XADM: Using EDBUTIL to Determine Which Logs Have Been Committed

ID: Q182960

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Exchange Server, versions 4.0, 5.0

SUMMARY

To determine which log files have been committed to the Priv.edb, Pub.edb, or Dir.edb file, you can use the EDBUTIL Utility to view the contents of the Edb.chk file.

MORE INFORMATION

To dump the file to screen, perform an EDBUTIL /MK d:\EXCHSRVR\*\EDB.CHK | MORE where "d" is the drive letter and "*" denotes the appropriate directory (MDBDATA for the information store or DSADATA for the directory).

The following information will be displayed:


Microsoft(R) Exchange Server Database Utilities

Version 5.0

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1991-1996.  All Rights Reserved.



Initiating FILE DUMP mode...
      Checkpoint file: d:\exchsrvr\mdbdata\edb.chk

      LastFullBackupCheckpoint (23,2112,6)
      Checkpoint (45,451,20)
      FullBackup (23,2112,6)
      FullBackup time:3/6/1998 12:35:44
      IncBackup (0,0,0)
      IncBackup time:0/0/1900 0:0:0
      Signature: Create time:2/27/1998 13:52:33 Rand:24842 Computer:
      Env (Session, Opentbl, VerPage, Cursors, LogBufs, LogFile, Buffers)
          (     68,    3400,    1440,    3400,      84,   10240,    2400)

Operation completed successfully in 0.594 seconds.

Take the first number (A) in the parentheses (A,B,C) for the Checkpoint field and convert it to hexadecimal. The hex number will be the file name of the first uncommitted log for the appropriate set of logfiles.

Example:

Checkpoint (45,451,20) = EDB0002D.LOG

This syntax applies for most other fields in the dump (LastFullBackupCheckpoint, FullBackup, IncBackup, and so on).

Additional query words: CHK

Keywords : kbusage XADM
Version : 4.0,5.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbhowto