if not required from the Abort (-) option available in that window. You will get a pop up as shown below. Click OK to Abort your backup.

Information Note:

To enhance your restore performance, close the progress window and open it only occasionally to check to restore progress. 

  • You can suspend your restore if not required from the Suspend option available in that window. You will get a pop up as shown below. Click OK to Suspend your backup.