Pleasedo anyone know any tools out there that can help me copy mounted mailbox database to different location, because i discover that the MDBData in exchange 2003 has some corrupt file it and i want to move it to different location and fix it, because the mailbox is been access 24-7, i cannot dismount the database, so i need a tool that will allow me to copy it to different location.Pls i need help!!RegardVicAbh

How did you know that it has corrupted files? Do you get any error in event log or users complaining? Besides there isn't any method to copy mounted mailbox database (except Exchange online backup) and whatever maintenance you do on database you need to perform by dismounting original database otherwise when you perform maintenance on second database which wascopied and at that time original mounted database will continue doing transaction, now when you mount/restore corrected copy of database users will be in lose of those mails send/received after copying database. Amit "VicAbh" wrote in message news:dcfd6ac5-d75e-41c 2-99f0-d362754022a6...Pleasedo anyone know any tools out there that can help me copy mounted mailbox database to different location, because i discover that the MDBData in exchange 2003 has some corrupt file it and i want to move it to different location and fix it, because the mailbox is been access 24-7, i cannot dismount the database, so i need a tool that will allow me to copy it to different location.Pls i need help!!RegardVicAbh

Hi VicAbh, There is no way to copy a mounted database directly. Amits explanation is very clear. Related articles for your reference: Exchange Transaction Logging in Exchange Server 2003http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124452(EXCHG.65).aspx Exchange Storage Architecturehttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124808(EXCHG.65).aspx Thanks, Elvis