Exchange: Recovering a Database from Dirty Shutdown (the Easy Way)

In testing (and production), we invariably run into problems where the database will be in a 'bad state'. In my case, I pulled Store service out from under it (disabled and stopped the service) and this caused the database to go into dirty shutdown: eseutil.exe /mh "C:\Databases\EMEA-SWEEX15-01 Store 001\EMEA-SWEEX15-01 Store 001.EDB" Extensible Storage Engine Utilities…

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