Example 1. Recovering mailboxes to .pst files

Typical usage scenarios for recovering mailboxes to a .pst files are:

• Migrating mailboxes between different Exchange servers.

  Example: the administrator needs to safely move mailboxes from the existing Exchange organization to a newer Exchange Server version (i.e., from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2010). The administrator recovers the required mailboxes as .pst files from the database or the mailbox backup. The administrator then imports the mailbox data from the .pst to into the appropriate mailboxes on another Exchange server by using the MailboxImportRequest cmdlet.

• Accessing mailbox data without mandatory usage of Exchange server.

  Example: the General Counsel of the company has requested the administrator to provide a copy of the mailbox of a recently resigned employee in order to research a legal case. The General Counsel's laptop and the laptop itself is not in the corporate network. The administrator finds the required version of the employee's mailbox in the previously created backups. Then, the administrator recovers the mailbox as a .pst file on a USB stick and passes this stick to General Counsel. The General Counsel simply opens this file by using Microsoft Outlook and sees all of the contents for the required mailbox.

Steps to perform

1. Connect the console to the Exchange server running Agent for Exchange.
2. In the Navigation tree, select the vault where the required backups are stored.
3. In the Data view tab, in Show, select Microsoft Exchange Mailboxes.
4. In the catalog tree, select the required mailbox or mailboxes. Under Versions, select a point in time to recover the data to.
5. Click Recover.
6. Under Where to recover:
   • In Data paths, select .PST file.
   • In Format, select Outlook 2003-2010.
   • In Machine with Outlook 2003 or later, specify:
     • The name or IP address of the machine with Microsoft Outlook 2003 or later installed.
     • The administrative credentials for the machine.
   • In Path to .PST file, specify a folder where the .pst file or files will be created.
7. Leave the rest of the settings "as is" and click OK to start the recovery task.

Useful links

For instructions on how to import .pst files into Microsoft Outlook, use the following links:

• Outlook 2007/2003/2002: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287070/en-us.
• Outlook 2010: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/import-outlook-items-from-an-outlook-data-file-pst-HA102505743.aspx

For instructions on how to import mailbox data from .pst files into Exchange server mailboxes, use the following links:

• Exchange 2010: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee633455.aspx
• Exchange 2007: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb691363(v=exchg.80)
• Exchange 2003: http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/exmerge-recover-mailbox.html