Exchange Server is a mail-server
application that is proposed by Microsoft. It is a calendaring
software and contact manager that runs on Windows Server. This Server
is full of features. That's why it is famous among small and large
business groups.
Exchange server stores or collects all
data in its Exchange database files and any corruption in these files
generates errors in Exchange server.
Here we are going to discuss one
Exchange server error that often appears while working on Exchange
database.
This page read failed verification
error occurs when database is damaged at page level, due to 1018
error that is known by page number mismatch.
Cause:- Main cause behind this
error is, Exchange server starts writing pages to the disk, after
adding checksum to the page. And then, if page number or checksum
mismatches with its define number it means there is corruption in
Exchange database.
This error occurs when database page
read fails due to mismatch in page numbers that leads to database
damage at page level. It shows that the page that has been referenced
in the store file is missing or mismatched that generally happens in
taking on line fragmentation and backup.
This unexpected Exchange server error pops up due
to error 1018 that is associated with event 475 in application log.
Solution:-Following steps are required
when this error is encountered.
- Upgrade the disk firmware and controller BIOS to the latest versions available.
- Run system diagnostics to determine the exact reason of the problem because it may be possible that the corruption occurs rarely or occurs while heavy load conditions. If the hardware issues come out as problematic, replace them.
- Run eseutil repair utility to repair the corrupted database and try to avoid perform hard recovery as this will delete the corrupted pages from database. Instead of restoring the database from valid backup if available.
If the above solution doesn't work then
use Stellar Phoenix Exchange Server Recovery utility that is
especially designed to recover data from Exchange errors. This EDB
recovery software provides enhanced support for 64 bit Microsoft
office and is compatible with Exchange 2010, 2007, 2003, 2000 and
5.5.