To restore an Exchange 2000 member server, you must also restore a full computer backup set of your server running Exchange 2000. A full computer backup set includes a backup of System State data and most of the data on your hard disks. Restoring an Exchange 2000 member server requires fewer steps than other server recovery methods. For general information about the "restore the server" recovery method, see "Restoring the Server".

To restore an Exchange 2000 member server

1. (Optional) If you can still access the hard disks of the damaged server, and if you have sufficient time, copy the Exchange 2000 database files from that server to a folder on a network share or to a removable storage device. Even if the files are damaged, you should archive these files as a safety precaution. In the event that the restore process is unsuccessful, you can revert back to the original versions, which might be repairable. To archive the database files:
   1. Determine where on the server the database and log files resided prior to the disaster. For more information about how to locate these files, see "Determining the Database and Log File Locations of the Files You are Restoring" .
   2. Copy these files to a folder on a network share or to a removable storage device. For more information about how to copy database files, see "Copying or Moving the Existing Versions of the Database Files That You are Restoring" .
   Note If you have sufficient time, you should also archive the log files of the damaged server. If you do not have a copy of the most recent log files, you cannot bring your recovered Exchange databases up-to-date to the moment the disaster occurred.
2. (Optional) Before you perform the remaining procedures involved in the "restore the server" method of server recovery, consider repairing your operating system, your Exchange 2000 installation, or your Exchange databases. To repair your operating system, your installation, or your databases, perform the appropriate procedure:
   1. Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base at http://search.support.microsoft.com for a solution to the problem.
   2. Repair Windows 2000. For more information about how to repair Windows 2000, see "Repairing Windows 2000" .
   3. Repair your Exchange 2000 installation. For more information about how to repair your Exchange 2000 installation, see "Repairing Exchange 2000" .
   4. Repair your Exchange databases. For more information about how to repair Exchange databases, see "Repairing Exchange 2000 Databases".
   Note Unless your server experiences a major hardware failure that results in complete data loss, you should attempt to repair the damaged files instead of restoring them from a full computer backup set. Repairing these files may help your server recover from minor data corruption or other problems that render the server unusable.
3. Replace damaged hardware. If possible, ensure that all replacement hardware in the server you are rebuilding is identical to the hardware that existed in the server that experienced the disaster.
4. Restore the full computer backup set that was performed on the damaged server to the server you are restoring. To restore these backups, you must be able to start Windows 2000 on the server to which you are restoring your full computer backup set. For more information about how to restore a full computer backup set, see "Restoring Full Computer Backup Sets". To restore full computer backups to the server you are restoring:
   1. Start Windows 2000 on the server to which you are restoring the full computer backup set. If you cannot start Windows 2000, you must first repair the existing Windows 2000 installation, or restore the full computer backup from a parallel Windows 2000 installation.
   2. (Optional) If you have a Windows 2000 disk image of the server that experienced the disaster, restore the disk image of Windows 2000, and then start Windows 2000. For more information about Windows 2000 disk images, see "Creating Windows 2000 Disk Images".
   3. Use Backup to restore your full computer backup set.
5. Reinstall any software applications or updates that were installed after you created your full computer backup set. These updates include Windows 2000 Server updates, Exchange 2000 updates, or any other software updates or patches.
6. If the drives that contain the Exchange database files and log files were also lost in the disaster, restore the Exchange 2000 database backups that were performed on the damaged server to the server you are restoring. For information about how to restore Exchange 2000 databases, see "Recovering an Exchange 2000 Database". Important If you were able to archive the log files from the damaged server as recommended in Step 1 of this procedure, copy these files to the correct location on the recovery server. If you do not copy the most recent log files to the proper locations on the recovery server, changes that were made to Exchange databases up to the time the disaster occurred are lost.
7. If the server that experienced the disaster included any Exchange full-text indexes, you may need to repair full-text indexing by re-creating the full-text indexes on the server you are restoring. For information about how to repair full-text indexing, see "Repairing Full-Text Indexing".
8. If the Exchange databases on the restored server fail to mount, attempt to repair the server again. To repair the server again, use the repair techniques in Step 2 of this procedure.

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
• Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Premium Edition
• Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Standard Edition
• Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server