Moving the mailboxes won't migrate the database corruption, but copying the databases, or restoring from a backup made after the corruption started, will. Once hardware (usually a hard drive) fails and introduces database corruption, you have to either repair the database or restore it from a backup made before the hardware started to fail. Most of the time, it's the failure of the backup that brings the corruption to light, and your backup won't succeed until the corruption is resolved. Because a hard repair can do Very Bad Things to the database, a restore from before the corruption started, or moving the mailboxes, is nearly always preferable. (My own experience with hard repair was a good example. The hard repair deleted the attachment table. That meant every single email that had an attachment got the attachment deleted. That was a Very Bad Thing.)
Just out of curiosity, why not take the opportunity, since you need to move the mailboxes anyway, to bring up a new Exchange 2003 server and move the mailboxes to that, instead of bringing up a new 5.5 server? That's probably the easiest way to migrate to 2003, and the advantages of doing so are substantial. Thanks, Geni Hawkins -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Niles Ferrier Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 3:45 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: re: Exchange 5.5 Database Page Cache error (evt. 116 and 200) We had to fall back to yesterdays tape as after all that hard work and downtime, we could not remove all the errors using this method. Restore from tape worked well, and everything seemed normal until the backup kicked off at night. We began getting more of the 116 and 200 errors again. They only happen during the maintenence window now and when the backups occur. But I think it might be stopping a full IS backup, so it cant stay like that. A new 5.5 server is being run up and we will begin moving the mailboxes to this machine (I assume this will not bring across the corruption to the new server?). If there is any other advice someone could offer, I would be glad to hear it. Cheers! _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
