Set up hardware and software for each server that requires restoration, by completing the applicable procedures in Setting Up Server Platforms.

If you need to re-create the entire pool, use the information in Installing Restoration Toolsand Re-Creating Enterprise Poolsto re-create the pool before restoring any server settings.

If required, restore databases by using the information in the “Restoring Databases” section in Restoring Data. Restoration of databases is always required if setting restoration is a result of re-creating a pool.

If required, restore files by using the information in the “Restoring File Shares” section in Restoring Data. Restoration of files is always required if setting restoration is a result of re-creating a pool.

Verify that the configuration file (.xml file) that contains the most recently backed up settings is accessible from the computer that you will use to restore settings. This computer can be the server to be restored or a separate computer on which the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative tools have been installed (such as a management console). If the configuration file is in a backup location that is not accessible, copy it from the backup location to an accessible location.

Log on to the first Front End Server to be restored, or another computer on which the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative tools have been installed, as a member of the RTCUniversalServerAdmins group or a group with equivalent user rights, and then stop all Office Communications Server 2007 R2 services (that is, all services that have "Office Communications Server" at the front of the name).

Ensure that the required configuration file (.xml file) is accessible.

Open a command prompt. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.

At the command prompt, change to the directory that contains the LCSCmd.exe tool (by default, < drive>:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2).

Import settings by doing one of the following:

• To restore both global-level and pool-level settings for an Enterprise pool (which is required in the event of loss of Active Directory Domain Services, plus the loss of all Front End Servers) from a configuration file that contains both levels of settings, type the following command:
  
  

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  lcscmd /config /action:import /level:global,pool /configfile:<drive>:\<path>\<filename>.xml /poolname:[name of pool to which to restore server] /restore:true

• To restore only pool-level settings (which is required in the event of loss of all Front End Servers or a back-end server, but not Active Directory Domain Services) from a configuration file that contains the pool-level settings, type the following command:
  
  

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  lcscmd /config /action:import /level:pool /configfile:<drive>:\<path>\<filename>.xml /poolname:[name of pool to which to restore server] /restore:true

For either of these commands, for the drive, specify a separate, removable media or mapped drive to a separate location in a secure location. For example:

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lcscmd /config /action:import /level:global,pool /configfile:C:\Backup\OCS1FrontEndServersettings.xml /poolname:ocspool1 /restore:true

If you are running the command from the Front End Server being restored (instead of a separate computer that serves as a management console), you can omit the / poolnameattribute. If you backed up global-level and pool-level settings to separate configuration files (.xml files) and need to restore both levels of settings, run the command once for each level of settings (global and pool), with the following modifications:

• For the / levelattribute, specify only one setting level (global or pool) each time you run the command.
  
  
• For the / configfileattribute, specify the name of the file to which the single level of settings was backed up.
  
  

After typing the command, to start importing settings, press ENTER.

After you import the settings, verify that the settings are appropriately applied by opening the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative tools, right-clicking the server name, clicking Properties, and then verifying that both levels of settings are correct.

Log on to the server to which computer-level settings are to be restored or another computer on which the Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative tools have been installed, as a member of the RTCUniversalServerAdmins group or a group with equivalent user rights, and then stop all Office Communications Server 2007 R2 services (that is, all services that have "Office Communications Server" at the front of the name).

Ensure that the required configuration file (.xml file) is accessible.

Open a command prompt. Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.

At the command prompt, change to the directory that contains the LCSCmd.exe tool (by default, < drive>:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2).

Import computer-level settings to the server by typing the following command:

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lcscmd /config /action:import /level:machine /configfile:<drive>:\<path>\<filename>.xml /fqdn:[FQDN of Front End Server to which settings are to be imported] /restore:true

For the drive, specify a separate, removable media or mapped drive to a separate location in a secure location. For example:

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lcscmd /config /action:import /level:machine /configfile:C:\Backup\OCS1FrontEndServersettings.xml /fqdn:ocspool1frontend.contoso.com /restore:true

The / fqdnattribute is only required for a Front End Server, and only if you are running the command on a separate computer that serves as a management console.

• After typing the command, to start importing settings, press ENTER.
  
  
• After importing the settings, verify that the computer-level settings are appropriately applied by opening Office Communications Server 2007 R2 administrative tools, right-clicking the server name, clicking Properties, and then verifying that the settings are correct.
  
  
• Repeat this procedure for each server in your deployment to which settings are to be restored, except the server on which you restored multiple levels of settings (as described in the previous procedure).
  
  

Log on to the Group Chat Server or Group Chat Compliance Server to be restored, as appropriate, with an account that has RTCUniversalReadOnlyAdmins or equivalent user rights, as well as write permissions for the folder to which settings are to be restored.

Locate the ChannelService.exe.config file, and then copy it to the backup location.

Log on to the computer that will host the new Communicator Web Access virtual server. You must be logged on as a member of the local Administrators group and the RTCUniversalServerAdmins group in order to import a virtual server configuration file.

On the Startmenu, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2, Communicator Web Access.

In the console tree, right-click the name of the computer that will host the imported virtual server and then click Import Configuration File.

In the Office Communicator Web Access Import Wizard, on the Welcomepage, click Next.

On the Choose Source Locationpage select the file to import. To do that, do one of the following:

• To import the default file, click Next.
  
  
• To import a different file, click Selectto display the Opendialog box. In the Opendialog box, select the file to be imported and then click Open. On the Choose Source Locationpage, click Next.
  
  

On the The Import Wizard successfully imported the configuration settingspage, click Finish.