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Eseutil correct syntax
Correct syntax using eseutil /y to copy priv1.edb to mapped network drive ASAP Please!!
Priv1 is located C:\prog files\exchsrvr\mdbdata
want to copy to Q:\admin
exchng
Please!!!!
Priv1 is located C:\prog files\exchsrvr\mdbdata
want to copy to Q:\admin
exchng
Please!!!!
David Wilhoit
there is no /y that I can find....nor have I ever seen. why are you not just using any copy utility?
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When you type esutil /? in exchange 2003, /y is listed as a copy command. An exchange guru I know told me that to be safe I should use this switch to copy the file
interesting, I've never used it, nor do I see any documentation on it in the MSKB....ok, finally see a reference but no syntax. Usually, it would look like this:
eseutil /y <full path to the database file> <full path to the network drive>
After the path to the database file is entered, I'd experiment with using "-", ">" or just a space after the full path, see what works.
eseutil /y <full path to the database file> <full path to the network drive>
After the path to the database file is entered, I'd experiment with using "-", ">" or just a space after the full path, see what works.
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That worked great, I found out later that the /y command verifies the integrity of the backup. Since I was backing up over a network connection, I needed the extra precaution of the verification that my data integrity was intact.
In earlier versions of Exchange you could copy large Exchange (and other ) files using ESEFILE (I think, it has been awhile). It was explained to me that the reason to use ESEFILE as opposed to a COPY was that it was faster. I never really tested it out though.
Glad you got it working.
Glad you got it working.