ok, the baby decided to nap so i got to test and the results are you cannot restore a database with only the logs files as expected
my test was a best case scenario:
1. created a storage group and added a mailbox database
2. created a test mailbox and sent several messages and replied to a few
3. dismounted the database
4. moved all files out of the directory for the database and logs files
5. mounted the database to create a blank database
6. removed all log files from the directory
7. moved my original logs back into the directory
8. ran eseutil /r with the following results
[PS] C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Bin>eseutil /r e03 /l"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exc
hange Server\Mailbox\TestSG" /s"C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\TestSG" /t /d"C:\
Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\TestSG\testdb.edb" /a
Extensible Storage Engine Utilities for Microsoft(R) Exchange Server
Version 08.02
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Initiating RECOVERY mode...
Logfile base name: e03
Log files: C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\TestSG
System files: C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\TestSG
Database Directory: C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\Mailbox\TestSG\testdb.edb
Performing soft recovery...
Restore Status (% complete)
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
...................................................
Operation completed successfully in 5.515 seconds.
9. mounted the database
10. logged into mailbox and all messages were gone
