How to Repair a Dirty Shutdown in Exchange Database

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Recover EDB Files From Dirty Shutdown State
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• There are times when Exchange Server where
  Exchange mailbox stores belonging to a particular
  storage Group fail to mount. Generally, it is
  seen after an unusual execution of the
  Information Store service, keeping you database
  into a Dirty Shutdown state.

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• Exchange Database in Dirty Shutdown state
  indicates damage in Exchange Database Files, i.e.
  EDB and STM. During dirty shutdown, you may
  get the following error after running Eseutil
  /k command against the database
• File priv1.STM
• ERROR database was not shutdown cleanly (dirty
  shutdown)
• Operation terminated with error -550
  (JET_errDatabaseDirtyShutdown), Database was not
  shutdown cleanly. Recovery must first be run to
  properly complete database

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• Therefore to it is needed to stop Information
  Store service and keep a backup of the complete
  database i.e. edb, stm, and log files into a
  different disk. And it is important to check for
  the enough amount of free disk space. Now carry
  out the following steps to get your database into
  the clean shut down state
• To verify the consistency of the database
• eseutil /mh "c\program files\exchsrvr\mdbdata\p
  riv1.edb"
• If the database is in dirty shutdown state,
  carry out soft recovery through the following
  command
• eseutil /r "c\program files\exchsrvr\msdbdata\p
  riv1.edb"
• This command will repeat the transaction log
  files in order to make sure that all database
  operations are completed successfully

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• By using Eseutil/p carry out hard recovery
• eseutil /p "c\program files\exchsrvr\mdbdata\p
  riv1.edb"
• Now through Eseutil/d, defrag the database
  store.
• Now check data integrity by running Isinteg
  from the BIN Folder
• isinteg -s servername -fix -test alltests
• And if you fail to recover Exchange Database from
  the dirty shutdown state through the manual steps
  then we recommend you to use Exchange Recovery
  Software. The tool repairs corrupt or
  inaccessible EDB files and restores it desired
  file format i.e. Outlook PST or Exchange Server
  while keeping all the details safe and secure.

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Application

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