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- Before even thinking about beginning this process MAKE sure to have a backup of your database that you are going to defragment! \n\t
- Login as Exchange Administrator. \n\t
- Open Exchange management console. \n\t
- go to Server Configuration>Mailbox \n\t
- Select the server you want to view>expand the storage group that contains your database you want to run maintenance on. \n\t
- Highlight the database path and hit cntrl+c this will copy the path for later use \n\t
- In the action pane dismount the database \n\t
- open command prompt. \n\t
- switch to the directory where your database is located C:program filesmicrosoftexchange serverbin \n\t
- type isinteg.exe -s <servername> -test allfoldertests - this will display all of the database files \n\t
- type the corresponding number to run offline maintenance followed by Y for yes to confirm \n\t
- Keep running this utility until all of the errors are cleaned up \n\t
- At the command prompt to perform a database level integrity check run the following command - Eseutil /g "database file path" \n\t
- Once this is done free of errors defrag the database by running - Eseutil.exe /d "database file path" \n\t
- Once step 14 is complete go back into the Exchange Management console to mount the database \n
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Exchange 2007 Offline Database Maintenance
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