Microsoft KB Archive/241975

= XADM: Offline Defragmentation Requires File Names with Spaces to Be Enclosed in Quotation Marks =

Article ID: 241975

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q241975





SUMMARY
When you run an offline defragmentation (eseutil /d) against a file that contains spaces in its name, you must enclose the file name in quotation marks (""). For example, to run an offline defragmentation against a file that is named CEO Database.edb, you must type:

Important Do not try to run an offline defragmentation against the 8.3 equivalent file name. In this example, the 8.3 equivalent file name for "CEO Database.edb" is Ceodat~1.edb.



MORE INFORMATION
If you try to use the 8.3 equivalent file name, you receive the following error message:

C:\EXCHSRVR\BIN>eseutil /d CEODAT~1.EDB

Microsoft(R) Exchange Server(TM) Database Utilities

Version 6.0

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1991-1999. All Rights Reserved.

Initiating DEFRAGMENTATION mode... Database: CEODAT~1.EDB Temp. Database: TEMPDFRG.EDB

Defragmentation Status ( % complete )

0   10   20   30   40   50   60   70   80   90  100          |||||||||||          ................................................... Operation terminated with error -1203 (JET_errDatabaseNotFound, No such database) after 4.562 seconds.

When you run Eseutil against a database that contains spaces in its file name, (for example, if you type the following command: ) you may receive the following error message:

Usage Error: Invalid argument 'Mailbox'. Options must be preceded by '-' or '/'.

Additional query words: exch2kp2w jet ese

Keywords: kberrmsg kbinfo KB241975

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