I think I would restore and run eseutil in check only mode, tough call -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Boyd, Nathan Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 6:09 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: PSS say eseutil over restore
The reason PSS came to this conclusion is we had done: A snapshot (SAN) of the database when we brought it down, and tried re-mounting it after a bit of poking around by Microsoft. We received a dr. Watson and the logs showed it was failing while checking the tables. A Full Restore from last backup with all the logs being pushed after. We received another Dr. Watson and again showed another error while populating the tables. They got two different errors each time, but the PSS person is 100% certain that the problem is a corruption in the tables and not hardware related. He claims that in order to push the logs the database has to be more thorough and check line by line and if any corruption exists it will not allow the process to continue. When I said that using ESEUTIL was a total disaster he argued that we basically don't know when the database was corrupt. What is strange to me is that I though BACKUP Exec checked each 4k table and we would not get successful backups if it was corrupt We have about 1000 users on this server that is currently down and the database is over 50GB in size. We are currently following three scenarios to try and get this back, but if we follow Microsoft's recommendation we will be down for 24-72 hours running: Eseutil /p Eseutil /d ISINTEG PRI - FIX - TEST INTINTEG Pub - FIX - TEST And Exmerge -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mick Putley Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 4:37 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: PSS say eseutil over restore In my opinion this is bad advice, eseutil may well fix your database but in the process it may discard pages that are damaged. It is very difficult to know what has been thrown away in the process. Until in 3 months time your CEO comes to and tell you that vital spreadsheet he has been storing in his mailbox is missing. At least with a backup you can tell people what they have lost. Mick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Boyd, Nathan Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 5:08 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: PSS say eseutil over restore Our group have just been working with PSS since yesterday afternoon and all through the night to try and get our Exchange 5.5 server back online. The server was experiencing 1018s and blue screened Saturday night. PSS this morning told us they doubt it is hardware related and use Eseutil /p on a Exchange server with good Backup Exec backups up until this Saturday. Any else think this is a good idea? Nathan _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
