Article ID: 184468
Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition
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SUMMARY
The Edbutil.exe and Eseutil.exe programs include a /M switch that can be used to dump the header of a Microsoft Exchange Server database or the contents of a checkpoint (Edb.chk) file to a text file. However, the /M switch cannot be used to dump the header of a transaction log file to a text file.
MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft recognizes the need for system and network administrators to dump the headers of transaction log files to text files. We have modified the Edbutil.exe program so that the /M switch can be used for this purpose.
This supported feature is now available, but has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems having a specific need for it. Unless you are severely impacted by the lack of this feature, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Service Pack that contains this feature. Contact Microsoft Technical Support for more information.
We have also modified the Eseutil.exe program so that the /M switch can be used for this purpose.
This feature is available in the latest service pack for Exchange Server 5.5. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
191014 XGEN: How to Obtain the Latest Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack
This feature was first included in Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 1.
After you obtain this feature, you can use the following command to dump the header of a transaction log file:
<program> /ml <log_file>
where <program> is Edbutil.exe or Eseutil.exe and <log_file> is the full path to the log file. You can use the greater-than (>) sign to dump the log file header to a text file.
For example, to dump the header of the Edb.log file in the Exchsrvr\Mdbdata folder to a text file using the Exchange Server 5.5 Eseutil.exe program, use the following command:
eseutil.exe /ml c:\exchsrvr\mdbdata\edb.log > c:\logdump.txt
For additional information about how to use the Edbutil.exe or Eseutil.exe program, type "edbutil.exe /?" or "eseutil.exe /?" at a command prompt, and then press ENTER.
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