priv.edb recovery

[Michael B. Deering]

I was wondering if anyone knows a way to convert/recover the private
information store. I have tried to use ExMerge as well as Isinteg and
Esefile without success. I am running a Windows NT 4.0 server with service
pack 3 and Exchange 5.5 with service pack 4. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Michael B. Deering

[Missy Koslosky]

Have you restored then priv.edb as per the Disaster Recovery white papers?

See http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/BackupRestore.htm and
http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/Disaster.htm hold the answers.

Missy

"Michael B. Deering" <md...@nospam.adelphia.net> wrote in message
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[Michael B. Deering]

I have. When it is restored, the database refuses to open. Says there has
been a security violation in the Message Transfer Agent. I have run the
repairs outlined in the knowledge base for that issue, but to no avail. At
this point, I would like to recover the data in any way possible. Even a
text recovery is fine. I might mention that it is 4gb in size. I can't
believe that there isn't some utility that will convert an edb file. But
that is where I'm at.
Mike

"Missy Koslosky" <mi...@mvps.org> wrote in message
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[Missy Koslosky]

What error message, exactly, do you get? Are you sure you restored using
the exact same ORG and Site names? Case counts for those.

There is no converstion utility available. If you're really stuck, you
should break down and spend the $250 to call Microsoft PSS. Their number is
available in the Exchange FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/exch_faq.htm It'll be
worth every penny.

Missy

"Michael B. Deering" <md...@nospam.adelphia.net> wrote in message

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[Rich Matheisen [MVP]]

"Michael B. Deering" <md...@nospam.adelphia.net> wrote:

>I have. When it is restored, the database refuses to open. Says there has
>been a security violation in the Message Transfer Agent.

The MTA isn't needed in order to simply start the Informtion Store
service. The MTA is certainly necessary for the normal operation of
the Exchange messaging system, but if your intention is simply to
start the IS and run EXMERGE (for instance) then you don't need the
MTA.

The MTA producing a security violation event is sometimes caused by
the omission of the Exchange Site Service Account in the "Permissions"
tab of the site or Configuration container. If it's missing, add it.
If it's already there, verify that it has the role of "Permissions
Admin.".

These MS KB articles describe this:
XADM: Err Msg: Event IDs 9297 and 3161 [Q152624]
XFOR: SMTP Mail Staying in MTA Queue, with Events 9297 and 3161
[Q247787]
XFOR: Mail Going to IMC or MSMail Stays in Outbox [Q154298]

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Rich Matheisen
MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
MS Exchange FAQ at http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm

[Joseph Minja]

-----Original Message-----
What error message, exactly, do you get? Are you sure you restored using
the exact same ORG and Site names? Case counts for those.

There is no converstion utility available. If you're really stuck, you
should break down and spend the $250 to call Microsoft PSS. Their number is
available in the Exchange FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/exch_faq.htm It'll be
worth every penny.

Missy

"Michael B. Deering" <md...@nospam.adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> I have. When it is restored, the database refuses to open. Says there has

.
I had similar problem

we rebuilt the server, re-installed Exchange server 5.5 and ran optimiser to
check file locations as in originla setup (very important this step) then deleted
all logs from MTADATA, MDBDATA, etc. repaired priv.edb, dir.edb and pub.edb using
ESUTIL (*very useful and pwerful tool) ad tried to start the services and it
worked fine. ALl user accounts, mails and customisations etc were intact.

IF you need step-by-step write me a message on above e-mail

JOseph

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