Course 1618—Two days—Instructor-led

Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Series—Managing the Extensible Storage Engine Database

Table of Contents

Introduction
At Course Completion
Microsoft Certified Professional Exams
Prerequisites
Course Materials and Software
Course Outline
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Introduction

This instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to maintain an Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) database and to perform disaster recovery when necessary. The course focus is on the use of ESE with Microsoft® Exchange Server version 5.5.

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At Course Completion

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

Describe the function and operation of an ESE database.
Maintain an ESE database.
Choose an appropriate backup strategy for ESE databases, given various business situations.
Back up an ESE database.
Restore an ESE database.
Diagnose and resolve database problems.

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Microsoft Certified Professional Exams

This course will help the student prepare for the following Microsoft Certified Professional exam:

Exam 70-081, Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5

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Prerequisite

Completion of course 1026, Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Series—Concepts and Administration.

The course materials, lectures, and lab exercises are in English. To benefit fully from the instruction, students need an understanding of the English language and completion of the prerequisites.

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Course Materials and Software

The course materials are yours to keep.

You will be provided with the following software for use in the classroom:

Microsoft Windows NT® Server 4.0
Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5

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Course Outline

Day 1

Module 1: Extensible Storage Engine Overview

Topics

ESE clients
ESE operation overview
Transaction files
Starting an ESE database
Database utilities

Labs

Creating a personal Windows NT account and Exchange Mailbox
Viewing ESE log files
Viewing the database recovery process

Skills

Students will be able to:

List software clients that use ESE.
Explain how ESE operates under normal circumstances.
List and describe various transaction files used by ESE.
Explain how an ESE database starts.
List and describe the functions of the Isinteg and Eseutil database utilities.

Module 2: Planning a Backup Strategy

Topics

Types of backups
Completing an online backup and restore
Completing an offline backup and restore
Testing a backup
Establishing backup strategies

Labs

Performing an online backup
Performing a restore of an online backup
Performing a restore of an offline backup

Skills

Students will be able to:

List the types of backups available.
Complete an online backup and restore of an ESE database.
Complete an offline backup and restore of an ESE database.
Test a backup.
Establish an appropriate backup strategy for different business situations.

Day 2

Module 3: Resolving Database Problems

Topics

Server failure
Physical corruption of the database
Out of disk space

Labs

Viewing databases that have page-level corruption
Defragmenting a database
Moving log files
Recovering from an out of disk-space error

Skills

Students will be able to:

Resolve database problems resulting from server failure.
Resolve database problems resulting from physical corruption of the database.
Resolve database problems resulting from lack of disk space.

Module 4: Troubleshooting Database Recovery

Topics

Three levels of integrity
Common restore problems
Checking files before a restore
Database restart errors

Labs

Deleting log files that are past the checkpoint
Resolving problems when moving inconsistent database files

Skills

Students will be able to:

List and explain the three levels of integrity in an ESE database.
List and resolve the common restore problems.
Perform a check of the database and transaction log files before a restore.
List and describe the various errors that occur when the database fails to start.

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