I thought MS recommended not trying to "fix" the dir.edb using eseutil as if it drops anything you wont know what state your system will be in. If you have a backup then use it, it's going to be a lot quicker and safer.
Stewart -----Original Message----- From: Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 December 2001 09:39 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Fwd: dir.edb troubles Sorry if this posted the first time, but I never saw it come across the wire here. Got a problem with dir.edb here, need to see if anyone has a solution. Mail server (5.5 on NT sp 6) went down hard. Brought it back up and now the directory service won't start. I ran the eseutil program against dir, pub, and priv and only dir cam back as inconsistent. So I went to run eseutil /r /ds on the file, but it keeps looking at c:\exch... when the files are in d:\exch... I enherited this mail server when I started here so it makes me fearful when I see in the MS tech notes that the logs are hardcoded to look at c:, so my question is, is there a work around. All of the .edb files are stored in d, not in c:. I tried backing up a copy of the dsadata file, then moving that to c:. The recovery util did run, but when I moved it back to d:, it still errors out. with a 550 error I've looked on the list and several other sources and have found at least 4 different ways to possibly fix this, but I don't want to make matters worse. Tom _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, and any attachment, is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify me immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC, unless specifically stated. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
