Recovering Messaging Servers and Databases using Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

Target Audience
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to recover Exchange mailboxes and servers in a variety of disaster scenarios. It is designed for enterprise-level messaging adminstrators who have at least 3 years experience, including administering Exchange Servers.

Pre-Requisites
Before attending this course, students must have the following pre-requisites:Working knowledge of malware.Conceptual understanding of firewalls.Working knowledge of how Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is managed in the directory.Experience using NTBackup command, NSLookup command, Active Directory Users and Computers tool, Active Directory Sites and Services tool, and Internet Information Services (IIS) administrataion tool.Experience using Microsoft Windows Explorer, Microsoft Management Console (MMC), and Microsoft Outlook.Working knowledge of Windows Server operating system.Working knowledge of network technologies.Working knowledge of Active DirectoryConceptual understanding of e-mail technologies.Completion of Course 5047: Introduction to Installing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

Purpose
After completing this course, students will be able to recover messaging databases; prepare for and recover from Mailbox server failures; prepare for and recover from non-Mailbox server failures.

Course outline

1. Recovering Messaging Databases
2. Preparing for and Recovering from Mailbox Server Failures
3. Preparing for and Recovering from Non-Mailbox Server Failures

Module 1:Recovering Messaging Databases

• This module explains how to recover messaging databases.
• Overview of Database Recovery Scenarios
• Recovering a Messaging Database Using Dial-Tone Recovery
• Lab: Recovering Messaging Databases in Exchange Server 2007

• Describe messaging database recovery scenarios.
  
• Recover a messaging database using dial-tone recovery.
  

Module 2:Preparing for and Recovering from Mailbox Server Failures

• This module explains how to prepare for and recover from Mailbox server failures.
• Preparing for a Mailbox Server Recovery
• Recovering Mailbox Servers
• Lab: Preparing for and Recovering from Mailbox Server Failures

• Prepare for and recover from Mailbox server failures.
  
• Recover Mailbox servers.
  

Module 3:Preparing for and Recovering from Non-Mailbox Server Failures

• This module explains how to prepare for and recover from non-Mailbox server failures.
• Preparing for a Non-Mailbox Server Recovery
• Recovering Non-Mailbox Servers
• Lab: Preparing for and Recovering from Non-Mailbox Server Failures

• Prepare for a non-Mailbox server recovery.
  
• Recover non-Mailbox servers.