Hi danny. If I remember correct, that is a "feature" of NTBackup. Youc an restore the IS databases only to the original location, and cannot re direct. I would suggest you using a third party backup such as Veritas or Arcserve. I am quite sure when the restore started it restored to the RSG. Regards Raj -----Original Message----- From: Danny [mailto:nocmonkey@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 5:40 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Restoring permantly deleted items - Exchange 2003 http://www.MSExchange.org/ On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 14:17:54 -0400, Shanmuga Raj Admin <speriya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > Hi Danny, > In Exchange 2000/2003 one good thing is you cannot accidentally > overwrite your databases. You can overwrite only when you configure it > to be overwritten by restore. Read this link for detailed info on > RSGs, > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824126&Product > =e > xch2003 Thanks for the info, I will continue to read the doc. In the meantime, my question: Is it normal not to be able to select where you want to restore an online backup of an Exchange database with NTBackup? Unless I did something wrong - I simply clicked on restore, and selected which backup I wanted to restore, and then clicked one more time I believe, and the restore started. I am away from the system now, so I have not had a chance to experiment. ...D ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSEXchange.org Discussion List as: speriya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx