EXPERT RESPONSE
ESEUTIL can be run on a computer without installing Microsoft Exchange. You will need to copy the database files to another computer to do this. In addition, you will need to copy the files Eseutil.exe, Ese.dll, Jcb.dll, Exosal.dll, and Exchmem.dll from the Exchsrvrbin directory to the path from which you want to run it. You will also need to make sure the language locale of the computer you are running ESEUTIL on matches the one on your Exchange server.
You can then copy the defragmented database back to its original location. Please note -- you will need to unmount the database you are defragmenting to be able to copy it to another computer and then copy it back to the original location on your Exchange server.
Alternatively, you could specify a different name and path using ESEUTIL's /T switch. If you mapped a shared drive to run ESEUTIL, and the drive letter you assigned to the mapped drive is Z:, you'd use the following command:
Eseutil /d /ispriv /tz:NewDatabase.edb
Microsoft recommends you have free space equal to (at least) 110% of the size of the database being defragmented.
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