How to Recover Mailbox from nothing other than an EDB File

Written By Rohan Wiese
Updated on December 14th, 2023

Are you looking for a solution to recover mailbox from EDB file? If yes, then you landed on the right page. Here, through this technical guide, I will be guiding you to restore your mailbox from EDB file. So let’s start.

There are many situations where users need to restore the mailbox from EDB file and one such situation is hardware breakdown. Whenever any such problem arises, don’t panic, the Exchange has a Data Protection Manager, an application responsible for backup and recovery of the data. This application is helpful in recovering a mailbox from EDB file.

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How to Recover Mailbox from EDB?

The mailbox can be recovered easily by using Data Protection Manager application.

Data Protection Manager – If you are familiar with Exchange then you must be aware of the fact that the Data Protection Manager (DPM) is accountable for backup and recovery functions. With the help of this utility, you can reinstate Exchange mailbox databases. Hence, we can say that with DPM, we can execute Exchange Server Recovery.

Using DPM Recovery Wizard – The moment you’ll select the database in the Protected data window pane, you will be able to see all related mailboxes to the particular database. You can also easily recover the desired database from here. This recovery process will depend on the cmd and Exchange power Shell.

Requirement: Log files and space for storing EDB File
Setup: Mail server along with mailbox role, a mailbox for import, the path for export

Recover EDB Mailbox Using DPM Recovery Wizard

Follow the below steps:

First of all, verify Exchange Server protection.
Then verify the mailbox database existence.
Create a new database by running the command New-MailboxDatabase if it is not present.
Now, use the Set-MailboxDatabase cmdlet to configure recovery database settings.
After that, go to DPM Administrator Console >> Recovery view >> All Protected Exchange Data node >> choose the desired mailbox.
Then, go to Recovery Points Section >> Select desired Data and Recovery Point >> click Recovery Time >> click Recover to continue.
Move to Recovery Wizard >> review selected recovery >> Next
Here you have state Recovery Type and then click Next.
Now, under Specify Recovery Options section, perform the following executions:
a. Checkmark the option Mount the databases after they are recovered.
b. Enable or Disable Modify Network bandwidth usage throttling as per the requirements.
c. Then Enable or Disable SAN-based recovery using hardware snapshots as per the needs.
d. Go to Notifications, specify recipients, and click on Send an email upon recovery completion option.
In the Summary page, review the recovery settings. Once you are done with it, click Close.
Now, run this cmdlet “New-MailboxRestoreRequest–SourceDatabase ’RDB-CONTROL’–SourceStoreMailboxmailboxname’–TargetMailbox @servername.com–TargetRootFolderRecovery-SkipMerging StorageProviderForSource” to restore the mailbox completely.

Finally delete Recovery mailbox database using Windows PowerShell cmdlet: “Remove-MailboxDatabase -Identity ‘RDB-CONTROL’”

Alternate Solution

What if DPM is failed to Restore Mailbox from EDB file? This question must be crossing your mind. Well, do not worry at all as I have got the solution for this situation as well and that is to use a third-party tool. You can make use of a professional tool like EDB PST Converter. With the help of this software, you can easily recover and restore your mailbox. Not only this it can easily convert your Exchange EDB mailboxes into Outlook PST file without dismounting the Exchange Server database. So, I would recommend you to try the demo version of this software which is absolutely free of cost.

Conclusion

The blog is describing the methods to recover mailbox from EDB file. Above, I have provided the best solution which includes the manual approach as well as the automated tool. As the manual procedure is lengthy and involves risks. So, you can go for a professional solution. Hope it helps to resolve your query.

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About The Author:

Rohan Wiese

Rohan Wiese is a Technical Content Writer at Aryson Technologies, specializing in databases, e-mail recovery, and e-mail migration solutions. He enjoys conducting research and generating information that assists database administrators, businesses, and novices in resolving issues with MS SQL Server, MySQL databases, Cloud Computing, and Microsoft Exchange.

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