Accidentally deleted the wrong Public Folder database via ADSI (Exchange 2013)

Question

Hello,

accidentally deleted the wrong Public Folder database via ADSI. I have EDB and transaction logs but how can I get back data?

Exchange 2010 SP3

Please , help me :)

Answer 1

Hi @Mountain Pond ,

Have you read the following thread?

Reply by Martina Miskovic

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/security/en-US/ac69d2f2-b8c4-40ab-9466-c6727da87fc7/lost-public-folder-after-deleting-old-administrative-group-from-adsi?forum=exchange2010

Answer 2

@T. Kujala
I removed this one

CN=PublicFolderDBName,CN=Databases,CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=Administrative Groups,CN=First Organization,CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC=contoso,DC=com

so I can not see this anymore. I need restore this record.

Answer 3

@T. Kujala I see... I`ll try to do this
http://geekswithblogs.net/marcde/archive/2011/07/05/article-recreating-the-public-folder-hierarchy.aspx

I tried to create a new base, it was created, but I cannot mount it. An error is returned

ECXPFDB02
Failed
Error:
Couldn't mount the database that you specified. Specified database: ECXPFDB02; Error code: An Active Manager operation failed. Error The database action failed. Error: Operation failed with message: MapiExceptionCallFailed: Unable to mount database. (hr=0x80004005, ec=-2147467259)
. [Database: ECXPFDB02, Server: ECX-EX02.contoso.com].
An Active Manager operation failed. Error The database action failed. Error: Operation failed with message: MapiExceptionCallFailed: Unable to mount database. (hr=0x80004005, ec=-2147467259)
. [Database: ECXPFDB02, Server: ECX-EX02.contoso.com]
An Active Manager operation failed. Error Operation failed with message: MapiExceptionCallFailed: Unable to mount database. (hr=0x80004005, ec=-2147467259)
. [Server: ECX-EX02.contoso.com]
MapiExceptionCallFailed: Unable to mount database. (hr=0x80004005, ec=-2147467259)

I also tried to rename attributes for NEW DB to old via ADSI, like it was. And I got same error when I tried to mount DB is this way.

Answer 4

@T. Kujala

I changed renamed all attributes values from NEW DB with the OLD DB values. Then added checked attribute msExchOwningPFTree it was as it must to be.

Now I need restart information service, I will do this and report the result.

Thank!

Answer 5

@T. Kujala
No luck, same error.

Log Name: Application
Source: MSExchangeRepl
Date: 8/2/2020 4:18:32 AM
Event ID: 3154
Task Category: Service
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: ECX-EX02.contoso.com
Description:
Active Manager failed to mount database ECXPFDB02 on server ECX-EX02.contoso.com. Error: An Active Manager operation failed. Error The database action failed. Error: Operation failed with message: MapiExceptionCallFailed: Unable to mount database. (hr=0x80004005, ec=1011)