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restore messages from exchange database agent

  • January 18, 2025
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Hello

We are using exchange database agent to backup the dag.

We have the next setting enabled:

"Optimize for message level recovery".

Now when we try to restore messages it only gives us an option to restore as a pst file. Is there a way to restore directly to the mailbox?

Best answer by Scott Reynolds

@arik 

Please see the following page for account permissions and EWS

https://documentation.commvault.com/2023e/essential/using_exchange_web_services_in_on_premises_environment.html

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Mohamed Ramadan
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hello ​@arik 
 

Did you enable block-level backup? You can recover individual messages if it is enabled.

Here’s the link for more information:
https://documentation.commvault.com/11.20/recovering_messages_from_exchange_database_block_level_backup.html

Best Regards,
Mohamed Ramadan
Data Protection Specialist


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Hello All / ​@arik 

If the option “Optimize for message level recovery” is selected, then that is enabling block level.

I assume you are using Command Center? Believe restore to a mailbox was only added in FR36+.

You can use Java GUI however you must setup the Exchange info details as per:

https://documentation.commvault.com/11.38/expert/setting_exchange_server_and_exchange_service_account_details_to_restore_to_mailbox.html

 


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  • Byte
  • January 20, 2025

Thank you for the answer.

 

When i configure the service account it does not ask for smtp adress, the version of the exchange is 2016.

On which server do i disable the mapi over http?


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  • Byte
  • January 20, 2025

Hello All / ​@arik 

If the option “Optimize for message level recovery” is selected, then that is enabling block level.

I assume you are using Command Center? Believe restore to a mailbox was only added in FR36+.

You can use Java GUI however you must setup the Exchange info details as per:

https://documentation.commvault.com/11.38/expert/setting_exchange_server_and_exchange_service_account_details_to_restore_to_mailbox.html

 

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@arik 
https://documentation.commvault.com/11.38/expert/disabling_mapi_over_http.html
 

  1. Log on as the service account to the access node.
    in this case it would be the MA that is used for the browse

 


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  • Byte
  • February 3, 2025

@arik 
https://documentation.commvault.com/11.38/expert/disabling_mapi_over_http.html
 

  1. Log on as the service account to the access node.
    in this case it would be the MA that is used for the browse

 

Sorry with the delay, i had to deal with something else.

i have disabled the mapi over http on the MA.

The messages restore fails with the next error:

Error code : 72:106

Restore failed with exception [ mail providor enumerate mailbox list failed].

 


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  • Byte
  • February 7, 2025

@arik 

Please see the following page for account permissions and EWS

https://documentation.commvault.com/2023e/essential/using_exchange_web_services_in_on_premises_environment.html

Thank you for the help, looks like it works now.

I do have a problem that when i try to browse the mailboxes it wont show me all of them, and the ones that dont show fail when i try to do in place restore.

Basically i can backup those mailboxes but when i try to restore its like it cant find them and acts like they dont exist.