Symantec Backup Exec

You can restore individual mailboxes, messages, and public folders from backups that were created by the following legacy methods:

• Individual mailboxes were backed up from the Microsoft Exchange Mailboxes selection.

• Individual public folders were backed up from the Microsoft Exchange Public Folders selection.

Following are notes about restoring mailboxes or public folders from legacy backup methods:

• Mailbox backup sets that were created using a site-centric view in versions of Backup Exec prior to 8.6 may require multiple jobs to be run in order to restore all the mailboxes:

  Mailboxes that resided on the target server restore normally. Mailboxes that resided on other servers must be redirected to those servers.

• If you restore mailboxes from a backup created with a version of Backup Exec prior to 8.5, and mailboxes with duplicate Display Names reside on the server, select those mailboxes for restore separately and redirect the restore.

  See About redirecting restores of mailboxes or public folders that were backed up separately from the Exchange Information Store.

• The option Restore Over Existing Files in the Advanced Restore Job Properties does not apply to mailboxes or public folders. If other selections are restored in addition to mailboxes or public folders, and the option Restore Over Existing Files is selected, it applies only to the other selections; mailboxes and public folders are not restored over existing objects.

• Do not restore special system mailboxes created by Exchange.

  The following are common examples of special system mailboxes, but there may be others depending on the Exchange server configuration and environment.

  • System Attendant

  • Any mailbox name starting with SMTP or System Mailbox (Exchange 2000 or later)