About selecting a destination client for an Exchange restore operation
When you perform a restore of an Exchange backup, you can choose a different destination client to which you want to restore a backup. (This type of operation is called redirecting a restore to a different client.) Most of the Exchange objects that are backed up can be redirected to a different client. The Microsoft Exchange Information Store databases can be restored to a different Exchange server.
The following requirements must be met before you redirect the restore of databases:
You must have NetBackup server privileges or be logged into a server with the NetBackup Administration Console or the NetBackup Remote Administration Console.
The databases must exist on the target server.
If you initiate a redirected restore from a NetBackup client, the destination client must have permission to restore from the source client. See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I for the configuration that is needed for a redirected restore.
The following situations require that the clients have the same version of Windows, as follows:
When you redirect a restore to a different client
When you select a destination client other than the source client when you browse the backup image
To provide the name of the destination client, select . If the client you want does not appear in the destination client list, you can add the client to the list.
If you want to perform a restore in a non-cluster environment to the original client that performed the backup, you do not need to change the destination client. In a cluster environment, you need to ensure that the destination client is virtual server name. It may not be possible to change the destination client value from a NetBackup client-only installation in a cluster. In that case, use the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface on a NetBackup server to change the destination client value to the virtual server name.
Select the destination client as described in Table: Destination client for an Exchange Server restore operation.
Table: Destination client for an Exchange Server restore operation
To restore to... | For the destination client, select... |
|---|---|
another database in the same DAG | the same destination client as the source client. NetBackup redirects the restore to the server that hosts the active copy of the database. |
another database in a different DAG | the DAG name where the target database exists. NetBackup redirects the restore to the server that hosts the active copy of the database. |
an RDB in a DAG | the DAG name |
an RDB on a standalone server | the name of the standalone server |
the original client that performed the backup | you do not need to change the client |
a different client | the client you want from the list. If necessary, first add the client name to the list. |
a cluster environment | the virtual client name |
a DAG node | the name of that node |
a specific mailbox server | the name of that server |