Exchange administrators go through hard times when servers crash, Reason of these crashes can vary but the result will most likely be a corrupted Database with dirty shutdown status.
In my case as an Exchange Senior Consultant I came through many clients who have had power issues or an update that cause their Servers to go down and crash Exchange servers. Some of them had 20K users with a very busy environment and huge amount of data being written on their databases.
Most organizations will likely have backup solution which backs up the database on daily basis but I have seen that even these kind of organizations will still lose data due to the interval of data backup they have which is around minimum of 12 hours. so if a database gets corrupted in +5 over the past backup then there would be a disaster.
This where recovery solution is a must, Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Exchange Recovery have the capability to recover data in the mailbox which is no longer visible on Exchange but it is still on a backup for example or from a corrupted database since has the mechanism of rescuing a corrupted database which can’t be mounted or read by Exchange server.
Installation:
The installation process is pretty straight forward. You can check the demo version and see for your self how that this software can read the database and mailboxes prior to make any decisions on purchasing.
Use of Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Exchange Recovery
Loading a DB into the application will show you all mailboxes inside the DB, You can see all the content of each user, their calendar, contacts and even mail items‘s content.
Menu Navigation
The use of the app is pretty easy as you can see from the main ribbon menu below:
To load a corrupted EDB you simply click File > Select EDB and load the DB then once it loads you’ll be able to navigate through the mailboxes within the DB
Exporting Data:
Once the list of users loads, you can choose users then right click on the user and save button as whatever file type that’s convenient for you to restore your data. The Save button is also added to the ribbon from which you can save or export the items you require.
Check Data Integrity
Read data from within the application and see for yourself if the items are still readable. If not then you still can fix the database and restore the damaged or lost data.
Exchange Version Support:
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Supports MS Exchange Server 2016 / 2013 / 2010 / 2007 / 2003 / 2000 & 5.5
Licensing
You can purchase the license online and will receive a registration key or a dongle to register the product, although in the demo you can see most of the features in action.
Main Features
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Recovers Dismounted & Offline Database files which you think are no longer mountable on Exchange server
- The ability to repair large databases and several databases at the same time.
- You can also exports recovered Mailboxes from corrupted databases directly to Exchange Online/Office 365.
- Restores Mailbox items like emails, contacts, calendars, tasks etc.
- Allows saving recovered database items in different formats e.g. PST, MSG, EML, HTML, RTF & PDF formats
To learn more, Please visit the vendor’s website
https://www.stellarinfo.com/edb-exchange-server-recovery.htm
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