issue with exchange 2007 transport not start resolved, but have query over queue folder
Hi, I had an issue where the exchange transport wouldn't start.
found this forum
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/39cc3b1f-0b03-46a0-b17f-5dd2f58567fc/eschange-2007-sp2-hub-db-corrupted-event-id-17020
so I renamed the queue folder to queueold. started the transport and it seems to be building up the queue folder in exchange again. and have now discovered the edb is in dirty shutdown, running eseutil now.
once I get it all running again, how do I go about getting the emails from the queueold folder back into the system. As it built up to about 10gb and that's a fair few emails in my book.
I have exchange 2007 on an sbs 2008
found this forum
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/exchange/en-US/39cc3b1f-0b03-46a0-b17f-5dd2f58567fc/eschange-2007-sp2-hub-db-corrupted-event-id-17020
so I renamed the queue folder to queueold. started the transport and it seems to be building up the queue folder in exchange again. and have now discovered the edb is in dirty shutdown, running eseutil now.
once I get it all running again, how do I go about getting the emails from the queueold folder back into the system. As it built up to about 10gb and that's a fair few emails in my book.
I have exchange 2007 on an sbs 2008
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Yes...very large file. But 122 GB file need not necessarily have so many emails. There could be large amount of whitespace as well.
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Doesnt do a form of defrag in the back ground on a normal setup ?
Or does this not clear white space
Or does this not clear white space
Mail.que database is just like your mailbox database. Whitespace is not cleared but it will be used to queue new emails and so you never see the file size reduced.
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one quick question, if I'm doing eseutil /r for a soft repair, do I need to bother with /d and isinteg if it is in clean shut down ?
Yes, if you would want to reduce the database size because you are going to ask the transport service to use the restored DB again. Possible that your initial problem was due to huge mail.que size.
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just researched the process time of eseutil /p, looks like 5gb per hour. that's approx. 24hrs for my repair. that's with out running /d and isinteg
Is there any way I can create a new edb for all the other new mail to flow into whilst this repair is taken place ?
Is there any way I can create a new edb for all the other new mail to flow into whilst this repair is taken place ?
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That looks good.
At the moment, all exchange services are stopped. And the eseutil is still scanning.
If I start the services, if I start the exchange IS, can that mess things up ?
Before I make the dial tone
At the moment, all exchange services are stopped. And the eseutil is still scanning.
If I start the services, if I start the exchange IS, can that mess things up ?
Before I make the dial tone
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I've just watched a you tube file of the dial tone database and see that you have to move the original files to another location, then go to mount the database again, it then says that it doesn't exist and wants to create it.
My problem is, i'm in the middle of doing the eseutil on the file in its original location. I have made a backup of this before hand. As I need to move the file, can I stop the eseutil in mid flow or is there any thing else I can do ?
My problem is, i'm in the middle of doing the eseutil on the file in its original location. I have made a backup of this before hand. As I need to move the file, can I stop the eseutil in mid flow or is there any thing else I can do ?
Hmm not sure I would want to stop ESEUTIL mid flow. How far along are you?
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I ended up stopping the scan and removed it, made a replacement database and the new mail is flowing at least.
I had made a copy of the edb before I did any thing yesterday. worst case is I've lost 12hrs of scanning time.
but staff are happy. thank you for mentioning dial tone database, works a treat.
I had made a copy of the edb before I did any thing yesterday. worst case is I've lost 12hrs of scanning time.
but staff are happy. thank you for mentioning dial tone database, works a treat.
Absolutely. I've stopped ESEUTIL repairs before. But the good news was you did have a safety net. Although I never like to have to refer to the safety net. :)
I dont see a reason for you to use dial tone database and stop all Exchange services. You are only working on mail.que database which is not in use. Why did you have to stop Exchange IS service?
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hi, I need to run isinteg on the database now. I was going to run
Isinteg -s servername -fix -test alltests
but I need to point isinteg to point to a folder location of the edb, as I don't have the edb being linked in with the exchange server yet, just sat in a folder.
I've read about -t option, but can't find the text after, can you help.
e.g. isinteg -t "c:\exchange\mailbox.edb" -fix -test alltests ?
Isinteg -s servername -fix -test alltests
but I need to point isinteg to point to a folder location of the edb, as I don't have the edb being linked in with the exchange server yet, just sat in a folder.
I've read about -t option, but can't find the text after, can you help.
e.g. isinteg -t "c:\exchange\mailbox.edb" -fix -test alltests ?
You dont have to run isinteg. You can very well skip this step and continue with replacing the current mail.que with old mail.que database (on which defrag is run) Hope you performed defrag of queue database only not for any mailbox database as I saw that you stopped IS service.
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I've already done the mail queue.
This is for the web file that was corrupt to. Discovered after posting this. Hence I need to run isinteg
This is for the web file that was corrupt to. Discovered after posting this. Hence I need to run isinteg
Please close this question as it was started to work on mail queue. Post a new question for your web file corruption so it would invite more experts to look into your question.
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all working, thanks for your help
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which maybe a while as I have a 122gb file to scan with eseutil in dirty shut down.