| Exchange Private Information Store is Priv.edb file. | | | | The above error suggests that Private |
| This file is the only copy of messages and other | | | | Information Store of Exchange Server is |
| database items that are stored in users' | | | | corrupted. During backup, the tool verifies the |
| mailboxes. When this file becomes corrupt, you | | | | integrity of database, that it is about to backup. If |
| may observe failure of typical database | | | | the database file fails the integrity test, the above |
| operations. For example, when you try to backup | | | | error may result. |
| the database, Exchange may report an | | | | Solution |
| unexpected error while refusing to complete the | | | | To solve the described issue, you need to apply |
| operation. In such situations, it is essential that you | | | | one or more of the following solutions: |
| delete the corrupted database file and restore | | | | Execute eseutil/ d command to defragment the |
| from the last on line backup. But if backup seems | | | | priv.edb database. This can clear minor corruption |
| to be invalid or unusable, you need to resort to | | | | issues with the database file. |
| exchange server recovery. | | | | Restore from the last backup |
| An Exchange Private Information Store can get | | | | Run Isinteg utility to check and repair the integrity |
| corrupt for several reasons such as unexpected | | | | of database. You are recommended to backup |
| power outage, antivirus scanning, log file | | | | the database before running this command |
| corruption, and more. But, apart from these | | | | Use a third-party exchange recoverysoftware to |
| reasons, corruption can also occur at the time of | | | | repair the database and to extract the data from |
| Exchange Information Store usage or backup. To | | | | the corrupted information store |
| illustrate such problems, consider an instance when | | | | An exchange server recovery utility can scan the |
| you try to backup the Information Store. The | | | | corrupted Information Store database file using |
| backup process fails and you receive an error | | | | powerful, yet safe, algorithms. With an interactive |
| message: | | | | display, these utilities are easy to operate without |
| “Private Information Store (Database_Name) | | | | any prior requirement of technical skills. In addition, |
| is a corrupt file. This file cannot verify.”where, | | | | you can use these recovery solutions after any |
| 'Database_Name' refers to the name of affected | | | | sort of corruption that has made the database |
| database. | | | | unmountable or has reported errors. |
| Cause | | | | |