Re: Information Store Corrupt - How to restore

From: Pumba (jambohakuna_at_hotmailNOREPLY.com)
Date: 08/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:19:03 -0500

Leif,

Thanks for the much needed advice. I am going to read that MS tech article
and work out a plan for doing this.

One more question - what do you think caused the IS to get corrupted? Is
this a "frequent" occurence or does it very rarely happen. My server is
about 3 years old - could it be something is physically bad with the hard
drives? When I reboot the server, everything starts up as normal and there
are no errors in the logs. I only get the event id 478 errors when the
backup for the IS runs.

Thanks again.

Pumba

"Leif Pedersen [MVP]" <leif.pedersenNOSPAM@get2net.dk> wrote in message
news:#igf0VuiEHA.3320@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Start by making an offline backup of the mdbdata folders (both databases
and
> logfiles)
>
> If you still have all the logs from 7/23 and forward the safest method is
to
> restore the information store. When you click the last backup set in
backup
> exec and restore the databases all logs should be committed to the
> databases.
>
> If for some reson the restore doesn't wotk you can restore the offline
> backup and then try to repair tha databases (this could mean some
dataloss).
>
> This should also help:
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;313184&Product=exch2k
>
> Leif
>
>
> "Pumba" <jambohakuna@hotmailNOREPLY.com> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:bs6Xc.263$Ae.142@newsread1.dllstx09.us.to.verio.net...
> > Hello Exchange Gurus,
> >
> > I have come to the conclusion that my IS has been corrupted. I get
event
> id
> > 478 errors in the application logs everytime I try to backup the IS
using
> > Veritas Backup Exec. After doing research online and help from you all,
I
> > am fairly confident in concluding that my IS is corrupted and needs to
be
> > fixed. The last good Full backup I have of the IS is from 7/23 (yes I
> know
> > about a month ago).
> >
> > Hence I have a couple of questions as to what my options are in fixing
the
> > problem:
> >
> > 1 - Try and fix the IS by using Eseutil in /P (repair) mode, then doing
a
> > degfrag and finally running Isinteg in -fix -test alltests mode.
> >
> > 2 - Try performing a restore of the IS from the last full backup from
7/23
> > and then applying the logs to it. I have no idea how to apply the logs
to
> > the IS once its been restored. I only know that someone had told me
that
> > its possible since none of my logs have been flushed as I have not had a
> > successfull backup of the IS since then.
> >
> > So my question is which option is better (or is anyone knows of any
other
> > option other than these 2, pls let me know), option 1 or 2? I would
like
> to
> > know which one has the highest risk factor and which one is the safest
> > option in your opinion considering the situation I am in. If option 2
is
> > better any "instructions" on how to apply the logs after the IS restore
is
> > complete to make my srestore "most current" would be most appreciated.
> >
> > Any advise or help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Pumba
> >
> >
>
>

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