So the database won't mount at all? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Boyd, Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 8:09 PM 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.
