I've been at my workstation for 21 hours straight (with a potty break or 10) trying to solve the dreaded email server crash... Jason has interesting post here.
The past 36 hours have been quite the ride, I can't remember the last time I've put this much effort into anything. A few hours ago I started the scary eseutil /p procedure. Dustin told me to call him if the last restore I ran didn't fix it.... it didn't but I don't have the heart to call him in the middle of the night.
The eseutil is currently hung at the "Deleting unicode fixup table" screen; I've seen this before and I know not to stop it, even if I don't have a clue what it means.
I've been cranking some Pearl Jam tunes out while staring at the cursor that defiantly blinks at me as if to hypnotize me into sleep. Thankfully the odiferous stench emanating from my wastebasket full of chicken wings and pizza crusts is keeping me awake.... maybe I'll swap Kyle wastebaskets.
Thanks so much for all the time, effort and the late night to get our email back up. We all really appreciate it!
You rock Ed!
Posted by: Jeanna | November 13, 2007 at 12:45 PM
I hope that you were able to get it back up. I too have had to resort to using the scary eseutil /p procedure. A year ago ours got corrupted and it took a while. Good Luck!
Posted by: Jeremy Good | November 13, 2007 at 02:00 PM
I am so behind in my reading so was catching up tonight and GAH! This is the sort of post that makes you get a cold sweat and a knot in your stomach. I really hope for the best on this restore, seriously.
Hang in there!
Posted by: deannie | November 13, 2007 at 08:43 PM