Selecting the Exchange data by using the Data view or Data catalog

The Data view tab on the managed machine or the Data catalog view on the management server lets you browse and select the backed up data by versions (backup date and time).

Selecting the backed up data for recovery

The steps required for browsing and selecting the Exchange data for recovery in the Catalog or Data view are pretty much the same as for disks and files, with exception of steps 2, 4 and 5:

1. Do any of the following:
   • To access the Data view tab, connect the console to a machine or to the management server, navigate to Vaults view, and click the required vault.
   • To access the Data catalog, connect the console to the management server and select Data catalog in the Navigation tree.
2. In the Show field, select the type of Exchange data to display:
   • Exchange information store to browse and search for information stores, individual storage groups or databases in the database-level backups.
   • Exchange mailboxes to browse and search for entire mailboxes, public folders, individual folders, e-mails, calendar events, tasks, contacts, notes both in the database-level and mailbox-level backups.
3. In the Display data backed up for field, specify the time period for which the backed up data will be displayed.
4. Do any of the following:
   • Select the data to recover in the catalog tree, or in the table to the right of the catalog tree.
   • In the search string, type the information that helps to identify the required data items and then click Search. You can use the asterisks (*) and question marks (?) wildcards.
     • If the Exchange information store is selected in the step 2, the search is performed on information stores, databases, or storage groups.
     • If the Exchange mailboxes is selected in the step 2, you can search in the mailboxes and public folders for individual e-mails, contacts, calendar items, and other contents.

     As a result, in the Search window, you will see the list of backed up data items whose names fully or partially coincide with the entered value. If the list of matches is too long, you can refine the search criteria by narrowing down the date range and running the search once again. When the required data is found, select it and click OK to return to the Data catalog/Data view.

5. In the Versions list, select the point in time to recover the data to:
   • Recover to the point of failure (available for the database backups only). The data will be recovered to the state of the most recent transaction log file, existing in Exchange. If transaction logs are not available (lost, deleted or corrupted), the data will be recovered to the moment of backup creation.
   • Select the recovery point by the date and time of backup creation. The data will be recovered to this time.
   • Custom point in time (available for the database backups only). Specify the date and time to recover the data to. During recovery the software will first recover data to the time of the last created full backup before the specified time and then apply the transaction log files from the transaction log backups. See the "Point in time selection" section for details.
6. Having selected the required data, click Recover and configure the parameters of the recovery operation.

For information about what to do if the data does not appear in the catalog or data view, refer to the "Data catalog" section of the product help system or guides for Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5.