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SBS2k3: Store is Inconsistent, can not find log file.

Database dismounted yesterday, just found out today. My database has had a dirty shutdown. Running eseutil /mh "c:\...\mdbdata\v1.edb" (copy of db) I get the following report:

Microsoft(R) Exchange Server Database Utilities

Version 6.5

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Initiating FILE DUMP mode...
Database: c:\program files\exchsrvr\mdbdata\v1.edb

File Type: Database
Format ulMagic: 0x89abcdef
Engine ulMagic: 0x89abcdef
Format ulVersion: 0x620,11
Engine ulVersion: 0x620,11
Created ulVersion: 0x620,9
DB Signature: Create time:04/09/2009 12:56:44 Rand:9201322 Computer:
cbDbPage: 4096
dbtime: 115954992 (0x6e95530)
State: Dirty Shutdown
Log Required: 5912-5913 (0x1718-0x1719)
Streaming File: Yes
Shadowed: Yes
Last Objid: 27358
Scrub Dbtime: 0 (0x0)
Scrub Date: 00/00/1900 00:00:00
Repair Count: 0
Repair Date: 00/00/1900 00:00:00
Old Repair Count: 0
Last Consistent: (0x1594,33C,16) 10/04/2011 14:55:46
Last Attach: (0x1594,343,10F) 10/04/2011 14:56:17
Last Detach: (0x0,0,0) 00/00/1900 00:00:00
Dbid: 1
Log Signature: Create time:10/21/2010 23:38:09 Rand:3190155 Computer:
OS Version: (5.2.3790 SP 2)

Previous Full Backup:
Log Gen: 3511-3511 (0xdb7-0xdb7)
Mark: (0xDB7,1B43,1DA)
Mark: 05/26/2011 00:50:53

Previous Incremental Backup:
Log Gen: 0-0 (0x0-0x0)
Mark: (0x0,0,0)
Mark: 00/00/1900 00:00:00

Current Full Backup:
Log Gen: 0-0 (0x0-0x0)
Mark: (0x0,0,0)
Mark: 00/00/1900 00:00:00

Current Shadow copy backup:
Log Gen: 0-0 (0x0-0x0)
Mark: (0x0,0,0)
Mark: 00/00/1900 00:00:00

cpgUpgrade55Format: 0
cpgUpgradeFreePages: 0
cpgUpgradeSpaceMapPages: 0

ECC Fix Success Count: none
Old ECC Fix Success Count: none
ECC Fix Error Count: none
Old ECC Fix Error Count: none
Bad Checksum Error Count: none
Old bad Checksum Error Count: none

Operation completed successfully in 3.16 seconds.

Continueing on to the eseutil \r I am getting a log files can't be found error. I'm looking at my directory report, and the last log file was created on 8/24/2011

I'm also discovering that the system isn't doing the nightly backup, so I'm put into another spot on this.

Any suggestions please?

Radhakrishnan

seems to be your data store got corrupted. You may need to restore it from previously working backup. Check that the hard is good. Also, make sure that the hdd is fine.

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gjacobse

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Sadly, it would appear that my daily backup is corrupted. Something else not previously known.

I am still looking at my backup files, it is possible I may be able to find one as I am running more then one backup (for this reason).

Saga continues...

gjacobse

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Option?
Create a new Store which would allow the server to process mail.

This would allow the option of working the damaged store while the new store is handling current mail. Then merge the recovered db into the new store.

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gjacobse

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Thank you everyone - Managed to get the DB repaired using ESEUtil -

I kept running into errors with the path from the BIN folder to the database folder. So I copied the contents of the BIN folder to the temp folder where I have all the log and data files. That worked and after about 3 hours of running, I got a clean db to work with. Now it's on to merging the old DB into the new DB.