Fix Exchange server 2010 corruption and Access your EDB Critical Files

Exchange server 2010 is a very useful application used for sending or receiving emails in various organizations. If you are using Exchange server, you must be knowing that entire Exchange server data is present in .edb files. However, you must keep in mind that smooth working of Exchange server is not possible as this strong emailing system is still prone to corruption. In some cases you may come across Exchange server 2010 corruption due to which PC users may face lots of problems.


Let us consider a practical scenario in Exchange Server 2010 where you face difficulties in mounting mailbox database and all of a sudden the following error message appears:

Mailbox Database
Error:
Exchange is unable to mount the database that you specified. Specified database: d1cdba46-6f79-46f2-ba14-3ae2fa8aad43; Error code: MapiExceptionCallFailed:
Unable to mount database. (hr=0x80004005,ec=-2147467259).”

Causes:


The aforesaid error may occur if the exchange server group or domain name has not been assigned 'Manage auditing and security log' user right. This problem may also occur if EDB database file is corrupted. You may loose a meeting stored in the calendar, loose your business or friends contact list as well as face problems in sending or receiving emails which could hinder your business transactions.


How to fix errors while mounting EDB mailbox database and overcome Exchange server 2010 corruption?



For overcoming the aforesaid problem you can try by running PrepareAD or Setup command with the help of Exchange server CD. This command successfully repair the corrupted edb files and restores right Exchange server configuration settings.
Another method is to add Exchange server to "Manage auditing and security log" policy. For doing this you have to perform the following actions:

  • Go to start > administrative tools > Domain controller Security policy and click on 'User Rights Assignment' in Default Domain Controller Security Settings Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in.
  • Click twice on 'Manage auditing and security log'.
  • Go to 'Add User or Group' in 'Manage auditing and security log Properties' dialog box.
  • There you have to put your 'DomainName\Exchange Servers' in the 'User and groups names' box and click OK twice.
  • After that, quit Default Domain Controller Security Settings MMC snap-in and restart your Exchange server.

In case all these methods fails to fix the aforesaid error and Exchange server 2010 corruption, you have to go for third-party EDB repair applications. These third-party applications are especially designed to perform Corrupted EDB repair operations from almost all corruption scenarios. Besides, they are built with extremely interactive and user-friendly interface which allows even non-technical users to easily operate it.