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Item count and size mismatch live vs backup

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I have an archive which contains 1 160 132 items according to Get-MailboxStatistics.
Exchange ECP says the archive size is 233.59 GB.

When I try to restore, the export summary says "364 477 items successfully saved".
I decided to split the PST files and I got 2 PST files at total 82,3 GB.

How can this be? Backup and restore is both reported to be successful, but it seems far from truth.
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Re: Item count and size mismatch live vs backup

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Hi Shagma,

What is your retention policy? How many years (or time) and is it item-level or snapshot-level?
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Retention policy is "Keep forever" and "Item-level retention"

I should probably add that the source is on-prem exchange.
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Hmmm. That is a big difference. I suggest you create a support call so it can be investigated where the difference is. I can think of a few reasons (no recycle bin backup for example) but te mismatch seems very high.
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Yeah, I have a support ticket in the system, waiting for reply.
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Please post your case ID here for a followup.

Thanks!
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