Recovery Manager for Exchange 5.8.1 - User Guide

Guidelines for working with Data Protection Manager

• You can install Recovery Manager for Exchange on the Data Protection Manager computer or on any other computer available on the network.
• Recovery Manager for Exchange must be joined either to the Active Directory domain where the Data Protection Manager server resides or to a domain that has two-way trust relationship with the Data Protection Manager server domain.
• Ensure that Data Protection Manager Management Shell and Data Protection Manager protection agent are installed on the Recovery Manager for Exchange computer.

Extracting a database by using Data Protection Manager

To extract a database by using Microsoft Data Protection Manager

1. In the Recovery Manager Console, from the main menu, select Add Storages | From Backups.
2. On the Select a Backup Access Method page of the wizard, select Access Exchange backups with thirdparty software. Click Next.
3. On the Select Backup Software page, do the following:
   1. From the Use this software list, select Microsoft Data Protection Manager.
   2. From the Software version list, select the Data Protection Manager version installed on the computer from which you want to retrieve and restore backups.
   3. Click Next.
4. Follow the wizard to complete the storage registration.

Working with Microsoft Windows Backup

To extract the contents of an Exchange Server backup created with Microsoft Windows Backup, you can use the Exchange Server Emulation feature of Recovery Manager for Exchange. When Exchange Server emulation is started on the Recovery Manager for Exchange computer, it appears as an Exchange Server to the backup software. Then, you can extract Exchange Server databases from backup to the Recovery Manager for Exchange computer and access them with Recovery Manager for Exchange to view, search, and restore data.

This section covers:

• Guidelines for Working with Windows Backup
• Extracting a database by using Windows Backup

Guidelines for Working with Windows Backup

Ensure that the computer where you wish to use Recovery Manager for Exchange does not have Microsoft Exchange Server installed: the Exchange Server Emulation feature of Recovery Manager for Exchange is not supported on computers running Microsoft Exchange Server.

You can install Recovery Manager for Exchange on the Windows Backup computer or on a different computer available on the network. If Recovery Manager for Exchange and Windows Backup are installed on different computers, make sure that these computers can access each other by NetBIOS names In any case, the computer where you plan to use Recovery Manager for Exchange must have Microsoft Exchange System Management Tools installed. Install Microsoft Exchange System Management Tools supplied with the Exchange Server version you want to emulate.