Joe_Budden
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Database repair questions
Hi
I am testing out eseutil /p in my Exchange 2007 lab and had some further questions just in case I am ever forced to use this.
1. If I had a 100GB database, is there any way to work out how long the /p, the /d, and the isinteg fixes will take individually? Or does this all depend on the damage to the DB, the server resources etc?
2. When running both the /p and /d, is there anyway to find out how the progress is going or if it's hung?
3. If I'm running out of space on the drive for /p, I know I can use /t to specify the location of the temp database ESEutil uses,can this be used for both ESEUtil /p *and* ESEUtil /d? And is this the location of the TEMP database only, so nothing actually ends up there, the file in this location automatically is copied back?
4. If I don't have any spare space on the server at all, is it advisable to use /t for both /p and /d to point to a network share?
I am testing out eseutil /p in my Exchange 2007 lab and had some further questions just in case I am ever forced to use this.
1. If I had a 100GB database, is there any way to work out how long the /p, the /d, and the isinteg fixes will take individually? Or does this all depend on the damage to the DB, the server resources etc?
2. When running both the /p and /d, is there anyway to find out how the progress is going or if it's hung?
3. If I'm running out of space on the drive for /p, I know I can use /t to specify the location of the temp database ESEutil uses,can this be used for both ESEUtil /p *and* ESEUtil /d? And is this the location of the TEMP database only, so nothing actually ends up there, the file in this location automatically is copied back?
4. If I don't have any spare space on the server at all, is it advisable to use /t for both /p and /d to point to a network share?
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Thanks everyone for their input.
Regarding this great point here:
"5. Whichever process you run be sure to NEVER do it against your only copy, i.e. keep a master safe and untouched by utilities and then only work against a copy."
How would I make a copy of the EDB file and then run against that?
Regarding this great point here:
"5. Whichever process you run be sure to NEVER do it against your only copy, i.e. keep a master safe and untouched by utilities and then only work against a copy."
How would I make a copy of the EDB file and then run against that?
After taking the database offline you could
1. do a simple file COPY of the EDB files to an alternate location, disk, directory etc
2. or if its a rather large file and you could use "Eseutil /Y" to do the copy http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996409(EXCHG.80).aspx
1. do a simple file COPY of the EDB files to an alternate location, disk, directory etc
2. or if its a rather large file and you could use "Eseutil /Y" to do the copy http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996409(EXCHG.80).aspx
what @lucid8 said.
I just dismount the mailbox store, then use the simply "right-click > copy - right-click paste" command to the EDB files. This way if one of the utilities fails, you can always revert back to the original.
I just dismount the mailbox store, then use the simply "right-click > copy - right-click paste" command to the EDB files. This way if one of the utilities fails, you can always revert back to the original.
Thanks for the points
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Exchange-ISINTEG-ESEUTIL.html
http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/exchange-server-2010/management-administration/eseutil-part1.html
http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/exchange-server-2010/management-administration/eseutil-part2.html
Please take a look at the above links. The last time I had to use the ESEUTIL, they were very helpful.