PowerProtect Data Manager 19.15 Microsoft Exchange Server User Guide

Centralized restores of Microsoft Exchange Server backups

When Microsoft Exchange Server data is backed up as part of a protection policy in PowerProtect Data Manager, you can recover the Microsoft Exchange Server backups by using the centralized restore functionality in the PowerProtect Data Manager UI.

You can perform the following types of centralized restores of Microsoft Exchange Server backups, depending on the type of database assets:

• Centralized restore of a stand-alone database
• Centralized restore of a database availability group (DAG) database

You can restore a single database from the Microsoft Exchange Server host. You can restore the database to either the original Microsoft Exchange Server host or an alternate Microsoft Exchange Server host. You can restore and overwrite the original database or you can restore the database to an alternate database on either the original host or an alternate host.

The Microsoft application agent software must be installed and configured on the alternate host, as described in Application agent manual installation and configuration.

You must perform all centralized restores from the Restore > Assets > Exchange window in the PowerProtect Data Manager UI. You can perform a centralized restore of a full or synthetic full backup to a specified Microsoft Exchange Server host. If a preferred host does not appear in the list of alternate hosts, you can use the Discover the Exchange Server option to select the preferred host and have the PowerProtect Data Manager discover all the database assets on that host.

The following topics describe the considerations, prerequisites, and procedures for the supported types of centralized restores of Microsoft Exchange Server backups.