Export mailboxes from Exchange backup in distinct pst files

[mmwimmer]

Hi,
I'm trying to export all of our mailboxes from a backup a while back into distinct pst files (one per mailbox). We are using Exchange 2010 (I know...) and Veeam 9.5.
So far, I have been trying to do this via PowerShell as the GUI only allows exporting into one single pst file (which I will use if there is no other way).

Is it at all possible to do this for on-premise Exchange servers? I'm asking because it looks like PowerShell needs to access port 9194, which is open on the firewall, but does not answer:

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Start-VBOExchangeItemRestoreSession : Could not connect to net.tcp://127.0.0.1:9194/ArchiverExchangeService. The connection attempt lasted for a time span of 
00:00:01.0065232. TCP error code 10061: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:9194. 
At line:1 char:1
+ Start-VBOExchangeItemRestoreSession -LatestState
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Start-VBOExchangeItemRestoreSession], EndpointNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ServiceModel.EndpointNotFoundException,Veeam.Exchange.PowerShell.Cmdlets.RestoreSession.StartVBOExchangeItemRestoreSession
 

The second issue I am running into is running Start-VBOExchangeItemRestoreSession with a certain restore point from 4 weeks ago. If I try to run the following commands, I receive a conversion error:

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$restorepoint = Get-VBRBackup -name "Weekly" | Get-VBRRestorePoint -name "XXX Exchange" | Where-Object CreationTime -clike "*21*"
### because I can't seem to look for a specific date due to european date format, but this returns just a single restore point
echo $restorepoint ### to make sure
Start-VBOExchangeItemRestoreSession -RestorePoint $restorepoint

Start-VBOExchangeItemRestoreSession : Cannot convert 'System.Object[]' to the type 'Veeam.Archiver.PowerShell.Shared.IVBORestorePoint' required by parameter 
'RestorePoint'. Specified method is not supported.
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+ Start-VBOExchangeItemRestoreSession -RestorePoint $restorepoint
+                                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Start-VBOExchangeItemRestoreSession], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgument,Veeam.Exchange.PowerShell.Cmdlets.RestoreSession.StartVBOExchangeItemRestoreSession

Any ideas or am I completely wrong about my planned procedure?
Thanks!

[MichaelCade]

That PowerShell reference you are using is for Veeam Backup for Office 365 so i dont think that will work at all especially with Exchange 2010, would potentially work with Exchange 2016 on premises but the file format is completely different to what we do within Veeam Backup & Replication.

As far as i can see i cannot see any PowerShell reference for the Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange.

However you can within Veeam Explorer for Microsoft Exchange select the mailbox and export them out at either the full mailbox edb or you granular to user mailbox and even individual mail items.




Note the Important section here - https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backu ... tml?ver=95

[Regnor]

Not a solution to your problem, but if you need this export only once then I would spinup your exchange (with AD) in a virtual lab and export all mailboxes there via PowerShell.