Eseutil /Y Copy File Mode on non-Exchange Server

The ability of Eseutil to copy large files is a capability introduced in Exchange Server 2003 that has been imported from ESEFile. The copy file mode is optimized to copy very large files efficiently. You can use the switch to copy a database, streaming file, or log file. However, the mode is not suited as a general purpose copy utility.

You can use the Eseutil /Y switch to copy a database, streaming file, or log file. For best speed and stability, you should run Eseutil /Y from a local command prompt on the copy destination server rather than from an intermediate location

From Server 2

ESEUTIL /Y \\server1\d$\priv1.edb /D\\server2\d$\priv1.edb

NOTE! Don't forget to provide the file name at the destination. Otherwise, you will get an error message.

Copying c:\program files\exchsrvr\mdbdata\priv1.edb to c:\Foldername

FAILURE: CreateFile: Access is denied

Eseutil /D Defragmentation Mode
Eseutil /P Repair Mode
Eseutil /C Restore Mode
Eseutil /R Recovery Mode
Eseutil /G Integrity Mode
Eseutil /M File Dump Mode
Eseutil /K Checksum Mode
Eseutil /Y Copy Mode

To run ESEUTIL on a non-Exchange system, follow these steps:

1. Copy Eseutil.exe, Ese.dll, Jcb.dll, Exosal.dll, and Exchmem.dll from Exchange Server's Exchsrvr\bin folder to a folder on the non-Exchange server.


2. Run the desired ESEUTIL commands against the copied database.