Specify Microsoft Data Protection Manager Options
On the Specify Microsoft Data Protection Manager Options page, the wizard prompts you to specify a Data Protection Manager server and the Exchange Server from whose backups you want to restore data.
You can use the following elements:
- DPM server. Provides a space for you to type the name of the Microsoft Data Protection Manager server that holds the backups from which you want to restore data.
- Backed up Exchange Server. Provides a space for you to type the name of the Exchange Server from whose backups you want to restore data.
- Backups created after. Allows you to select a date after which the backups you want to restore data from were created.
- Backups created before. Allows you to select a date before which the backups you want to restore data from were created.
Specify Parameters for Backups
On this page, you can specify parameters the backups from which you want to restore data without cataloging these backups.
- Backup creation date. Specify time period when the backups from which you want to restore data were created.
- Servers whose databases you want to restore. Type the names of the servers whose databases you want to restore from backups.
Specify Storage Groups and Stores
Use this page to type the names of the storage groups and stores you want to restore from backups.
Add Exchange Stores
On the Add Exchange Stores page, you can set up a list of the Exchange Server stores from which you want to restore data.
On this page, you can use the following elements:
- Added stores. Lists the Exchange Server stores you have selected to restore data from.
- Add. Opens a dialog box you can use to select the Exchange Server stores from which you want to restore data. You can also catalog backups from which you want to restore data.
- Remove. Removes selected Exchange Server stores from the Added stores and databases list.
Select Stores Dialog Box
When you click Add on the Add Exchange Stores page, the Select Stores dialog box opens. You can use this dialog box to select the Exchange Server stores from which you want to restore data.
In this dialog box, you can use the following elements:
- Stores in cataloged backups. Displays information about the Exchange Server stores that are in the cataloged backups. You can select the stores and databases from which you want to restore data.
Table 111: List columns
| Store |
Displays names of the Exchange Server stores that are in at least one of the cataloged backups. You can use the following elements next to each entry in this column:
- Plus sign (+). Shows dates and times of creation of the cataloged backups that hold a particular Exchange Server store.
- Minus sign (-). Hides dates and times of creation of the cataloged backups that hold a particular Exchange Server store.
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| Backup Dates |
Displays dates and times when a particular Exchange store was backed up. You can use this column to select the cataloged backups from which you want to restore data. |
| Associated Storages |
Displays names of the Recovery Manager for Exchange storages that are based on a particular Exchange Server store. |
- Show storage group names. Displays storage group names in the Store column.
- Filter by store. Filters stores in the Stores in cataloged backups list by the store name letters you type in the text box.
- Catalog Backups. Starts the Catalog Wizard that helps you catalog Exchange Server backups. After you compete the Catalog Wizard, the Exchange Server stores found in the cataloged backups appear in the Stores in cataloged backups list. For more information about the Catalog Wizard, see Catalog Wizard.
You can restore from incremental or differential backups. To restore from a differential backup, you need to have the last normal (full) backup as well as the last differential backup cataloged with Recovery Manager for Exchange. To restore from an incremental backup, you need to have the last normal (full) backup and all subsequent incremental backups cataloged with Recovery Manager for Exchange.
