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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator's Guide
  3. Performing restores of Exchange Server, mailboxes, and public folders
  4. About restoring individual Exchange mailbox and public folder items
  5. Options for restores of Exchange Server mailbox objects or public folder objects
Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft Exchange Server Administrator's Guide

Options for restores of Exchange Server mailbox objects or public folder objects

When you restore mailbox or public folder objects, NetBackup may encounter messages that already exist in the database. Select one of the options from Table: Restore options for restores of Exchange Server mailbox objects of public folder objects to indicate whether NetBackup should pass over or replace the pre-existing object.

Note:

These options are ignored for a redirected restore.

Table: Restore options for restores of Exchange Server mailbox objects of public folder objects

Option

Description

Do not restore the message(s)

Does not restore mailbox messages if they already exist.

Overwrite the message

Replaces the existing message with the one from the backup.

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