Select This server (SERVERNAME) if the backup is stored on the same server or choose A backup stored on another location if it is stored on another server or storage location.
#Mount a exchange public folder database as recovery windows
Restoring an Exchange database from a recovery database In this article, we will discuss the step-by-step procedure to restore an Exchange database to the recovery database for restoring the mailboxes or mailbox items. You can use any backup copy of the mailbox database stored on the same or another server in the same organization. The downside of this is that you would need plenty of storage space as you’ve to restore the entire mailbox database to just extract a mailbox or a mail item.Ī recovery database can be created and accessed by Exchange administrators only to restore mail items and mailboxes from it. It is used to perform Dial Tone Recovery for recovering and restoring mailboxes without disrupting the active copy of the mailbox database that is currently running.
RDB allows you to mount a backup copy of the mailbox database and extract one or more mailboxes or certain mail items. In Microsoft Exchange, you can create a recovery database (RDB) to recover or restore mailboxes and mailbox items.