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Exchange 2003- Can not uncompress mailbox.edb database
Somehow during the clean up for the drive that hosts the mailbox.edb file, it became compressed. I've tried using the command line- compact /u /s command to decompress it as well as going into the advanced properties and unchecking 'Compress contents to save disk space' on the file- however neither techniques not seem to apply or remove the compression attribute. The file is still blue and has a 'C' in the attribute column. If i open the advance attributes the check is back in the box. I've rebooted and attempted these two techniques a few times without success.
MSExchangeIS (2536) First Storage Group: An attempt to open the compressed file "D:\Mailboxes\Mailbox Database.edb" for read / write access failed because it could not be converted to a normal file. The open file operation will fail with error -4005 (0xfffff05b). To prevent this error in the future you can manually decompress the file and change the compression state of the containing folder to uncompressed. Writing to this file when it is compressed is not supported.
Obviously all users are unable to connect to the exchange server to send/receive email.
Help!
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MSExchangeIS (2536) First Storage Group: An attempt to open the compressed file "D:\Mailboxes\Mailbox Database.edb" for read / write access failed because it could not be converted to a normal file. The open file operation will fail with error -4005 (0xfffff05b). To prevent this error in the future you can manually decompress the file and change the compression state of the containing folder to uncompressed. Writing to this file when it is compressed is not supported.
Obviously all users are unable to connect to the exchange server to send/receive email.
Help!
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Go to the folder that contains the database file and uncheck the compress option on the folder. Then try removing compression from the file.
In Services, stop the Microsoft Information Store first, because now the file is in use. By stopping the service, the file becomes available for modification.
You shouldn't need to stop the services as instructed by Kimputer, as the database is offline and the service isn't attached to the file.
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The folder that contains the file is not compressed-
I have stopped all services and attempted both of these techniques
I have stopped all services and attempted both of these techniques
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Using the Move Database Path via exchange management console I was able to safely remove the compression that had been put on the .edb file during the disk cleanup/compress old file process.
Once that was done, i had to copy a log file from the new location to where exchange had the current log path- restart MS Exchange Information Store and all was well.
Once that was done, i had to copy a log file from the new location to where exchange had the current log path- restart MS Exchange Information Store and all was well.