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


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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 <database name> [options]
     PARAMETERS:  <database name> - filename of database to repair
        OPTIONS:  zero or more of the following switches, separated by a space:
                  /s<file>     - set streaming file name (default: NONE)
                  /t<db>       - set temp. database name
                                 (default: TEMPREPAIR*.EDB)
                  /f<name>     - set prefix to use for name of report files
                                 (default: <database>.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 "Dirty Shutdown" 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.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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More information

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

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Keywords: KB931749, kbexpertiseinter, kbtshoot, kbexchstore, kbprb, kbarchive, kbnosurvey

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Article Info
Article ID : 931749
Revision : 2
Created on : 1/15/2015
Published on : 1/15/2015
Exists online : False
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