Our exchange databases - priv.edb and pub.edb - are in inconsistent state
as reported by the error message when we try to start the Information
store service as well as when we run the 'eseutil /mh priv.edb'
and similarly for pub.edb.

The error message that comes up is - "Error Database is in inconsistent
state initializing the microsft Exchange Server Information Store
Database". We are running exchange 5.5 enterprise sp3. The following are
the error messages straight from the app log files:

Event ID: 1120
Source: MS ExchangeIS
Error Database is in inconsistent state initializing the Microsoft
Exchange Server Information Store
database.

Event ID: 5000
Source: MS ExchangeIS
Unable to initialize the Microsoft Exchange Information Store service.
Error Database is in inconsistent
state.

This happened because one of the exchange admins had run eseutil and then
isinteg to check and fix integrity errors in the dbs. Now he had thought
that he had satisfactorily backed up the databases. However it turned out
to everyones dismay that the backup media is unreadable and we are facing
the above problem.

Is there any way we can return the database to a consistent state from
this point on? Somehow? The particular admin who ran the procedure is not
here at the moment so I am trying to work from the above details.

I am looking forward to suggestions. BTW I have had a read of the
following articles - Q185577, Q272570, Q147244 - and all of these seem to
suggest some form of eseutil /r, eseutil /p followed by isinteg -fix. I
will appreciate some advice.

regards
Vanish Pattni
ITC Services

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