MDBVU32 Unavailable?

Maybe not an exchange issue, strictly speaking, but we are getting errors on
our backups that the folder \Exchange Tools\MDBVU32 cannot be backed up.

When I try to click on that folder, I get a message that C:\Exchange
Tools\MDBVU32 is not accessible. The file or directory is corrupted and
unreadable.

Question 1: How big a deal is this? I've never had occasion to use mdbvu32
before, so I'm thinking I can probably get by without it in the short term.
But what if we ever need to restore our exchnage server from backup -- is it
going to be a problem not having this folder backed up?

Question 2: How do I go about fixing the problem? Can I just copy this
folder from CD or from another installation?

Thanks

Andy
Thu May 08 09:17:46 CDT 2008

On Thu, 8 May 2008 09:08:44 -0500, "Holly O'Neill"
<ho@risd.edu.com.corp.net.gguv> wrote:

>Maybe not an exchange issue, strictly speaking, but we are getting errors on
>our backups that the folder \Exchange Tools\MDBVU32 cannot be backed up.
>
>When I try to click on that folder, I get a message that C:\Exchange
>Tools\MDBVU32 is not accessible. The file or directory is corrupted and
>unreadable.
>
>Question 1: How big a deal is this? I've never had occasion to use mdbvu32
>before, so I'm thinking I can probably get by without it in the short term.
>But what if we ever need to restore our exchnage server from backup -- is it
>going to be a problem not having this folder backed up?
>
>Question 2: How do I go about fixing the problem? Can I just copy this
>folder from CD or from another installation?
>

Its no big deal.
Its a utility to access mailboxes, you dont need to back it up or need
it for a restore.
Its been replaced by mfcmapi.
http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?familyid=55FDFFD7-1878-4637-9808-1E21ABB3AE37&displaylang=en




>Thanks
>

cfsmith
Thu May 08 09:22:00 CDT 2008

MDBVU32: Used to view or set details about a user's message storage files.
These files are the private information store, the personal folder file (.pst
file), and the offline folder file (.ost file). This tool browses storage,
address book, and other MAPI providers by executing MAPI calls specified by a
user.

I've had to use this on one occassion - but that's it.

I'd get the listing of files present in this folder by default, and
re-expand them from the exchange server CDROM.

--
Chris S
MCSE, MCITP:Messaging, CISSP


"Holly O'Neill" wrote:

> Maybe not an exchange issue, strictly speaking, but we are getting errors on
> our backups that the folder \Exchange Tools\MDBVU32 cannot be backed up.
>
> When I try to click on that folder, I get a message that C:\Exchange
> Tools\MDBVU32 is not accessible. The file or directory is corrupted and
> unreadable.
>
> Question 1: How big a deal is this? I've never had occasion to use mdbvu32
> before, so I'm thinking I can probably get by without it in the short term.
> But what if we ever need to restore our exchnage server from backup -- is it
> going to be a problem not having this folder backed up?
>
> Question 2: How do I go about fixing the problem? Can I just copy this
> folder from CD or from another installation?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>