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 PS. I posted this some 7 hrs ago but I think it is not appearing on the discussions. I posted through the web interface. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com _________________________________________________________________ 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]
