Exchange Mailbox Restore to PST fails with 0xe000ff12 - A communications failure has occurred with an Exchange Store resource.

Article: 100074169
Last Published: 2025-08-06
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Product(s): Backup Exec

Problem

Users attempting to restore Exchange mailboxes from cataloged and verified backup sets to PST files encounter persistent failures. The issue occurs regardless of whether the PST file is being restored to the local backup server or remote machines. The Backup Exec Remote Agent (beremote.exe) crashes when Exchange mailbox PST restores are performed.

 

Error Message

The following error messages are logged during the restore process:


Final error:  0xe000ff12 - A communications failure has occurred with an Exchange Store resource.
Restore Set Detail Information: V-79-57344-65298 - The Exchange Store service is not responding. Backup set canceled.

 


Application Event Log:

Application Error
Application Error
Event ID: 1000
Faulting application name: beremote.exe, version: 25.0.1193.0, time stamp: 0x679232c0
Faulting module name: bedsmbox.dll, version: 25.0.1193.0, time stamp: 0x679232b9
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000000000003d0e9
Faulting process id: 0x2d34


Faulting application: RemSrv64.exe 25.0.1193.0
Faulting module: ??? ???
Fault offset                  0
Exception code                  0."

 

Cause

The remote agent service terminates when processing certain mailbox item properties during the restore operation to a PST file.

 

Solution

This issue is resolved in Backup Exec 25.0 Hotfix 237752 

 

References

Etrack : 4189033
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