Microsoft® Lync Server 2010 Unleashed

Restoring the Central Management Store

Just like backing up the CMS, the restore process is performed with Lync Server Command Shell cmdlets. If you are looking to simply restore a known good configuration, use the Import-CsConfiguration and Import-CsLisConfiguration cmdlets. However, if the CMS is offline permanently or you simply want to move the CMS to a different pool, use the Move-CsManagementServer cmdlet.

The Import-CsConfiguration cmdlet imports the Lync Server global configuration from a exported file. There are two syntaxes for the command and both are displayed in the following:

Import-CsConfiguration – Filename <string> [-Force <switchParameters> Export-CsConfiguration –ByteInput <Byte[]>

The parameters are defined as follows:

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