Exchange 2010 DB & Single Item recovery

 

Restore your Exchange 2010 DB backup to a different location using your backup application,

Like in this example I am using Windows backup utility and restoring the backup in my backup drive (G)

Start Windows server backup utility.

Click on recover

Select the location of the backup and click on the next.

Select date of the backup

Select Application in recover type

Select Exchange in Application type.

Choose “Recover to another location ” and choose the location where you want to recover

Now click on the recover

Once done, check the location once for the path of your database.

Check the status of the restored database using below command.

H:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Bin>eseutil.exe /mh "G:\Restore\E

_\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Mailbox\MDB01\MDB01.edb"

It will show you the result as below.

Now check the consistency of the log files using below command.

H:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Bin>eseutil.exe /ml "G:\Restore\F

_\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Mailbox\MDB01\E01"

Now you need to make you Data Base in “Clean Shutdown” state to mount it.

Run the below command to replay all the logs to your DB

H:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Bin>eseutil.exe /r "E01" /l "G:\Restore\F_\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Mailbox\MDB01" /d "G:\Restore\E_\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Mailbox\MDB01\MDB01.edb"

You will be received the error as “Operation terminated with error -1216 (JET_errAttachedDatabaseMismatch”

So run the same command with “/i” switch

Now check the consistency of the data base for the clean shutdown state

If it still in “Dirty Shutdown” state then run the “hard repair”

H:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Bin>eseutil.exe /p "G:\Restore\E_\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Mailbox\MDB01\MDB01.edb"

You will be receive an error, click on ok

Now check the database.

Now it will show you in the clean shutdown state.

Create a “Recovery Data Base” using below command with this existing database and log files.

Run the below command in Exchange management shell

Here, I am using the same EDB & Log files which I recovered from backup.

New-MailboxDatabase -Recovery -Name "RDB01" -Server "EX01" -EdbFilePath "G:\Restore\E_\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Mailbox\MDB01\MDB01.edb" -LogFolderPath "G:\Restore\F_\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\mailbox\MDB01"

Mount this Recovery Database, run the below command

Mount-Database -Identity "RDB01"

Now recover the mailbox which you want to recover.

Restore-Mailbox -Identity subodhuniyal -RecoveryDatabase "RDB01"

This will restore all the emails of the mailbox “subodhuniyal”

Windows 2008 Server Core Activation.

start /w slmgr.vbs –dli

it will show you the dialog box as below.

Now run the below command to check the Installation ID

slmgr.vbs -dti

Note down this installation ID, now call to the MS local activation center and write down the activation key which consists of eight blocks of six digits you receive in response to punching in the Installation ID.

http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/existing-customers/activation-centers.aspx

Now run: 

start /w slmgr.vbs –atp GUID ActivationID

Where ActivationID must be notated as one long 48-digit string.

Run the command to check your licensing information  to confirm that Server Core installation was activated properly.

start /w slmgr.vbs –dli

Do it Without calling to MS



First RUN the below command to check the Activation status.

start /w slmgr.vbs –dli

it will show you the dialog box as below

Now run the below command to enter the product key.

slmgr.vbs - <Your Key>

now run the below command to enter the proxy, if you are using the proxy server co connect the internet

netsh winhttp set proxy <Proxy>

now run the below command.

start /w slmgr.vbs -ato