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RE: ESEUTIL for Exchange 2003??Dean !! - 17.Aug.2007 3:32:37 PM

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Hello Sabel9579 and A,

I understand your points and tips. Thanks for listening and helping me here.

Now, my next question is this, are there any particular steps I need to take to make sure I have a successful ESEUTIL run tomorrow?

I know what I have read on the Microsoft sites but do you have any good sites for me to follow when running ESEUTIL? Will the process automatically tell me where to store the temp DB files? Is this process pretty simple and explanatory to the Administrator (who has never done this before)?

Does anyone know the right step-by-step process of running ESEUTIL so I don't make a mistake or forget something?

Please help again. :-)

Thanks.

Lena

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RE: ESEUTIL for Exchange 2003??Dean !! - 17.Aug.2007 4:04:46 PM

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Hiya Lena, I take it from your post that you still need to run the ESEUTILS tomorrow - which is ok I have a boss to!

therefore I understand the situation.

So we need to try to ensure you get through this as safely as possible:

Firstly - BEFORE you do anything ensure that the backups of you databases completed correctly - this is your way back should anything go wrong.

Then you need to ensure that the Disk that contains the database (or databases) is large enough to take the size of the temp file (the rule of thumb here is the remaining space on your database drive is double the database size + 10%) this is where the 110% number comes from so if you have a 50GB database you will need at least 55GB free.

If you have enough space on the drive then you can run ESEUTIL using the following command:

ESEUTIL /D "<path the .edb file of your database" - please use the quotes - so for example:

ESEUTIL /D "c:\ program files\exchsrvr\mdbdata\priv1.edb"

If however you do not have enough free space on the drive hosting the db use the following command to re-direct the temp files:

ESEUTIL /D "path to the .edb file of your database" /t"<path to temp .edb>" /s"<path to .stm temp file"

So an example would be:

ESEUTIL /D "c:\program files\exchsrvr\mdbdata\priv1.edb" /t"c:\temp\" /s"c:\Temp"

Good luck Lena and if you need help just let us know,

Cheers

A

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RE: ESEUTIL for Exchange 2003??Dean !! - 17.Aug.2007 4:08:36 PM

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Yes Lena... good luck tomorrow and please let us know how everything goes this weekend. I'm sure everything will be fine. Just realize the defrag could take anywhere from 9-12 hours based on the size of your databases (I'm guestimating here).

Most importantly is to make sure you have taken a full backup before you start. Under no circumstances proceed with the ESEUTIL until you have done the full backup.

Good luck!!

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RE: ESEUTIL for Exchange 2003??Dean !! - 17.Aug.2007 5:19:35 PM

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Hello A. Grogan,

Am I running the ESEUTIL command against which .edb and .stm file?

In my previous posting, I listed 1 mailbox store with .edb and one with .stm. Then I also listed the priv1.edb, priv1.stm and pub1.edb and pub1.stm files.

Which ones am I running the ESEUTIL for? Would it be just one command run for this? Or, will I have to run the ESEUTIL \d command for each file I listed above?

Help! I need clarification, please. ;-)

Thanks.

Lena

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RE: ESEUTIL for Exchange 2003??Dean !! - 17.Aug.2007 6:26:05 PM

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Lena,

An Exchange database is comprised of both the EDB and STM files. When you run ESEUTIL, you'll name the EDB file, but it will process both (you'll see).

Just one command per mailbox store.

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RE: ESEUTIL for Exchange 2003??Dean !! - 17.Aug.2007 7:17:40 PM

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Hello Dean,

Thank you. That helps me understand better.

Question 1:
Does it matter which EDB file I name first? Do I run a separate ESEUTIL command for all my EDB files we have on our Exchange Server? In other words, all the EDB files I listed in my previous posting, will I be doing an ESEUTIL on all of them individually? Is the start and stop process pretty simple? When one command finish, will it tell me what to do next? Or, will I just close the RUN command and open back up to start another one?

Question 2
If I am planning on using drive E: where Exchange files are located, where on drive E: will I store the temp DB? After I am done with ESEUTIL, what will I do with the temp DB?

Thanks again Dean. :-)

Lena

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HELP!! ESEUTIL for Exchange 2003??Dean !! - 18.Aug.2007 9:06:54 AM

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Hello Anyone,

I am in the office and trying to do ESEUTIL on my Exchange Server. I have dismounted one of my mailbox stores. I decided to do the smallest one first.

Then I entered the following path:
E:\program files\exchsrvr\bin>eseutil /d e:\program files\exchsrvr\mdbdata\mccj mailbox store.edb

Miine is on the E: drive because that is where the 'bin' folder is located and my exchange database files. Also, that is the full name of the first smallest mailbox store that is in explorer location on E: drive (mccj mailbox store.edb).

I am getting an error and it says 'usage error: invalid argument 'files\exchsrvr\mdbdata\mccj'. Options must be preceeded by '-' or '/'.

Can someone help me here? What did I do wrong here? Greatly appreicate it!

Thanks. I will checking online for any help please.

Lena

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RE: HELP!! ESEUTIL for Exchange 2003??Dean !! - 18.Aug.2007 9:34:01 AM

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The command line isn't very smart. Whenever you have a parameter that has embedded spaces, you need to surround it with double quote marks.

This might be hard to explain, but there is a shortcut to having to type in the entire file name. Open a Windows Explorer window and point it to where your EDB file lives. In the command prompt window type the start of the line - ESEUTIL /d. Position the Explorer window and the Command Prompt window so you can see both on the screen at the same time. Click and drag the EDB file from the Explorer window to the Command Prompt window. The entire path and file name should appear on the command line as if you had typed it, and if there are embedded spaces the entire file name will be surrounded with double quotes!

I wrote about it a while back:
http://exchangeguy.blogspot.com/2007/04/command-prompt-window-tips.html

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