How to Perform Hard Recovery Exchange 2016 Via Eseutil Cmdlet?

Summary: Are you among those Exchange Server users who want to know how to perform hard recovery Exchange 2016 by using the Eseutil command? If yes, then don’t worry. Here, in this article, we will help users and provide solution to use the Eseutil utility to perform the Exchange database hard repair.

Everyone knows that Exchange Server is the most popular mail server used by various IT companies and other industry verticals around the world for business and communication purposes. Many new users are also started using the server but as they are new to this environment it is not possible for them to perform hard recovery. That’s why we are providing information that helps Exchange and Novice users to perform the hard repair & repair the damaged or corrupted Exchange mailbox database by using the Eseutil tool and its cmdlets.

All the Exchange data such as: mailboxes and data items like – mails, notes, tasks, journals, contacts, etc… are stored in the Exchange database file, which is the main repository of Microsoft Exchange Server and it is prone to corruption.

If any of the mailbox database gets damaged or corrupted then there are chances that users lose their data. When the organization or user lose the Exchange data due to corruption then they have to face its repercussions such as:

1. They have to bear the heavy financial loss
2. The clients or users start losing faith in them
3. It also affects the growth of the company
4. Face the legal charges and penalties
5. Sometimes, the companies have to run off business

To avoid all this trouble it is necessary to perform hard repair by using the Eseutil /p command and repair the corrupted mailbox database.

Manual Solution to Perform Hard Recovery Exchange 2016 Via Eseutil

If users are performing hard repair it means the Exchange database is in dirty shutdown state and to bring it back into the clean state you have to use the eseutil /p cmdlet.

This command repairs the Exchange mailbox database at the page and table level. It repairs the Exchange data & makes it accessible to the user. It also removes the corruption from the file & replaces the corrupted data with white space.

Pre-requisites

1. Login as MS Exchange administrator
2. After that, take the backup of current mailbox database
3. Then, use the Exchange Server to dismount the database if not
4. Move the unwanted file and folder. Also, it requires extract storage space. (That should be double the size of EDB)
5. To test the bad sector in hard drive use the Check disk utility

Use Eseutil Cmdlet to Perform Hard Recovery Exchange 2016

1. Execute the command given below:

Syntax:

eseutil /p “enter_the_database_file_path\DatabaseName.edb”

When you run the command to perform the Exchange database hard recovery a warning dialogue box will appear. To proceed forward click on the OK button

2. Then, defrag the Exchange mailbox database & rebuild indexes by inserting the cmdlet given below. It removes the empty space in the database and rebuilds the indices.

Syntax:

eseutil /d “enter_the_database_file_path\DatabaseName.edb”

3. After that, insert the following command to fix the logical corruption & repair the EDB file at the application level.

Syntax:

isinteg -s (SERVER) -fix -test alltests

4. Then, select the recovered Exchange database file from the MS Exchange Server directory. Then mount the database and access it.

Limitations Of Manual Solution

1. Users should have requires technical knowledge, skills, and hands-on experience to understand the method
2. It is a time-taking method and need large storage space
3. Risk of data loss and users cannot predict that how much data is lost.

Note: Most of the Exchange users are new to Exchange Server environment and it is difficult for them to understand the manual method to repair the corrupted .edb file. So, to avoid the technicality and complexity of the this solution users can use the advanced solution to recovers and repair the corrupted offline/dismounted database without using any command in a simplified manner.

Use Automated Wizard to Repair Corrupted Offline EDB File

Users can use the SysTools EDB File Recovery Tool which is designed and developed with an advance algorithm that is used by technical and non-technical users to recovers and repair the dismounted/offline Exchange database file in a hassle freeway without using any cmdlet.

This utility provide scan mode option i.e. Quick and Advance scan which repair the .edb file from minimal and major corruption. To recover the Exchange database from minor corruption select the Quick scan and for highly corrupted EDB file click on Advance scan. After recovery, users can export the recovered Exchange database mailboxes to the Live Exchange Server 2016/2013/2010/2007/2003 mailboxes, Office 365, and multiple file formats.

Working Steps to Repair the Corrupt Offline Exchange Database File

1. Download the software, install, and launch it in your local machine

2. Then, select the add file button and load the corrupted offline .edb file

3. After that, click on advance scan >> Click on the add button

4. Preview the repaired Exchange database file and mailboxes >> Click on export button

5. Then, select the mailboxes and export it to the desired export option

Bringing It All Together

Now users have detailed information on how to perform hard recovery Exchange 2016 and repair the damaged & corrupted Exchange database by using the Eseutil cmdlet described in this write-up. To avoid the difficulty of this solution users can use the advance solution mentioned above to repair the corrupt offline / dismounted .edb file in a simplified way without any hassle. Rest, according to your preferences you can select the solution to repair the database.

Also Read: How to export all mailbox to PST Exchange 2013 / 2016 in an efficient way?