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Better yet, try to kill the power while the database is being modified. Not only will this put it in the dirty shutdown state, but it could corrupt it to.<br />
Oh, if you don't want to kill the power, go to the task manager to the processes (not the applications) and right-click and hit 'End process tree' This will kill the process in the same way a power loss would.
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You can try to pull power plug on your server. :)
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I try all that but it seems it's not enough...database did not crashed yet:)))
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Ooh. Good point. Yeah, if you are restarting it, it will fix itself and change the state back (or at least attempt to).
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Hey thanks guys ya I try again without restarting IS and it works!
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Hi,<br />
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I have mount a test environment for Exchange 2003 and I'm looking a way to put my DB in Dirty Shutdown. Is a way to do that?<br />
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Thanks.
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Hi,

I have mount a test environment for Exchange 2003 and I'm looking a way to put my DB in Dirty Shutdown. Is a way to do that?

Thanks.

Better yet, try to kill the power while the database is being modified. Not only will this put it in the dirty shutdown state, but it could corrupt it to.
Oh, if you don&#39;t want to kill the power, go to the task manager to the processes (not the applications) and right-click and hit &#39;End process tree&#39; This will kill the process in the same way a power loss would.

You can try to pull power plug on your server. :)

I try all that but it seems it&#39;s not enough...database did not crashed yet:)))

Ooh. Good point. Yeah, if you are restarting it, it will fix itself and change the state back (or at least attempt to).

Hey thanks guys ya I try again without restarting IS and it works!

How to simulate dirty shutdown in Exchange 2003?

Hi,

I have mount a test environment for Exchange 2003 and I&#39;m looking a way to put my DB in Dirty Shutdown. Is a way to do that?

Thanks.

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