I have a 2003 sp2 exchange server where the first mailstore reached it's limit of property ID's. Is there a way to monitor the database to check when it is reaching the limit, and is there a way to clean it out without destroying the database. The issue I have is the system attendant lives in the mailstore and I don't want to have to modify the AD schema to move it. I tried to move all the mailboxes to another storage group so I could do a eseutil on the database but it made no difference Regards Tony Williamson Systems Administrator

Hi, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb851495(EXCHG.80).aspx Run the command(dismount the affected database) isinteg -s servername -fix -test alltestsThanks Joseph Pradeep

If you've reached the hardlimit of 32767 you need to move your mailboxes to a new DB. You can also use eventvwr to monitor your named prop quotas. Also ensure that your Ex 2003 has the hotfix to prevent anonymous SMTP named prop promotions. Exchange 2003 Hotfix "Outlook cannot display this view. Unknown Error" error message is generated in Outlook client and Event ID 9667 is logged on an Exchange Server 2003 server http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;972077 Use Performance Monitor to capture performance counter values. For more information about using Performance Monitor, see Monitoring server performance. Capture the values for the following performance counters: How to enable additional Exchange information store logging http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=254606 MSExchangeIS Mailbox\Rows in NamedProps Table MSExchangeIS Mailbox\Rows in ReplidMap Table MSExchangeIS Public\Rows in NamedProps Table MSExchangeIS Public\Rows in ReplidMap Table Recovering from Reaching the Hard Limit of 32,766 Entries for Named Properties or Replica Identifiers If all named properties or replica identifiers are exhausted for a database, you must perform a recovery process, which is disruptive to your Exchange environment. To recover a mailbox database Events 9666, 9667, 9668, and 9669 Received When Named Properties or Replica Identifiers Are Depleted for An Exchange Database http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb851495(EXCHG.80).aspx 1.Create a new mailbox database on the same server or a different Exchange server with the Mailbox server role installed. 2.Move all mailboxes from the database you need to recover to the new mailbox database. 3.On the Exchange server that has the mailbox database you need to recover, do the following: a.Dismount the mailbox database you need to recover. b.Delete the database file that corresponds to the mailbox database you need to recover. c.Mount the mailbox database. This creates a blank database file for the mailbox database. 4.Move all the mailboxes back to the recovered blank mailbox database. Events 9666, 9667, 9668, and 9669 Received When Named Properties or Replica Identifiers Are Depleted for An Exchange Database http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb851495(EXCHG.80).aspx James Chong MCITP | EA | EMA; MCSE | M+, S+ Security+, Project+, ITIL msexchangetips.blogspot.com