Microsoft Exchange

Listing Exchange storage groups and databases

• Listing Exchange storage groups and databases on the local Exchange server.

  acrocmd list exchange_databases --exchange_credentials=exch_user1,12345

• Listing Exchange storage groups and databases on an Exchange server. The Exchange server is accessed via the management server.

  acrocmd list exchange_databases --host=srv1 --credentials=user,pass1 --service=ams --address=exch_srv --exchange_credentials=exch_user1,12345

Listing mailboxes and public folders

• Listing mailboxes and public folders of all the databases on the local Exchange server.

  acrocmd list exchange_mailboxes --exchange_credentials=exch_user1,12345

• Listing mailboxes and public folders of a database on an Exchange server.

  acrocmd list exchange_mailboxes --host=exch_srv --credentials=user,pass1 --exchange_credentials=exch_user1,12345 --mailbox_location=//db1

Backing up Exchange storage groups and databases

• Backing up two storage groups on the local Exchange server. The backup will be saved to a managed vault.

  acrocmd backup exchange_database --exchange_credentials=exch_user1,12345 --items=//storage_group_1,//storage_group_2 --loc=bsp://storage_node1/my_vault --credentials=bkpuser,pass --arc=exchg_db_arc(1)

• Creating an express full backup of three databases on an Exchange 2010 server. The backup will be saved to a network share. Since the --metadata_level parameter is set to mailboxes_only, the backup will be the fastest as compared with other values of this parameter. However, access to individual e-mails in the resulting backup may take considerable time.

  acrocmd backup exchange_database --host=exch_srv --credentials=user,pass1 --exchange_credentials=exch_user1,12345 --items=//db1,//db2,//db5 --loc=\\bkpsrv\exchg_backups --credentials=bkpuser,pass --arc=exchg_db_arc(2) --express --metadata_level=mailboxes_only

Backing up mailboxes and public folders

• Backing up two mailboxes on an Exchange server. The backup will be saved to a managed vault.

  acrocmd backup exchange_mailbox --host=exch_srv --credentials=user,pass1 --exchange_credentials=exch_user1,12345 --items="//storage group 1/mailbox database/John P. Smith","//storage group 1/mailbox database/Mary Ann Johnson" --loc=bsp://storage_node1/my_vault --credentials=bkpuser,pass --arc=exchg_mb_arc(1)

• Backing up all mailboxes and public folders of a database on the local Exchange server. The backup will be saved to a network share. "Deleted Items" and "Junk E-Mail" folders as well as attachments larger than 1 MB will be excluded.

  acrocmd backup exchange_mailbox --exchange_credentials=exch_user1,12345 --items="//mailbox database" --loc=\\bkpsrv\exchg_backups --credentials=bkpuser,pass --arc=exchg_mb_arc(2) --exclude_size=1mb --exclude_types=deleted,junk

Recovering Exchange storage groups and databases

• Recovering a storage group containing two databases from the latest backup of an archive. The storage group will be recovered to a new storage group.

  acrocmd recover exchange_database --host=exchange_srv --credentials=user123,pass123 --exchange_credentials=exch_user1,12345 --loc=bsp://storage_node1/my_vault --credentials=bkpuser,pass --arc=exchg_db_arc(1) --items=//storage_group_1 --recovery_point=latest_backup --target=another_database --destination_database=//new_sg --database=db1 --database_location=d:\ExchData\db1 --database=db2 --database_location=d:\ExchData\db2 --log_location=e:\new_sg_logs

• Recovering an Exchange 2010 database to the point of failure. (The --recovery_point parameter is not specified, therefore its default value point_of_failure is used.) The database will be recovered to its original location on the server.

  acrocmd recover exchange_database --host=exchange_srv --credentials=user123,pass123 --exchange_credentials=exch_user1,12345 --loc=bsp://storage_node1/my_vault --credentials=bkpuser,pass --arc=exchg_db_arc(2) --items=//db1 --target=original

• Recovering two Exchange 2010 databases to a point in time. The databases along with transaction log files will be saved to a network share.

  acrocmd recover exchange_database --host=exchange_srv --credentials=user123,pass123 --exchange_credentials=exch_user1,12345 --loc=\\bkpsrv\exchg_backups --credentials=bkpuser,pass --arc=exchg_db_arc(2) --items=//db1,//db2 --recovery_point=point_in_time --pit="06.09.2011 17:00" --target=disk --disk_location=\\host\share --credentials=netuser,pass

Recovering mailboxes and public folders

• Recovering a mailbox from the latest backup of an archive. (The --recovery_point parameter is not specified, therefore its default value latest_backup is used.) The mailbox will be recovered to the specified Exchange server.

  acrocmd recover exchange_mailbox --host=exchange_srv --credentials=user123,pass123 --exchange_credentials=exch_user1,12345 --loc=bsp://storage_node1/my_vault --credentials=bkpuser,pass --arc=exchg_mb_arc(1) --items="//storage group 1/mailbox database/John P. Smith" --target=original

• Recovering a mailbox to a point in time. This method of recovery is available only from a database-level backup. The mailbox will be recovered to the specified Exchange server.

  acrocmd recover exchange_mailbox --host=exchange_srv --credentials=user123,pass123 --exchange_credentials=exch_user1,12345 --loc=bsp://storage_node1/my_vault --credentials=bkpuser,pass --arc=exchg_mb_arc(1) --items="//storage group 1/mailbox database/Mary Ann Johnson" --recovery_point=point_in_time --pit="06.09.2011 17:00" --target=original

• Recovering a mailbox from the specified backup. The mailbox will be recovered to a .pst file. The .pst file will be saved to a local folder.

  acrocmd recover exchange_mailbox --exchange_credentials=exch_user1,12345 --loc=\\bkpsrv\exchg_backups --credentials=bkpuser,pass --arc=exchg_mb_arc(2) --items="//mailbox database/Peter D. Wayne" --recovery_point=selected_backup --backup=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX --target=pst --disk_location="e:\pst files"