I can now answer my own question: they will be recreated automatically. What the kb article didn't mention that caused a brief panic was as well as deleting priv.edb to delete the associated log files (and inevitably you end up running isinteg -patch also).
Otherwise all went smoothly - thanks for the reassurance that the procedure works! Karen > -----Original Message----- > From: Bibel, Laura Y. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 23 November 2001 19:56 > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Moving users to another server to resolve priv.edb > corruption > > > Yes, we have done this twice!!! I don't have an answer for > you regarding the > non-user mailboxes as I haven't done this process to a server that had > connector-type mailboxes. > > > Laura Bibel > Allegheny Energy: Information Services > Voice (724) 830-5966 Fax (724) 853-3600 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lynn Karen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 12:03 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Moving users to another server to resolve priv.edb corruption > > > Has anyone used the method described in Q188646 to resolve a corrupted > priv.edb? > > We have been getting the errors as described causing our > backup to fail (and > also similar messages when the on-line defrag runs). As our > last backup is > now Tuesday evening, restoring from a current backup is not > an option. I > have created a second server in the same site, and have > commenced the task > of moving the users' mailboxes to the new server. The kb > article says that > once the users have been moved the empty priv.edb can be > deleted, and once > the IS is restarted a pristine non-corrupted priv.edb will be > created. No > specific mention is made of the non-user mailboxes - the Internet Mail > Service, FaxMaker Connector, GroupShield mailbox agent. Do > they need to be > moved or will the relevant service etc. recreate them anyway? > > Many thanks in advance for any pointers that might save me > some grief on > Sunday! > > Karen > > List Charter and FAQ at: > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > > List Charter and FAQ at: > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm > List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
