Veeam Explorer for Exchange

[zak2011]

I want to thank the Veeam team for this really cool product. I have been trying this product whole day and really fell in love with it. Exchange restores from other backup product where once my all time fears due to the complexity of restoring databases . Today i have seen something totally different. Awesome product from Veeam. Its so simple and easy to install and use.
Thanks to the team at Veeam for making it really easy for end users. Keep it up!

[christiankelly]

Agreed VERY cool addition. One question. Will the final be Exchange 2007 compatible? Or will this only ever be an Exchange 2010+ product.

Thanks,

[zak2011]

From what i have understood is that the Veeam Explorer for Exchange is for Exchage2010 and further.
If any new comers would like to try it out,please send me a PM, i could send you the invite to try this great tool.

[Gostev]

Will the final be Exchange 2007 compatible? Or will this only ever be an Exchange 2010+ product.

We have considered adding Exchange 2007 support in the final release, but decided not to a few reasons, particularly because:
- Microsoft's mainstream support for Exchange 2007 has already ended back in April 2012
- R&D effort required to add Exchange 2007 is significant

Our discussions with a number of select customers also confirmed this to be a good approach - most customers appear to be on Exchange 2010 already, other are planning to migrate soon, and only a few said they will stick with 2007 for a while.

On the other hand, thanks to this decision we are now able to focus the same R&D resources on adding support for Exchange 2013, which release is imminent and appears to be highly anticipated by many customers.

[massimiliano.rizzi]

Hello Gostev,

another great addition from Veeam team (I can't wait to try it out).

Since Veeam Explorer for Exchange supports Exchange 2010, can you please confirm whether it will also support restoring from Exchange 2010 running within SBS 2011 Standard platform ?

Thanks and Regards,

Massimiliano

[dellock6]

If you're going to test it, you'll see it reads the EDB database file, so I think there is no difference where it comes from

Luca.

[foggy]

If you're going to test it, you'll see it reads the EDB database file, so I think there is no difference where it comes from

Exactly!

[blinguk]

This does seem like a great product. I am just in the process of recovering a mailbox from offsite tape backup.
Anybody know how to get the link besides getting an invite.
I do have a 6.1 Enterprise license with premium support but tried to contact support for the link but they don't have access.

Thanks

[Vitaliy S.]

Hi Kanishk, try reaching Arun via PM, as it seems like he still has some invites left

If any new comers would like to try it out,please send me a PM, i could send you the invite to try this great tool.

[dellock6]

I've published my invite links directly on my blog post, I still have many invites left:

http://www.vuemuer.it/en/?p=3617

Luca.

[kewnev]

hi Luca,

Nice blog post. One thing you mentioned is that "you need Veeam Backup & Replication 6.1" and I think it's also worth mentioning that even having just the free edition installed is enough.

I personally think Veeam is going to get a nice number of new customers through this utility. Similar programs such as Quest Recover Manager for Exchange are pricey. The cheapest I could find when I was looking recently was Kernel Exchange Recovery http://www.kerneldatarecovery.com/excha ... overy.html $399. By installing the free edition of Veeam B&R, and Veeam Explorer for Exchange (VEFE) people get a free solution, even if they don't use Veeam B&R, because VEFE allows you to recover data from Non-Veeam sources. e.g. you could use Symantec Backup Exec (vomit) to restore the MDB and Log folders to a hard disk, and then use VEFE to granular restore items from it.
So everyone wins ... people get an excellent free tool, and Veeam gets B&R exposure.

I've published my invite links directly on my blog post, I still have many invites left:

http://www.vuemuer.it/en/?p=3617

Luca.

[ericshonebarger]

Is there a way to browse to the .EDB file inside the .VBK file so I don't have first restore the file from my nightly backup?

[Cokovic]

Just use the Windowds FLR Wizard to mount your backup and you can access your EDB under C:\VeeamFLR. So no need to extract it from backup.

[kewnev]

Is there a way to browse to the .EDB file inside the .VBK file so I don't have first restore the file from my nightly backup?

1. In Veeam B&R, go to "Backup and Replication" -> Backups -> and expand the backup job, to show the VMs that have been backed up
2. Right click on the backup for the Exchange Server VM, select "Restore Guest Files (Windows)". Follow the steps to choose the restore point that you want to restore Exchange data from.
3. When you click the Finish button, the "Backup Browser" will appear within a few moments.
4. Click on the "Explorer" button in the Backup Browser toolbar. This will mount the restore point for the VM into the C:\veeamflr\ folder.
5. You now run Veeam Explorer for Exchange, click "Add Store", and browse into the C:\veeamflr\ folder, and select the MDB and log files.

Oh also, if you are restoring from Hyper-V backups, make sure you run the following command at the administrator command prompt, otherwise you won't be able to mount the EDB/Log files . I'm sure you won't need to do this in the next release.

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reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\VeeaM\Veeam Backup and Replication" /v EnableHvVdk /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000001

[zak2011]

I am not sure why Veeam Explorer freezes..when i try to close it after restoring a mail or item.Do i need to remove the store before closing window. It takes a while and stops responding for a few secs.
Is this okay?