http://www.msexchange.org -------------------------------------------------------We're testing restoring to a Recovery Storage Group from a Vertias 9.1 backup. We have the following options listed for the restore under the Exchange 5.5 options: No loss restore Commit after restore completes Mount database after restore Correct me if I'm wrong, but... "Mount database after restore" should be unchecked because I want to mount the database manually (in case there are problems). "Commit after restore completes" should be checked if the tape is the last one in the backup set (or the only one). "No loss restore"... In regard to the RSG, this is the one I'm really unsure about. The Backup Exec best practices states: Be aware of the effect of the "No loss restore" setting. Take note that any transactions which existed in transaction log files left in place following a "No loss restore" operation will play back when starting or mounting the Information Store database. Thus, if there are deletions that occurred after the backup was performed those deletions will play through and may potentially remove the very data that the restore process was intended to recover. In this case, either the Exchange data generated after the backup will need to be discarded by the process of a "Loss" restore operation OR a second recovery server will be needed to perform the restore, (unless the Recovery Storage Group feature of Exchange 2003 is used to perform the data recovery operation). I can't find anything on the "No loss restore" option as it applies to the RSG. Anyone out there have experience with this and care to share? ________________________________ Paul Maglinger ________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------- List Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/exchangelist/ MSExchange Newsletter: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp MSExchange Articles and Tutorials: http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/ MSExchange Blogs: http://blogs.msexchange.org/ ------------------------------------------------------- Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe visit http://www.msexchange.org/pages/exchangelist.asp Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx