I had the same type of problem with a corrupt database with no good backups. We worked with MS and ended up shipping them a tape with an off-line backup of the bad databases and they were able to extract almost all the email from it. Now at the same time the company had agreed to sign up for a Permier support contract, (lots of bucks). So, if you talk to the right people and have enough $$$$ they can get mail out of the database.
Larry Manno 3RD Level Backoffice Support Phone: 813-978-6531 Pager: 813-216-1086 pin 1821284 EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Todd Wood" <twood@peterbuil To: "MS-Exchange Admin Issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> t.com> cc: Subject: RE: Database recovery help 01/09/2002 09:35 PM Please respond to "MS-Exchange Admin Issues" Unfortunately not this time. I don't know if they have the option of taking the database and working on it but they did not offer that solution. I believe the exchange database is so sensitive to corruption that there isn't much that can be done once it is corrupted, unlike a SQL database. I know SQL can be difficult to deal with but at least you can extract individual tables to recover some data. I also don't like the fact that the Exchange database relys so heavily on log files. Todd >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/09/02 05:44PM >>> I thought MS, for the right price of course, could recover more of the data. -----Original Message----- From: Todd Wood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 6:13 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Database recovery help I've had good luck with MS assistance as well and it is worth the money. Unfortunately MS was not able to help this time. I don't think there is anything available to recover the database but I wanted to investigate it first before I gave up hope. Hopefully a miracle will happen and someone will have a utility that might help. They are running with a database from Nov. 3rd so they didn't lose everything, only the last 2 stinking months of e-mail, but that makes a big difference to management. thanks, todd >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/09/02 05:05PM >>> Yup...just went thru the scenerio described...my database went bad...only to realize we were backing up the wrong info...spent 3-4 hours running all the esutils with no luck...called MS support at 11:30pm (thinking there was no way they could help me with no backups)...they had my Exchange up in 20 minutes...and worked to clean out the database thru the next day (I was so so relieved..)...also taught me how to backup (correctly)...boy did I learn a lot. Best $249.00 I've ever spent...saved my ass and my job. Fred Valdez Global Software Resources Network Systems Administrator -----Original Message----- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 4:56 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Database recovery help PSS.$249US approx.Worth every penny. Or have you already gone down that path? ("attempted to recover with Microsoft") William -----Original Message----- From: Todd Wood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 4:44 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Database recovery help A client of ours has a corrupted database that we attempted to recover with Microsoft with no luck. I was wondering if anyone has any input on a 3rd party utility that might assist us in recovering at least some of the mail? I know restoring from backups would be the ideal solution but we don't have that option, I know, I know, it's a long story but unfortunately we don't have that option at this time. Any info is greatly appreciated. thanks, Todd Wood Peterbuilt Technology 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 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