Recovery of EDB file from Page Checksum Mismatch error

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To ensure the integrity of the page, Microsoft Exchange Server use Checksum. The Eseutil command with its parameter k is used to check the page level integrity of the Information Store (IS) Database. If you find any error in the results shown by the command, then you need to repair the pages that are corrupted. You can recover the database from the backup if you have. Otherwise you have to repair the corrupted database

Symptoms
  • Jet engine error 1018
  • Not able to send or receive the message
  • Checksum error while performing the Online backup.
  • Problem with Microsoft Outlook at the client side.

Causes of the Error

The error is generally reported when a page read verification request fails in the database. This happens due to the mismatch of Checksum.

Solution

1). Restore the database from the Updated backup if you have

2). Update the BIOS and firmware to the latest version.

3). Repair the common errors by executing Systrem Duagnostic Test.

Using the repairing tool to repair the database

ISINTENG:

With the help of this tool you can easily scan and locate the errors from the database. After it, The utility repairs the database from the detected issues. You can execute the ISINTENGE  utility from /Program Files / Exchsrvr

ESEUTIL /P: 

Eseutil/P command can be used to perform the hard recovery of the database.The command will first detect the corrupted pages from the database. After detecting the pages it will delete them and will create a void space.

The diagram given below shows the pages stored in the EDB files. Two corrupted pages are there in the database. 

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The Eseutil/P command will delete the  corrupted pages as shown below

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Eseutil/D command:

The command is used to organize the repaired database by adjusting the free space.

Database before Defragmentation

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Database after Defragementaion

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In case if you are not able to resolve the error by using the steps mentioned above, then you have to go for third party utility. One such utility that I have used to resolve the error is Exchange Recovery. The software is easy to use and performs the entire recovery operation within few clicks. No extra technical skills are required to recover the database. One who knows the basics can easily operate it

Conclusion:

The methods explained above will help you a lot in resolving the Page Checksum Mismatch error. In case if are not unable to perform the recovery, Please comment below, We will sort out your query as soon as possible.
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