Operation Manual

10 Exchange Server Backup Extraction

Sometimes there is a need to extract just Exchange data from disk-level backups of Virtual Machines

with Microsoft Exchange server installed. The Extract Exchange Server Items feature allows:

 Extracting complete Exchange databases from VM backups.

 Extracting Exchange data (mailboxes, mailbox items) from VM backups.

NOTE: Prior to running Extract Exchange Server Items wizard you have to configure your backups to become

“Exchange-aware”. Optionally you can choose to truncate the transactions logs after backup. (For more

information, please, refer to "Exchange-Aware Backup Settings" (p. 38) section).

Click on the Exchange Recovery button in the Actions tab of the main menu to extract the required

Exchange items from your backup archive. The Extract Exchange Server Items wizard consists of the

several steps you have to go through in order to complete the operation. The steps of the wizard for

extracting Exchange Databases and extracting Exchange mailboxes and mailbox contents are

described in the sections below.

10.1 Extracting Databases

When choosing to extract Databases, you can extract the MS Exchange server databases in .edb

format saving it over to a network share.

Recovering databases to the specified folder means that the database files along with transaction log

files are extracted from the backup to a folder you specify. This can be useful if you need to extract

data for audit or further processing by third party tools; or when you are looking for a workaround to

mount the databases manually.

To extract Exchange databases you have to go through the following four steps:

1. Select location with Exchange Server backups.

2. What do you want to extract? (Databases).

3. Select Databases and Recovery Point.

4. Where to extract Database?

On the first step you have to select a location and a VM with Exchange Server backups. On the left

you can see the list of backup locations. When choosing a location it is then scanned for Exchange

VM backups which you see in the middle section. Select the VM you need to extract Exchange

Databases from. On the right you can see the summary information. Then click Next.