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How to fix corrupt Exchange File

I am running SBS2003 and just installed Veritas Backup Exec. When backing up Exchange, I receive an error message stating that one of the files is corrupt.

All my users have no problems (yet?) with Exchange, so I have no idea how to resolve the corrupt file issue.

Here is the log:

Backup- \\BCC-SERVER\Microsoft Exchange Mailboxes

WARNING: "\\BCC-SERVER\Microsoft Exchange Mailboxes\Warner Jones [warnerjones]

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Outlook 10 Message Manager (Outlook)" is a corrupt file.

This file cannot verify.
Verify- \\BCC-SERVER\Microsoft Exchange Mailboxes
WARNING: "Outlook 10 Message Manager (Outlook)" is a corrupt file.
This file cannot verify.

How do I fix this?

Sembee

That is what happens when you do a brick level (mailboxes) backup. It will be a single email message causing that problem and it will only get worse.

It isn't really a corrupt file. It is a message that Backup Exec cannot read. Most of the time a spam message. Spammers use all sorts of tricks to get their messages through the filters and this often causes a problem for applications that try to then read those messages.

The only sure fire way to avoid those messages is to stop doing a brick level backup.
Instead do just information store backups. Turn up the deleted item retention and mailbox recovery times and you will very rarely have to do a restore.

When you do, use a feature of Exchange 2003 called Recovery Storage Group which you can quickly restore the data that you need.

Simon.

sgarson1

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Simon:

Many thanks. So I should just backup the information store, which I assume includes messages in a proprietary form; and don't back up the messages.?

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