Article ID: 182081 - Last Review: October 25, 2007 - Revision: 6.2

Description of the Isinteg utility

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SUMMARY

Isinteg is a utility that searches through an offline information store for integrity weaknesses. You can also repair issues that Isinteg detects. Isinteg is run at a command prompt.

When Isinteg is run at a command prompt, the following switches are available. This is also the usage display (-? switch).

isinteg [-pri] [-pub] [-fix] [-l [logfilename]]

   Switch           Result
   ------           ------

   -?               Usage is displayed.
   -pri             Check private information store (default).
   -pub             Check public information store.
   -fix             Repair information store.
   -l [logfilename] Store log information in logfilename.
                    Default is isinteg.pri or isinteg.pub.
   -patch           Offline backup restore patch.

Note Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server no longer uses the Isinteg -patch switch. The Isinteg -patch procedure is performed automatically when the Messaging Database (MDB) starts.

Exchange 2000 also has the following additional switch.

   Switch           Result
   ------           ------

   -s               Server name.

In Exchange 2000 you must specify the database on which you are running Isinteg (for example, isinteg -s Server1 -test allfoldertests). For more information about the Exchange 2000 version of this command, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

301460 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301460/ ) Exchange command-line parameters for the Isinteg.exe tool

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Header

The following header is displayed regardless of whether a switch is provided or not:

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Log File

The log file enables you to specify the log file for output.

Defaults:

Private. Database path of private DB\Isinteg.pri
Public. Database path of public DB\Isinteg.pub

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Running

When you run Isinteg on a computer that is running Exchange Server 2003, Isinteg first checks to see whether the MSExchangeIS service is started. If the MSExchangeIS service is not started, the following message is displayed, and Isinteg stops:

Error: unable to get databases status from server. The reason could be either wrong server name or networking problems. Isinteg quits now.

If the MSExchangeIS service is started, and the target database is still mounted, you receive the following message, and Isinteg stops:

Invalid selection, this database cannot be checked (it is online). Please make another selection or try this database again later.

If Isinteg is running together with the -fix switch, these counts are updated to the true values as determined by Isinteg. The "named to ID or named properties" cleanup is another check that is performed. This check removes unused named properties.

The following tables are examined by Isinteg:

ACL List
ACL Member
Attachment
Cross Reference
Deleted Folders
Deleted Recipients
DeliveredTo
Folder
Global
Mailbox
Message
Miscellaneous
Oof History
Per-User Read
PropsIn Contents
ReplidMap
Special Folders
Timed Events

For Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 with Service Pack 4, the switches that are available with Isinteg are as follows:

Microsoft Exchange Information Store Integrity Checker v5.5.2653.22 Usage:
isinteg -pri|-pub [-fix] [-detailed] [-verbose] [-l logfilename] -test testname[[, testname]...]
- -pri private store
- -pub public store
- -fix check and fix (default - check only)
- -detailed detailed mode (default - non-detailed mode)
- -verbose report verbosely
- -l filename log file name (default - .\isinteg.pri|pub)
- -t refdblocation (default - the location of the store)
- -test testname,... folder message aclitem mailbox(pri only) delfld acllist rcvfld(pri only) timedev rowcounts attach morefld oofhist(pri only) global searchq dlvrto namedprop (-detailed mode only) peruser artidx(pub only) search newsfeed(pub only) dumpsterprops fldprops
Ref count tests: msgref msgsoftref attachref acllistref aclitemref newsfeedref(pub only) fldrcv(pri only) fldsub dumpsterref
Groups tests: allfoldertests allacltests
Special tests: deleteextracolumns isinteg -patch (repair information store after an offline restore) isinteg -pri|-pub -dump [-l logfilename] (verbose dump of store data)

For additional information about how to use the Isinteg utility, see the Isinteg.doc file that is located on the Exchange Server 5.5 CD in the \SERVER\SUPPORT\UTILS folder.

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