Microsoft KB Archive/931749

= The /createstm switch and the /s switch are displayed even though they do not work for streaming (.stm) files in Exchange 2007 =

Article ID: 931749

Article Last Modified on 5/10/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
You run the Eseutil command together with the /help switch in the command line. Then, you press P to obtain the help for repair options on a server that is running Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. When you do this, you may find that the /createstm switch and the /s switch are displayed. These switches are displayed even though they do not work for .stm files. In this scenario, you may receive the following output on the Exchange 2007 server: REPAIR: DESCRIPTION: Repairs a corrupted or damaged database. SYNTAX: ESEUTIL /p [options] PARAMETERS: - filename of database to repair OPTIONS: zero or more of the following switches, separated by a space: /s    - set streaming file name (default: NONE) /t      - set temp. database name (default: TEMPREPAIR*.EDB) /f    - set prefix to use for name of report files (default: .integ.raw) /i          - bypass the database and streaming file mismatch error /g          - run integrity check before repairing /createstm  - create empty streaming file if the file is miss ing /8          - set 8k database page size (default: auto-detect ) /o          - suppress logo NOTES: 1) Repair does not run database recovery. If a database                     is in a &quot;Dirty Shutdown&quot; state it is strongly                     recommended that before proceeding with repair,                     recovery is first run to properly complete database                     operations for the previous shutdown.                  2) The /i option ignores the signature mismatch error in                     the check phase if the database and streaming file do                     not match each other. The database and streaming file will receive new signatures in the repair phase. Without using this option, repair will terminate immediately once the database and streaming file mismatch error occurs.

3) The /g option pauses the utility for user input before                    repair is performed if corruption is detected. This option                     overrides /createstm and /o options.                  4) The /createstm option is irreversible. Once you start the repair process a new streaming file will be created. Any streaming file that existed before the repair will no longer work with this database.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
Streaming (.stm) files are not supported by the Eseutil tool in Exchange 2007 databases.

Additional query words: EX2007

Keywords: kbprb kbexchstore kbtshoot kbexpertiseinter KB931749

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