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Retrieving exported email from Exchange 2003 on SBS 2003

Asked by: WineGeek

I had to rebuild this SBS 2003 box. I exported the mailboxes using Exmerge. To restore those exported mailboxes, I have:

1) Used Exmerge but it's failing immediately upon touching the mailbox, even after I"ve created a new user account specifically for using Exmerge and given that user account the appripriate Send & REceive permissions on the mail store in Exchange.

What am I missing? Why is Exmerge so difficult to get to work?


2) I have successfully imported one user's exported PST file back into Exchange using Outlook. But on the owner's mailbox that I'm doing now, Outlook is telling me the PST file is corrupt and I should use Scanpst. I've already run Scanpst ona copy of his PST file and I think it errored too.

Could some of these PST files actually be corrupt? The owner's PST file is just over 2 GB and we're using Outlook 2003. Does that 2GB file size present any problem for using Exmerge or importing the PST file back in using Outlook?

I"m just hoping there is a simple step or process that can allow me to restore all these 25 mailboxes by tomorrow morning. Thanks for any helpful input.

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2009-11-04 at 15:44:48ID24873016
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by: WineGeekPosted on 2009-11-04 at 15:55:12ID: 25745484

Here is the latest content form the Exmerge log:

****************************************************************
Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Merge Program, v6.5.7529.0
Start Logging:November 04, 2009   15:36:12
****************************************************************
[15:36:12] Logging Level: None
[15:36:12] Reading settings from file 'C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\bin\EXMERGE.INI'.
[15:36:12] Reading list of subjects for messages to be selected from file ''
[15:36:12] Reading list of attachment names for messages to be selected from file ''
[15:36:12] List of folders to be ignored has been read. 0 folders in the list.
[15:36:12] Current machine locale ID is 0x409
[15:36:12] Operating System Version 5.2 (Build 3790)
[15:36:26] Accessing Domain Controller 'SERVER-SR'
[15:36:26] 'SERVER-SR' is running Exchange Server 2000 or later
[15:36:26] Mailbox '/o=TCISR/ou=first administrative group/cn=Configuration/cn=Servers/cn=SERVER-SR/cn=Microsoft System Attendant' will be ignored as its DN contains strings in the ignore list
[15:36:26] Mailbox '/o=TCISR/ou=first administrative group/cn=Configuration/cn=Connections/cn=SMTP (SERVER-SR)/cn={9CA3B5F2-44AA-466A-9A87-D74F260ED555}' will be ignored as its DN contains strings in the ignore list
[15:36:26] Mailbox '/o=TCISR/ou=first administrative group/cn=Recipients/cn=SystemMailbox{9CA3B5F2-44AA-466A-9A87-D74F260ED555}' will be ignored as its DN contains strings in the ignore list
[15:36:27] Found 44 mailbox(es) homed on database 'FIRST STORAGE GROUP/MAILBOX STORE (SERVER-SR)'.
[15:36:27] Ignored 3 mailbox(es) homed on database 'FIRST STORAGE GROUP/MAILBOX STORE (SERVER-SR)'.
[15:36:27] Found 44 mailbox(es) homed on the specified databases.
[15:36:27] Ignored 3 mailbox(es) homed on the specified databases.
[15:36:53] Using attribute 'PR_MESSAGE_DELIVERY_TIME' for date operations.
[15:36:53] Merging data into target store. The program will copy only those messages that do not exist in the target store.
[15:36:53] Associated folder data will NOT be copied to the target store.
[15:36:53] Using 'English (US)' (0x409) as the default locale (Code page 1252)
[15:36:53] All mailboxes will be processed, regardless of locale
[15:36:53] Using default locale for all mailboxes
[15:36:53] Initializing worker thread (Thread0)
[15:36:53] Merging data from file 'E:\SERVERBACKUPMIGRATION\PST FILES\PAUL.PST' to mailbox 'Paul Hirtz' ('PAUL') on server 'SERVER-SR'.
[15:36:53] Error configuring message service (MSPST MS) (UNKNOWN ERROR)  (CMapiSession::CreateEMSPSTProfile)
[15:36:53] Errors encountered. Copy process aborted for mailbox 'Paul Hirtz' ('PAUL').
[15:36:53] Number of items copied from the source store for all mailboxes processed: 0
[15:36:53] Total number of folders processed in the source store: 0
[15:36:53] 0 mailboxes successfully processed. 1 mailboxes were not successfully processed. 0 non-fatal errors encountered.
[15:36:53] Process completion time: 00:00:00

 

by: WineGeekPosted on 2009-11-04 at 16:00:00ID: 25745515

I just read in an msexhange.org article that someone said an Outlook 2003 PST file cannot be imported. That can't be true, is it?

Using her Outlook I just successfully imported one employee's PST file that I had exported using Exmerge. I'm just looking for helpful info. Thanks.

 

by: mboppePosted on 2009-11-04 at 16:59:14ID: 25745865

Follow the instructions to create an account which can exmerge.Also make sure the name of the PST file and display name of the ailbox is same.

 

by: WineGeekPosted on 2009-11-05 at 10:49:12ID: 25752561

I tried creating an Exmerge user account, assigning all the right permissions but I'm apparently still missing something. I can't believe it takes this much tweaking to get this to work.

 

by: mboppePosted on 2009-11-05 at 16:22:00ID: 25755616

forgot paste the link.can you follow this link.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292509

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