ExMerge only works against the IS. -Ben- Ben M. Schorr, MVP-Outlook, CNA, MCPx3 Director of Information Services Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert http://www.hawaiilawyer.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Carlson [mailto:domitianx@;domitianx.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 5:04 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > > I am only missing a few emails out of a couple of the log > files. It is exchange 2000 and it is on my home network so > this isn't mission critical which is why I can screw it up > and not worry too much about it. > > Since Exchange runs the log files every time the store is > mounted I was hoping I could just copy them back in and have > it apply the emails out of the log files into the IS. > > What do you mean by Exmerge the data out? Would I do this > against the IS or the log files? > > -Mike > http://www.uselessthoughts.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ---------- > > From: Edgington, Jeff > > Reply To: Exchange Discussions > > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 8:46 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Log File > > > > Well.. I'm assuming E2K (don't know enough about E55 and > eseutil)... > > you have a couple questions/problems. > > > > 1. If you have already mounted the store and did not have > the tlogs > > you copied in the templogs dir... then Andy is correct... > too late. > > You should have unchecked 'last backup set' during the > restore... let > > the restore run, then copied the tlogs into that templogs > dir that you > > specified during the restore... then ran eseutil /cc by hand. > > > > 2. To check the tlogs (and I _think_ you would have had to > have done > > this with the tlogs in their original place and with the > original db... > > but not sure)... eseutil /ml ... I believe. > > > > At this point, you could do the following: > > > > 1. restore that backup to an offline exchange server and do the > > eseutil /cc there... > > > > 2. exmerge out the data however many days back you want to go. > > > > I think that you will find that if in fact you have a bad > tlog.. you > > will only be able to recover mail up to that point in time... > > > > jeff e. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andy David [mailto:davida@;vss.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 8:37 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Log File > > > > > > I think if you had restored the week old online? backup > then restarted > > the services with those log files in place it would have > replayed them > > on startup. At this late point however, I think its too late. > > I'm sleepy ,so someone may need to correct me on this. > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mike Carlson [mailto:domitianx@;domitianx.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 8:51 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Log File > > > > > > A few weeks ago my exchange server wouldn't mount the IS. I > found an > > article that talked about moving all the log files from the MDBData > > folder to a different location which would then let you > mount the IS > > again. > > Apparently > > it > > was a corrupt log file or something. > > > > In the mean time of trying to figure it out I also restored from a > > back up tape. which set me back a week or two. > > > > My question now is can I take those log files and reapply > them to the > > current IS to get the messages applied? Do I just copy them > back over > > one at a time to see if I can find the offending file? > > > > Any ideas are appreciated. > > > > -Mike > > http://www.uselessthoughts.com > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:leave-exchange@;ls.swynk.com > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > ------ > > The information contained in this email message is privileged and > > confidential information intended only for the use of the > individual > > or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this > message is > > not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > > dissemination, distribution or copy of this message is strictly > > prohibited. 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