Axcient DirectRestore - How to restore Exchange from the Granular Exchange Recovery into a live exchange server.

The following steps are required to restore Exchange from the Granular Exchange Recovery into a live exchange server:

For Exchange 2010

1. Run Exchange Management Shell (EMS) as Administrator and type the following command:

New-ManagementRoleAssignment –Name:MailboxBackup –Role:ApplicationImpersonation –User:axcientbackupadmin

2. Copy text and paste to EMS.

For Exchange 2007

The following prerequisites are required to configure Exchange Impersonation:

• Administrative credentials for the computer that is running Exchange 2007 with the Client Access server role installed
• Domain Administrator credentials

Important:

The local computer account for the Client Access server must be a member of the Windows Authorization Access Group for Exchange Impersonation to work. Once the user has confirmed the user account, do the following:

1. Run Exchange Management Shell as Administrator and type the following command:

Get-ExchangeServer | where {$_.IsClientAccessServer -eq $TRUE} | ForEach-Object {Add-ADPermission -Identity $_.distinguishedname -User (Get-User -Identity axcientbackupadmin | select-object).identity -extendedRight ms-Exch-EPI-Impersonation}

2. Copy text and paste to EMS.

For Exchange 2003

DirectRestore cannot connect to a live exchange server with Exchange 2003 because they are not compatible.