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By Scott Schnoll
19 Apr 2004 | SearchExchange.com |
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The following is Tip #16 from "25 Exchange 2003 Tips in 25 minutes." This content is
excerpted from Scott Schnoll's book, "Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Distilled," brought to
you by © (2004)
Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Addison-Wesley
Professional. Return to the main page for
more tips on this topic.
The Authoritative Restore tool, AUTHREST.EXE, is used to force a directory database that was
restored from backup to replicate to other servers. It is used in Mixed Mode Exchange
environments that run Exchange 5.5 and the Exchange 2003 Site Replication Service.
AUTHREST.EXE is not new to Exchange 2003 -- it has also been available with all previous
versions of Exchange -- however, it has been updated for use with Exchange 2003.
This tool is generally needed only in a scenario where a directory server containing data
older than the production directory needs to be restored and the missing data must be
backsynchronized to the other production servers. This scenario happens if valid directory
data is accidentally or intentionally deleted. If directory information does go missing from
your organization, you have two choices. If you have a backup of the directory information,
you can restore it and then use AUTHREST.EXE to backsync it (i.e., replicate the missing
data back into the directory). If you don't have a backup, you will need to recreate all of
the data.
For more information on using the updated version of the Authoritative Restore tool, see the
Read Me included with this tool.
Get more "25 Exchange 2003 Tips in 25 minutes." Return to the main
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About the author: Scott Schnoll, an Expert on SearchExchange.com, is an MCT,
MCSA and a long-time Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP).
In addition to writing "Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Distilled," he is a co-author of the
upcoming "Exchange 2003 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press" and lead author for "Exchange
2000 Server: The Complete Reference."
Scott has written numerous articles for Exchange & Outlook Magazine, and is a regular
speaker at Microsoft conferences, including MEC and TechEd, as well as industry conferences
such as Comdex and MCP TechMentor, where he covers topics such as Exchange, clustering,
Internet Information Services and security.
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