Microsoft KB Archive/239792

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Q239792

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server

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SUMMARY
Microsoft Exchange Server comes with a database-maintenance utility called Eseutil (Eseutil.exe). Eseutil performs a variety of functions, depending upon the command-line switch supplied to Eseutil.exe.

In the Exchange 2000 version of Eseutil.exe, a new switch (/f) has been introduced to support upgrading the record format for all pages in the database.

MORE INFORMATION
The database record column format has changed in ESE98 (Exchange 2000). Rather than having to go through a lengthy, one-time upgrade process, the database format upgrade is done in-place (during run time) because the pages the records are on are used.

The new Eseutil option /f allows you to upgrade the record format of an entire database rather than allow the upgrade to occur on a page-by-page basis. The Eseutil option /f upgrades the record format of consistent databases offline.

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