GOexchange® provides a set of scripts for use with each maintenance job. Each script performs a series of actions upon all the selected Exchange Server information stores with that job.
The scripts differ in whether they correct errors or only detect them, defragment stores or only detect free space, and act on online stores or take databases offline. Further, different scripts are available on different versions of Exchange.
Below are summaries and fuller definitions of each available script.
Name | Exchange Versions | Dismounts Stores | Detects Errors | Corrects Errors | Defrags | Description |
Preventative Maintenance | 5.5 - 2007 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | Full maintenance script. |
Store Error Correction | 5.5 - 2007 | ♦ | ♦ | ♦ | Simple error detection and correction script. | |
MTA Error Correction | 5.5 - 2003 | ♦ | ♦ | Fixes errors in the MTA database. | ||
Offline Diagnostic Report | 5.5 - 2007 | ♦ | ♦ | Reports on database errors and available free space. | ||
Online Error Correction | 2010 - 2013 | ♦ | ♦ | Fixes errors in Exchange stores. | ||
Offline Defrag | 2010 - 2013 | ♦ | ♦ | Defragments Exchange stores. | ||
Online Error Diagnostic | 2010 - 2013 | ♦ | Detects errors in Exchange stores; makes no changes. | |||
Offline Space Diagnostic | 2010 - 2013 | ♦ | Detects available free space in Exchange databases. | |||
Exchange Backup | ALL | ♦ | Tests GOexchange's integration with backup processes. |
Summary: | Provides complete error detection & correction and database compaction & defragmentation. |
Detail: | This is the full maintenance script for versions of Exchange prior to 2010. It includes the complete set of GOexchange® best-practice maintenance processes. |
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Summary: | Provides error detection and correction only. |
Detail: | This script will run a limited subset of the Preventative Maintenance script to detect, analyze and correct errors and inconsistencies. It does not defrag or compact the databases. |
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Summary: | Provides MTA error detection and correction only. |
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Examines the MTA database for corrupted messages that interfere with message flow and rebuilds the MTA queues to get the MTA working again. NOTE: The MTA Error Correction Script does not take action against any of the Information Stores. Therefore, when this script is selected you will not be able to select an Information Store to be included in the maintenance process. |
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Summary: | Provides error detection and free-space estimation. |
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This script is the DEMO mode alternative to the Preventative Maintenance script. It will run a full analysis against all selected information stores, and provide detailed information about the errors and warnings contained within an information store. This report will also estimate the amount of disk space that is recoverable from each information store. NOTE: This script does not write any changes to the Exchange Information Stores or make any modifications to the Exchange system whatsoever. |
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Summary: | Provides error detection and correction. |
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This script will perform a check for errors in the selected Exchange databases and will correct any problems it finds. NOTE: This script does not take offline any Exchange databases. |
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Summary: | Provides database defragmentation and compaction. |
Detail: | This takes the selected databases offline and defragments and compacts them, freeing up disk space. |
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Summary: | Provides error detection only. |
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This is the DEMO mode alternative to the Online Error Correction script. It will perform all of the same detection and analysis steps, but will not correct any problem it finds. NOTE: This script does not take offline and does not write any changes to any Exchange databases or make any modifications to the Exchange system whatsoever. |
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Summary: | Provides free-space estimation only. |
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This is the DEMO mode alternative to the Offline Defrag script. It will take the selected databases offline and analyze them to estimate how much space could be saved by compacting them. NOTE: This script does not write any changes to any Exchange database or make any modifications to the Exchange system whatsoever. |
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Summary: | Performs backup-related tasks ONLY and does not run any of the GOexchange® maintenance processes. |
Detail: | This script exercises the Custom Process and Simple Copy features used in regular maintenance scripts, without actually performing the maintenance. |
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