About Exchange server-directed and redirected restores
With the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface, the administrator can browse for Exchange Server backups and select the ones to restore. You can use this interface to perform restores from any NetBackup server or any NetBackup client that has permissions to view the source client's backup images. The following types restores are available:
With a server-directed restore, an administrator can browse Exchange Server databases and select the ones you want to restore. NetBackup lets you select the NetBackup server from which files are restored, view the backup history, and select items to restore. You can select a specific client or other clients that were backed up by the selected NetBackup server.
When you redirect to a different client, you can restore to an Exchange client other than the one that was originally backed up. You can redirect the Exchange databases, directories, or mailbox objects. The administrator can direct restores to any NetBackup for Exchange client (regardless of which client performed the backup). To redirect a restore, the administrator can use the NetBackup Administration Console on the master server or the Remote Administration Console.
See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I for the configuration that is needed for this type of redirected restore.
A redirected restore to a different target or database location allows a user to restore mailbox or public folder objects to a target or a database location different from the location from which the objects were backed up. Depending on the Exchange version and type of backup, database objects can be redirected to the following:
The Exchange recovery database (RDB)
Another database