Recovery Manager for Exchange 5.8.1 - User Guide

Restoring attachments

Recovery Manager for Exchange provides the following methods for restoring message attachments:

• Method 1: Finding and restoring attachments. Allows you to search multiple source storages for attachments by a variety of search criteria. You can then select and restore attachments from a list of search results.
• Method 2: Restoring attachments while browsing a source storage. Offers a quick way to restore attachments while browsing a source storage in the Recovery Manager Console.

Method 1: Finding and restoring attachments

To find and restore attachments

1. Search source storages for the attachments you want to restore. For more information about how to search for attachments, see Searching for messages, attachments, or folders in source storages.
2. When your search is complete, in the Search results list, select the check boxes next to the attachments you want to restore.
3. To preview an attachment, double-click the attachment entry in the Search results list.
4. Click Restore.

Method 2: Restoring attachments while browsing a source storage

To restore attachments while browsing a source storage

1. Register the source storage from which you want to restore attachments. For more information about how to register storages, see Registering a storage.
2. Browse the source storage in the left pane to select the folder that contains the message whose attachments you want to restore.
3. In the right pane, right-click the message whose attachments you want to restore.
4. In the shortcut menu, point to Save Attachments, and click the name of the attachment you want to restore.

To restore all attachments of a message, click All Attachments.

To preview an attachment, point to View Attachments, and click the name of the attachment you want to preview.

Restoring folders

Recovery Manager for Exchange provides the following methods for restoring mailbox folders and public folders:

• Method 1: Finding and restoring folders. Allows you to search multiple source storages for specific mailbox and public folders by a multitude of search criteria. You can then select and restore folders from a list of search results.
• Method 2: Restoring a folder while browsing a source storage. Offers a quick way to restore a folder while browsing a source storage in the Recovery Manager Console.
• Method 3: Exporting all messages from particular folders. Exports all messages from the mailbox or public folders you select to individual new .eml, msg, or .txt files. When exporting messages to individual files, you can re-create the source storage folder structure in the target restore location: the messages being exported will be placed in the appropriately named target subfolders to reflect the location of the exported messages in the source storage.
• Method 4: Restoring public folders using the Task Pad View. Allows you to restore selected public folders or the entire public folder hierarchy of an Exchange organization or Exchange Online (Office 365).

You can restore mailbox and public folders with or without their permissions. For more information, see the description for the Preferences tab in Configuring Recovery Manager for Exchange.

The following subsections provide instructions on how to use each of these methods.