Exchange Server Recovery

The functionality of Exchange Server Recovery

The usefulness of Exchange Server Recovery

Exchange Server Recovery helps in repairing those corrupted email databases of Exchange Server like .edb, .stm. Other than this the exchange server recovery can also be used for healthy databases such as EDB to PST tool for conversion. The versions of Microsoft that are supported by Exchange Server Recovery includes 2007, 2003, 2003 SP1, 2003 SP2, 2000 and 5.5.

It is interesting to know that the data that is recovered through the process of exchange recovery from the server gets saved into a personal storage file, which has a .pst format. In this regard it should be noted that the PST files could only be readable with Outlook or other different types of compatible email clients.

What are the various features of Exchange Server Recovery?

There are some standard features for recovery for exchange feature and these include

• The Exchange Server Recovery helps in recovering the lost email addresses from Active Directory storage;
• This kind of server recovery system helps in recovering the file attachments, folders and messages;
• Various Microsoft exchange servers like 2007, 2003, 2003 SP1, 2003 SP2, 2000 and 5.5, are all supported by it;
• Data like tasks, notes, appointments and contacts can be recovered by exchange server recovery;
• Recovery for exchange server helps to retrieve the dates that were preciously created for all objects;
• The recovered data is being formatted by it for such messages like HTML and RTF;
• The mechanism is very easy to use and a person need not have any special skills for using it;
• Support is provided by it in full form for the installation and uninstallation.

What are the requirements of a system for Exchange Server Recovery?

There are some specific requirements for a system in order for server recovery and this includes:

• The requirements of Data Access Objects or DAO;
• A free space of approximately 1.5 size is required on the disk, of the email database that has been recovered;

There are also some general systems requirements for the purpose of server recovery and this include;

• Operating systems like Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 2003 Server or 2008 Server are all supported by it. While operating systems that are not supported by it includes Windows 95, 98, ME;
• A RAM size of 256-1024 MB is required by exchange server recovery but it all depends upon the size of email database and also the range of corruption;
• A hard disk free space of at least 10 MB is required for the purpose of installation;
• A display of 640x480 or even a higher resolution is required and the monitor should support at least 256 color bits.