Exchange 2K3 disaster recovery - Can't start information store to start the restore.
- From: Anders Rojde <andrerojde2004@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 23:12:49 -0500
I am trying to setup a copy of my production Exchange server on my
test network. I am running Exchange 2003 in a Windows 2000 Domain.
I setup Exchange using setup /disasterrecovery and tried to restore
using NTBackup. NTBackup can't restore because Exchange Information
Store isn't running since there is no database present. I am trying
to restore the database, but it can't be done unless there is a
database present. It's like a Catch-22.
Here is what I did:
I created an online backup of Exchange databases using NTBackup
(skipped the system state). Then I setup a server on my test network
with the same name and partitions and installed Exchange with the
following command: setup /disasterrecovery. This installed Exchange,
then I updated to Exchange SP1 also using the disaster recovery
switch.
According to the microsoft disaster recovery document, Exchange
information store should be running. So I try to start that. It won't
start since there are no databases present. The databases seem to be
present in ESM, but when I go to their file location, it's empty. The
documentation doesn't mention anything about the databases missing.
Infact, it says that you should make a backup of the current database
to another location. So I am guessing I made a mistake somewhere, and
there should be an empty temporary database present which can be
overwritten.
Any advice what I should do?
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