| Are you facing Exchange Server Information | | | | inaccessible. In order to gain access of the |
| Store corruption and unable to access the | | | | database, you need to find out the actual cause |
| database? Do the ISINTEG and EDBUTIL | | | | of this behavior and perform Microsoft Exchange |
| processes fail to complete their operations on | | | | Recovery by sorting it out. |
| damaged Information Store? The Information | | | | Grounds of the problem: |
| Store corruption is a critical situation that renders | | | | You may face this issue if internal pages of |
| your valuable EDB (Exchange Database) file | | | | Exchange Server database table are damaged. |
| inaccessible. It leads to severe data loss situations. | | | | The corruption can be caused by various reasons, |
| You need to restore the database in such | | | | like application malfunction and virus infection. |
| situations from an updated backup. However, if | | | | Resolution: |
| the backup is not current, you need to opt for | | | | To sort out this problem, you need to restore |
| Exchange Server Recovery to get your mission | | | | the database from current backup. Go through |
| critical data back. | | | | the below steps to restore EDB database: |
| In a practical scenario, you may come across the | | | | 1. Click Start button, and go to Programs-> |
| below symptoms when the Exchange Server | | | | Accessories-> System Tools-> Backup. |
| Information Store gets damaged: | | | | 2. Click Restore tab. |
| 1. Currently logged on Exchange Server users | | | | 3. Select the objects from the file that you need |
| identify that their systems stop responding. | | | | to restore. |
| 2. The utilization percentage of the Information | | | | 4. In Restore files to dialog box, select option that |
| Store becomes very high (for instance, 70%). | | | | you wish. |
| 3. When you apply the ISINTEG (Information | | | | 5. Click Start Restore button. |
| Store Integrity Checker) tool on damaged | | | | If the backup is not available, you are required to |
| Information Store, the process stops responding | | | | go for third-party Exchange Recovery Software |
| halfway. The tool fails to check the integrity of | | | | to extract inaccessible data from the database. |
| Exchange Server. | | | | They enable you to methodically scan entire |
| 4. When you apply the EDBUTIL utility, which | | | | database and recover all data from the database. |
| repairs the Exchange Server database, this | | | | The Exchange Recovery Tool does not demand |
| process also stops responding midway and may | | | | sound and prior technical skills as they have |
| show which database table is causing the problem. | | | | interactive graphical user interface. |
| In this scenario, entire EDB database become | | | | |