Exch 5.5: Command line IS/DS Consistancy Check?

[Chutta]

I'm looking for a way to run an IS/DS COnsistancy Check, without having to have user interaction. I'm trying to find a way that I can fully automate a restore so that if I can send of a restore of Exch 5.5 to another server (same site/org, but not a member of the production site/org), and it will automate going through the recovery steps. I am able to automate everything except the IS/DS consistancy check. Does anyone know of a way to do it without having to manually click?

 

[Marcs41]

Check this:

http://www.exchangeadmin.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=4962

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q155216

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[Chutta]

Unless I missed something, neither of those actually helps me do what I need to do.

The first link points out the IS/DS consistency adjuster and how to use it with the GUI, but I'm looking for a way to do the IS/DS consistency adjuster without the GUI, or at least without human interaction.

 

[Marcs41]

I know, but there are so many things that can go wrong, or need last-minute adjusting that I find it hard to imagine how you can safely automate it.
Sorry that it was no help, but I never heard or read about an automated use of it, probably because it is potentially so dangerous. _{If 'something' 'somewhere' gives 'some' error, excpect random guesses or no replies at all. Please specify details.
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[Chutta]

It's not all that hard really to automate it. The process is going to tend to be the same everytime if I'm using the same enviornment, and repeating the same process over and over again. If something does happen to go different or out of the expected, you can account for that in a script and have a notification sent out, so this really isn't all that tough. Also remember I'm not doing this back into a production enviornment, so there really isn't much danger here.

I'm fairly sure that if I don't find a way to do this with command line switches or some other 3rd party tool out there already that I can just find a way to write something myself with MAPI, but I was hoping to avoid that.

Thanks for trying.

 

[Marcs41]

Sorry then but I am not aware of any command line switches. I hope you find what you need. _{If 'something' 'somewhere' gives 'some' error, excpect random guesses or no replies at all. Please specify details.
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