Rapid Recovery 6.1.2 - Mailbox Restore for Exchange User Guide

Opening Mailbox Restore for Exchange

To open Mailbox Restore, you can simply open a database from a recovery point in the Local Mount Utility (LMU).

In the LMU, when you select to open a database from a recovery point, Mailbox Restore automatically starts. There is no need to separately or manually open Mailbox Restore to recover an Exchange item from a Rapid Recovery recovery point.

However, if you choose not to use the LMU to open a database, or if you need to access Mailbox Restore for reasons other than recovering an Exchange item, such as maintenance, the application can be found in the following default locations:

The Local Mount Utility and Mailbox Restore

Recovering an Exchange item from a Rapid Recovery recovery point is best accomplished by mounting the recovery point and opening the Exchange database file by using the Local Mount Utility (LMU).

The LMU is a downloadable application that lets you mount a recovery point on a remote Rapid Recovery Core from any machine.

Because the utility was designed for remote access to Cores, Mailbox Restore is included as a component with every installation of the LMU; however, you also can install the LMU on a Rapid Recovery Core for quick access to Mailbox Restore. When the LMU runs on a core, the utility recognizes and displays all mounts from that core, including mounts performed through the Rapid Recovery Core Console. Likewise, mounts performed on the LMU also appear in the console.

This topics in this section describe how to use Mailbox Restore and the LMU to recover email items from an Exchange data store.

For more information about the LMU, see the Rapid Recovery User Guide.

The Local Mount Utility

This section describes how to download, install, and use the Windows-based Rapid Recovery Local Mount Utility (LMU) to mount recovery points and explore the contents from a file level using a machine that does not host the Rapid Recovery Core.

Downloading the Local Mount Utility

There are two ways to download the Local Mount Utility. You can download the web installer version of the software directly from the Rapid Recovery Core Console, which is practical if you are installing the LMU on the Core. You can also download either 32-bit or 64-bit executable installer files for the LMU from the Rapid Recovery License Portal.

This section includes the following topics:

Downloading the LMU from the Rapid Recovery Core Console

Complete the following steps to download the Local Mount Utility from the Rapid Recovery Core Console.

2.	From the Rapid Recovery Core Console, in the icon bar, click (More), and then select Downloads.

The file saves to the local Downloads folder. In some browsers, the folder automatically opens or a pop-up message gives you the option to run the installation.

Downloading the LMU from the Rapid Recovery License Portal

If you have already registered your Rapid Recovery Core software in the Rapid Recovery License Portal, do the following:

The file saves to the local Downloads folder. In some browsers, the folder automatically opens or a pop-up message gives you the option to run the installation.

NOTE: For more information about managing the Rapid Recovery License Portal from the Rapid Recovery Core Console, see the Rapid Recovery User Guide. For complete documentation of the license portal, see the Rapid Recovery License Portal User Guide.