Exchange Server defrag (defragmenting), repair very slow with ESEUTIL, ISINTEG

(Followup to my post "Defrag very very slow?")

Summary: ESEUTIL may seem to be hung with no signs of progress, but it
may simply be taking its time.

Following some trouble with ESEUTIL after a routine Exchange Server 2000
problem, I'll make some comments that might help others who find this
posting as the result of a search.

I ran the off-line ESEUTIL on a 16GB Exchange Server database (default
name PRIV1.EDB). It ran for a few hours. At first it showed no dots on
the progress bar; after some time (not hours), one and then two dots
appeared (4 percent?). When checking the sizes of the output files in a
My Computer window, they increased for a while, then remained steady at
about 1GB. After relatively fast progress to the 1GB/2 dots mark, there
was no sign of progress for many hours (8 hours?).

I aborted processes a couple of times after several hours of no visible
progress. Later, I made a run over a weekend. Initial progress was as
before, but after leaving ESEUTIL to run for a longer period, it had
completed when I checked about 9 hours after starting. I wasn't
watching, so don't know when and how the progress indicators woke up.
I'm not sure of the hardware configuration; a fairly old dual-CPU
machine with, I think, 7200 or 10000 rpm RAID5 SCSI drives.

I had similar behaviour with ISINTEG.EXE

Unfortunately I can't give any detailed observations or precise times,
but do be aware that ESEUTIL.EXE can behave this way, and give it lots
of time before giving up. I don't know if the same holds for ESEUTIL as
supplied with Exchange Server 2003 or other versions.

I've posted this message for those who might find it as the result of a
search; if anyone has anything to add, supporting, contradicting, or
clarifying this message even after a long time, it may be worth posting
a followup.

Best wishes,
--
Michael Salem
.

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