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29 TR1059 | V4.0 | Exchange 2013 Data Protection with EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition 4.6 and PS
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You can use Power Shell commands to extract data from an RDB. After extraction, the data can be
exported to a folder or merged into an existing mailbox. The name of the recovery mailbox database is the
original Exchange Mailbox Database name, followed by recovery database.
For
New-MailboxRestoreRequest command parameters both required and optional please visit this link:
New-MailboxRestoreRequest
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff829875.aspx
The example in Figure 15 demonstrates recovering all mail items from the point-in-time copy of test3a’s
mailbox that is hosted on Mailbox Database MDB3 and placing them in a sub folder named Recovery in
test3a’s mailbox. The Power Shell command for that is:
New-MailboxRestoreRequest -SourceDatabase "
MDB3 Recovery Database"
-SourceStoreMailbox
test3a
-
TargetMailbox
test3a
-TargetRootFolder
Recovery
-Priority |
High
The variables in the Power Shell command have been changed to bold font for clarity. The recovery folder
(red arrow) can be seen in Figure 16.
Figure 16 Recovery folder in Outlook
The last step in the RDB process is to remove the RDB and that Power Shell command is displayed in
Figure 17 and is as follows:
Remove-MailboxDatabase -Identity "MDB3 Recovery Database"
The variables in the Power Shell command above have been changed to bold font for clarity.