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How to Repair a Corrupt Exchange

Database?

Aftab Alam | Updated On - 08 Nov 2021 | Read time 8 min

Exchange Server from Microsoft has revolutionized professional email communication in

enterprises. Now email communication within and outside the organization has become more
convenient and easier irrespective of the size of the firm.

To make the messages completely secure, Microsoft has introduced a lot of features in
Exchange. But still, many threats are roaming around to damage the database. These threats
make the Exchange database corrupt and inaccessible. Some major causes of Exchange
database corruption are –

Virus attack

User error

Abrupt shutdown

Application malfunction

Error in database objects

Improper changes in the database schema

Security features of Exchange Server 2019

The latest version of Exchange Server has upgraded the security features to safeguard the user
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mailboxes. Some of the prominent features are following-

Windows Server Core Support – Using Exchange Server on Windows covers a lesser DuplicateKeyException Critical Error in
surface area. It reduces the chances of external attacks. Exchange Server 2013

Block external access to Exchange admin center (EAC) and the Exchange
Microsoft fixes a new Exchange Server
Management Shell – There is a Client Access Rule to block the external usage of Exchange
Vulnerability that put User Mailboxes
Admin Center and Exchange Management Shell. in Danger

TLS 1.2 is the only version that’s enabled by default – For the betterment of client and
server connections, the default encryption will be TLS 1.2 only. The older algorithms like DES, Ransomware attack on Exchange
Server due to ProxyShell
3DES, RC2, RC4, and MD5 will remain disabled.
Vulnerabilities

Let’s see the two methods to recover the lost data from a corrupt Exchange database and
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Manual method using Eseutil utility

Automated method using Kernel for Exchange Server

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Manual Method Using Eseutil Utility

Eseutil is an inbuilt tool within the Exchange Server which is useful to repair the corrupt
databases, defragment them, check database integrity, and reduce the size.
The default location of the tool in Exchange 2013/2016 is –

C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Bin

The functional aspect of Eseutil tool is quite broad, and you can perform following actions
using multiple switches –

To repair the database – eseutil /p

To defragment the database –eseutil

eseutil /d

To restore the database – eseutil /r

To verify checksum in the database – eseutil /k

To check the database integrity – eseutil /g

To do hard recovery– eseutil /c

To display the headers, logs or checkpoint files – eseutil /m

To copy database and log files – eseutil /y

Use ESEUTIL to Defragment the Database.

Before starting defragmentation of the database, you should save a backup of the database in
case of emergency.

1. First, dismount the database from Exchange.

Dismount-Database –Identity <name of the database>

2. Run Eseutil /d command

eseutil /d <name of the database> /T <location of temporary path>

3. After successfully running the Eseutil command, mount the database back to
Exchange.

Mount-Database –Identity <name of the database>

4. Repair the database with Eseutil /p command.

eseutil /p <location of the database>

5. Finally, run the new-mailbox repair request command to fix the errors in the
database.

New-MailboxRepairRequest -Database <name of the database> -CorruptionType <type of

corruption>

You can try this command multiple times to eleminate all issues in the Exchange database.

Automated Exchange Recovery Using Kernel for Exchange

Server

Kernel for Exchange Server recovery is a professional Exchange EDB to PST converter tool
which can fully recover a corrupt Exchange database by retrieving the mailboxes (even the
deleted ones). It has quite a simple interface and completes the recovery process in minimum
steps possible. Here are the complete steps to repair Exchange Database –

1. Launch the software and click the Offline EDB icon.

2. Select the first option of Offline EDB File

3. Browse the corrupt EDB file.

NOTE – If you do not know the location of EDB file, then click the Search button. It will help
to search the EDB file from any folder or drive.

4. Select among the two scan options – Standard Scan and Deep Scan
Scan.

5. All the data is recovered. Click Finish

Finish.

6. The EDB data gets added as the source and the mailboxes get listed as in the Exchange.

7. Select an item from the mailbox folder and click Preview button. The tool will present its
preview.

8. To save a mailbox or message, click PST File option

9. Select the Create New PST file option to create a new PST file.

10. Enter the destination folder, provide a new name for PST file and click Next
Next.

11. A new PST file is created at the specified location.

12. Now you can copy mailbox, folder, or messages from the EDB file to the PST file.

Conclusion
Both the tools – Eseutil utility and Kernel for Exchange Server— are useful to recover a corrupt
database. But the Kernel for Exchange Server is capable of handling all types of corruption,
whereas the Eseutil just checks the health of Exchange database and does not guarantee a full
recovery. So, use the Kernel for Exchange Recovery tool to handle Exchange server errors
correctly .

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One response to “How to Repair a Corrupt Exchange

Database?”

Natasha says:
November 20, 2019 at 06:57
After dirty shutdown state, sometimes the recovery of Exchange database becomes
a headache because essutil utility fails to repair database files. I am glad that Kernel
Exchange Server resolve all my Exchange recovery and migration related issues.

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