Re: ESEUTIL 6.5 on a 5.5 database: disaster



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This isn't all that easy to find in a google search, but see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;262196 :

"Do not use a mismatched version of Eseutil in a mode that causes
changes to the database. These modes include, but are not limited
to, use of the /r, /p, and /d command-line switches. The only mode
that is definitely safe is the /m mode, which dumps various types of
information but does not alter the database.....Be absolutely
certain that you know which version of Eseutil you are running at
all times. If you run Eseutil with no switches, the version
information is displayed on screen, and no database operations are
performed."

Well, it's an article called "XADM: How to Determine Which Mailbox
Owns a Particular Page in a Database"... oh, yes, that's definitely
the place I'd go looking in if I was in need of knowing which version
of ESEUTIL can be used ;-)

Exactly - that's why I said that it wasn't the easiest thing to find when I
googled. :)

It'd be nice if eseutil 6.5 either warned you when you tried to run it
against a 5x database using those switches, or prevented you from running it
outright, but alas, it don't. As you said, you have backups, so this isn't
an insurmountable problem, and you now know not to try this again!




Massimo


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