Public Folder Restore Wizard
The Public Folder Restore Wizard helps you restore selected public folders or restore the entire public folder hierarchy of an Exchange organization from registered source storages to a registered target storage. You also have the option to restore each selected public folder to an individual Personal Folders (.pst) file.
Source and target storages for a restore operation can be selected from those registered with Recovery Manager for Exchange. You can also register new source and target storages while using this wizard.
To start the Public Folder Restore Wizard
- From the main menu, select Restore | Public Folders.
The wizard includes the following pages:
Add Public Folders to Restore
On the Add Public Folders to Restore page, the wizard prompts you to set up a list of the public folders you want to restore from registered source storages.
Table 50: User interface elements
| Added public folders |
Displays a list of the public folders that you have selected to restore. |
| Add |
Opens a dialog box you can use to select the public folders you want to restore and add them to the Added public folders list. You can also register new source storages to select and restore public folders from. |
| Find |
Opens the Find dialog box. You can use the Find dialog box to select source storages and search them for public folders. In the search results, you can then select the public folders you want to restore and add them to Added public folders list. You can also register new source storages to search for the public folders you want to restore. |
| Remove |
Removes selected public folders from the Added public folders list. |
To find, select, and add public folders to the list
- Click Find.
- Click Browse in the Find dialog box.
If the source storages that you want to search are listed in the Select Storages dialog box, proceed to step 4.
- In the Select Storages dialog box, click Add New Storage.
Follow the instructions in the Add Storage Wizard to register the source storages you want to search for messages. For more information about the Add Storage Wizard, see Add Storage Wizard.
- In the Select Storages dialog box, select the check boxes next to the source storages you want to search for messages.
You can expand source storage nodes and select specific items to search in.
- Click OK.
- In the Find dialog box, specify detailed criteria of your search.
The interface elements you can use in the Find dialog box are similar to those in the Find View. For more information about these elements, see Using the Find View.
- Click Find Now.
- When your search is complete, in the Search results list, select the check boxes next to the public folders you want to restore.
To select all folders at once, click Select All.
- Click Restore.
To remove public folders from the list
- In the Added public folders list, select the public folders you want to remove, and click Remove.
Select Type of Target Storage
On the Select Type of Target Storage page, the wizard prompts you to select the type of target storage. You can restore public folders to a registered target storage (this includes target storages that you may register in the next steps of the wizard), restore each public folder to an individual new .pst file, or export all messages from the public folders to a specific file format.
Select Target Storage
On the Select Target Storage page, the wizard lists all target storages registered with Recovery Manager for Exchange. In the Registered writable storages list, you can select the registered target storage to which you want to restore the selected public folders.
You can click Add to register a new target storage. The user interface that appears is similar to that of the Add Storage Wizard. For more information, see Add Storage Wizard.
To select a target folder
- In the Registered writable storages list, expand the node representing the target storage to which you want to restore data.
- Click the target storage folder to which you want to restore data.
In registered target storages, you can create new folders and rename or delete existing folders.
To rename, delete, or create a folder in a target storage
- In the Registered writable storages list, expand the node representing the target storage in which you want to rename, delete, or create a folder.
- Do one of the following:
- To rename or delete a folder, right-click the folder you want to rename or delete, then select the appropriate action from the shortcut menu.
- To create a new folder, right-click the folder in which you want to create a new folder, then select the appropriate action from the shortcut menu.
