XADM: How to Run Eseutil on a Computer Without Exchange Server

ID: Q244525

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5

SUMMARY

You might need to run Eseutil against a database on a computer that does not have Microsoft Exchange Server installed on it. This situation normally occurs when there is not enough free space on the Exchange Server computer to complete tasks such as an offline defragmentation of an Exchange Server database file.


MORE INFORMATION

For the following procedure, it is strongly recommended that you use the same versions of Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) files that are on the Exchange Server computer.

  1. Create a scratch folder on the computer that does not have Exchange Server installed on it.


  2. Copy the Eseutil.exe utility and the Ese.dll file from the Exchange Server computer's drive:\Winnt\System32 folder (where drive is the drive that houses Microsoft Windows NT server files) to the scratch folder.


  3. Open a command prompt and change directory to the scratch folder that contains the Eseutil.exe and Ese.dll files.


  4. Run eseutil from this folder against any databases copied over from the Exchange Server computer.


These files should be copied to a computer running Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 or later. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q190996 XADM: Operation Terminated With Error -1911 Using ESEUTIL /d
If the Exchange Server computer and the computer without Exchange Server are not running the same Windows NT version and service pack, you may see events in the application log indicating that the database indexes are being re-created upon restarting the database service. This is normal and does not indicate a problem. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q215297 XADM: WinNT Version Change May Cause Exchange DB Indexes to be Rebuilt

Additional query words: machine integrity check different

Keywords : exc55
Version : winnt:5.5
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbhowto


Last Reviewed: November 30, 1999
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