Exchange database consistency check failed

Error code

Product

Applies to

BA850

BackupAssist

BackupAssist V4 or later Exchange 2000 or later

Description

The reason for this error is that the Exchange consistency check, which Windows runs on the Exchange Database(s) during the backup process, has failed.

This usually occurs due to an underlying issue with the Exchange Server.

Resolution

To resolve this problem, run a consistency and integrity check on the Exchange Server. These will usually detect and attempt to fix any issues with the Exchange Database.

For Exchange 2016 and later

There is a known issue that can occur when performing the consistency check which results in the following error on the backup report: Operation terminated with error -1811 (JET_errFileNotFound, File not found)

It has been confirmed that installing Cumulative Update 3 (CU3) for Exchange 2016 resolves this error. More information and access to download CU3 is available from the following Microsoft link:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53837

For Exchange 2010

The MailboxRepairRequest tool is provided with Exchange 2010 for this purpose.

More information on this utility is found at:

http://eightwone.com/2010/06/14/goodbye-isinteg-hello-new-mailboxrepairrequest/

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2010/08/23/3410708.aspx

For Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007

Isinteg and eseutil are tools provided natively by Microsoft for such a purpose.

Further information on these tools is located at http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/Exchange-ISINTEG-ESEUTIL.html.

Last updated

Created

Further assistance

08th Nov 2016

10th Feb 2009

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