Can I restore Exchange Server from backup?

Can I restore Exchange Server from backup?
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EDB file is responsible for storing all the data of the Exchange server, which is why it is so important. 

There is a difficult situation for the Exchange admin whenever the situation arises to recover the Exchange database. However, the admin can look for different ways for Exchange database recovery, which will include the usage of the Windows server backup to recover the data that is saved on a local or a cloud database. Another way is to make use of the Third-party recovery software that allows to recovery of the data from the EDB files.

Kindly, check out this blog in order to get complete knowledge about the steps to recover your Exchange data.

Why would you need to restore Exchange data?

There are multiple sets of reasons that are required for Exchange database recovery, but we have prepared a list of some of them, which are as below:-

  • Whenever a particular user leaves the organization and due to a mistake the Exchange admin deletes their mailbox.
  • Sometimes corruption happens in the database it becomes impossible to retrieve or access data from them.
  • The Exchange database becomes unavailable means no one accesses data from them, and it generally happens due to the loss of servers.
  • Any user deletes their data by purpose or unintentionally from their account.
  • Major power outages or system hardware issues are also responsible for the data loss.

How to Restore data from an Exchange Database?

It is a good practice to regularly create the backup using the third-party utility, and in case of data loss situations, utilize the backup data to restore them. Alternatively, for the Exchange database recovery, use the repair tool to recover the data from the damaged or corrupted EDB files. Exchange also has a utility to recover the data, which is known as ESEUTIL. However, due to the limitation of the utility makes users to look for the alternative solutions.

So, one of the better approaches to deal with such a situation is using the Shoviv EDB Recovery tool, which allows to completely recover the data from the corrupted or damaged Exchange database files (EDB). The software efficiently makes the recovery of the data even the public and private folders of the EDB files. 

Users can also preview the recovered items after adding the EDB files to the utility. At the same time, users can load their multiple EDB files into software and simultaneously recover the data from them. It also has the option for saving the recovered EDB file item in many file formats, such as vCard, vCal, HTML, MSG, etc. 

Users can run this utility in the system which working on the Windows Operating system. 

Wrapping Up

Creating a backup of the data from the EDB files is required to avoid future data losses. However, if you don’t have a backup of your database, there are solutions for Exchange database recovery, which we have also highlighted in this blog. The solution you can look at will depend upon the requirement. Still, the third-party recovery software discussed here offers better results, which you could probably understand by analyzing it through their demo version. 

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