MS Exchange Server is one of the best server side applications developed by Microsoft Corporation. This application is used by many big industries and organizations because of its eloquent features which include high availability, support to data storage, mobile and web based access of information. Storage Group, Active Directory, and Information store are main components of MS Exchange server. There are many situations which leads to data loss in Exchange Server such server crash, hard disk failure etc. To avoid such data loss problems, you need to create backup of your data regularly. Exchange Server uses .bkf file extension to save data as backup. A backup file of Exchange server data contains following three files:
• EDB (Exchange Database Files)
• STM (Streaming Media Files)
• LOG (Transaction Logs)
Importance of Exchange BKF file:
A BKF (Backup) file helps the users to restore their original data when Exchange server fails to work or in disaster situations or there are some problems on Server. It also help you to save a lot of time and work.
Reasons for Exchange Backup Files corruptions:
Following are few causes for the corruption of Exchange BKF files.
• Virus infection
• Backup interruptions
• Missing catalogue files
• Suddenly damage of System software and hardware
• Some corrupted items are backed up during online backup process.
• Backup software malfunctioning
Although Microsoft has provided a decent built-in utility, called NTBackup, to backup and restore the data in Windows environment. However, there are some limitations of this tool like:
- The tool is not designed for large volume of Exchange Server data.
- It behaves the same during both the corrupt and the error free backup.
- Generates error during the restore process if it fails to read the backup file due to the corruption.
Unfortunately, there is no built-in program or any other utility designed by the Microsoft to fix the corrupted/damaged backup files. There are some third party Exchange BKF repair software in the market which are developed to repair and recover the damaged or unrecoverable Exchange .bkf files. One such tool is Stellar Phoenix Exchange BKF Recovery. This software effectively repairs corrupt or damaged BKF file of Exchange server and retrieve .edb, .stm and .log files completely. These files can be directly restored to the Exchange Server. The tool is compatible with Exchange Server 2003 and 2007 versions.
• EDB (Exchange Database Files)
• STM (Streaming Media Files)
• LOG (Transaction Logs)
Importance of Exchange BKF file:
A BKF (Backup) file helps the users to restore their original data when Exchange server fails to work or in disaster situations or there are some problems on Server. It also help you to save a lot of time and work.
Reasons for Exchange Backup Files corruptions:
Following are few causes for the corruption of Exchange BKF files.
• Virus infection
• Backup interruptions
• Missing catalogue files
• Suddenly damage of System software and hardware
• Some corrupted items are backed up during online backup process.
• Backup software malfunctioning
Although Microsoft has provided a decent built-in utility, called NTBackup, to backup and restore the data in Windows environment. However, there are some limitations of this tool like:
- The tool is not designed for large volume of Exchange Server data.
- It behaves the same during both the corrupt and the error free backup.
- Generates error during the restore process if it fails to read the backup file due to the corruption.
Unfortunately, there is no built-in program or any other utility designed by the Microsoft to fix the corrupted/damaged backup files. There are some third party Exchange BKF repair software in the market which are developed to repair and recover the damaged or unrecoverable Exchange .bkf files. One such tool is Stellar Phoenix Exchange BKF Recovery. This software effectively repairs corrupt or damaged BKF file of Exchange server and retrieve .edb, .stm and .log files completely. These files can be directly restored to the Exchange Server. The tool is compatible with Exchange Server 2003 and 2007 versions.
