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Performing VSS Restores
If you have server license, and you backed up VSS data such as Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange
Server, Active Directory, and the Windows File Replication Service (for example, SYSVOL), you can use the
VSS Restore to recover this data.
Important: This functionality is only available with a Lenovo Online Data Backup server license.
The process for restoring VSS data is slightly different depending upon the type of data you are restoring.
Restoring Microsoft Exchange Server Data
Before you restore the Microsoft Exchange data, you must dismount all mailbox stores.
1. Open the Microsoft Exchange System Manager and navigate to the Servers folder.
2. Expand each storage group.
3. For each mailbox store, right-click the mailbox store, then click Dismount Store.
Once each mailbox store has been successfully dismounted, you are ready to perform the restore.
4. Right-click the Lenovo Online Data Backup icon in the system tray, then click Status.
The Status window appears.
5. Click Restore Files .
The Lenovo Online Data Backup Configuration window appears.
6. Click VSS Restore.
7. Select the VSS: MS Exchange Server backup set.
Caution: Selecting the Authoritative Restore forces the restored directory database to be replicated
to other servers on the domain after the backups have been restored.
8. Select the method used to access the backup set:
• Download files from Lenovo Online Data Backup Remote Backup Server.
• Use previously downloaded web restore.
9. If you select to use a previously downloaded restore, browse to the location where the files are stored.
10. Click Next.
The VSS downloading window appears.
11. Once the data has been downloaded, the VSS writer automatically copies the files to the correct locations.
Once the restore has been completed, all mailbox stores need to be mounted.
12. Open the Microsoft Exchange System Manager and navigate to the Servers folder.
13. Expand each storage group.
14. For each mailbox store, right-click the mailbox store, then click Mount Store.
Note: If configuring Lenovo Online Data Backup to back up a Microsoft Exchange Server residing on
the same hardware as the domain controller, it is important to select the check boxes for VSS Active
Directory and Windows File Replication Service (SYSVOL) backup sets from the configuration module.
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