Re: Restoring EXCH 5.0 to different hardware / creating blank .edb files
From: Kirill S. Palagin (kpalagin_at_nomail.phxint.please.ru)
Date: 06/24/04
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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 16:08:00 +0400
I would suggest fitting the Proliant with 120GB IDE HDD and restoring databases
once again.
For the future, you do not need server-class hardware for lab exercises -
Virtual PC will do just fine.
TheMongKey wrote:
> I'm trying to test an upgrade of Exchange 5.0 (with SP2 + fixes) to 5.5
> (yeah, I know...cutting edge or what). I have restored the mail server to an
> old Proliant 400 (bless ya, ebay!), and managed to work around the hardware
> differences to get it to boot. The NETLOGON, System Attendant and Directory
> services all start with no problems or warnings, and I can run the Exchange
> Admin program as long as I don't try to do anything IS related. The server
> is a BDC so has a copy of the SAM database for permissions, etc.
>
> Here's the thing: I don't have enough disk space to restore the priv.edb so
> I want to just create a blank one to test the upgrade on. I have deleted all
> edb & log files from all MDBDATA directories but if I start the IS from the
> Services applet or with NET START I get the following events in the
> Application event log:
>
> 10 MSExchangeIS ((330) ) Database engine 05.1460.0008 started
> 11502 Initializing the POP3 external interface
> 11500 Initializing the NNTP external interface
> 1000 Attempting to start the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service
> 1087 The information store was restored from an offline backup. Run
> ISINTEG -patch before starting the information store
> 1005 Unable to start the Microsoft Exchange Information Store: Error 1011
> 11505 The POP3 interface has stopped
> 11503 The NNTP interface has stopped
> 11 MSExchangeIS ((330) ) The database engine stopped
>
> When that little lot has finished, I see that a priv.edb (but not a pub.edb)
> has been created, plus edb.chk, edb.log, res1.log and res2.log files.
>
> If I run ISINTEG -patch I get the following message
>
> The private store could not be updated. Reason : ecMDBNotInit
>
> plus the following events in the App log:
>
> 1091 You have restored a private information store only. This server
> contains a private information store and a public information store. Only
> the data in the private information store has been modified.
> 10 MSExchangeIS ((330) ) Database engine 05.1460.0008 started
> 11 MSExchangeIS ((330) ) The database engine stopped
>
> Any ideas how I can get the IS to start? I just want to go through the
> upgrade process a few times before I do it on the production machine,
> because I like having a job.
>
> Regards,
>
> TMK
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