ESEUTIL /p DELETING UNICODE FIXUP TABLE STAGE
Is it safe to cancel this stage by rebooting the exchange server?
July 2nd, 2012 2:15pm

It's never safe to run ESEUTIL /P period. Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."
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July 2nd, 2012 6:35pm

Hi Walden, What's the problem now? The Esetuil /p hangs? If yes, you can try to close the cmd windows first. By the way, the repair runs at approximately 4 to 6 gigabytes (GB) per hour, if the database is very large, please wait for the process to stop. Hope you backuped your Exchange database ago in case of failure. Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help. If you have feedback for TechNet Subscriber Support, contact tnmff@microsoft.com.Frank Wang TechNet Community Support
July 3rd, 2012 4:15am

Both Frank and Ed are on point, however there are times where running a /P is necessary so with that said; 1. I would not cancel the /P let it do its thing, just be patient... 2. Why are you doing a /P and do you have a backup of the database before starting the /P? 3. Once done if you are putting this database back into production I would suggest that you run an eseutil /D then mount the database and as soon as possible create a new database and migrate the mailboxes into the new database since once a DB is repaired with a /P its never quite the same.Troy Werelius www.Lucid8.com Search, Recover, & Extract Mailboxes, Folders, & Email Items from Offline EDB's and Live Exchange Servers with Lucid8's DigiScope
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July 3rd, 2012 11:12am

If the database will mount, general consensus today is to move all the mailboxes to another database rather than trying to repair the faulty one.Ed Crowley MVP "There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems."
July 3rd, 2012 11:30am

100% agreed no need to do a /P unless it will not mountTroy Werelius www.Lucid8.com Search, Recover, & Extract Mailboxes, Folders, & Email Items from Offline EDB's and Live Exchange Servers with Lucid8's DigiScope
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July 3rd, 2012 11:31am

Hi Walden, Any updates?Frank Wang TechNet Community Support
July 4th, 2012 9:59pm

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