Convert OST to Pst After Regenerating Directory Service

Exchange Server uses a special kind of service that identifies all resources over a network and makes them accessible to the applications and users. This service is known as directory service. In case of Exchange Server crash or database corruption, this service gets affected and you need to regenerate the directory service. In such cases, after regenerating the directory service, the OST (Offline Storage) file can not be synchronized with Exchange Server mailbox and thus it can not be converted into Pst. Therefore, you need to manually Convert OST to PST using third party utilities.

Before regenerating the directory service of Exchange Server, all of the Exchange Server must be online and be able to communicate with each other. In the else case, when you regenerate the directory service database on damaged server, it will take control of all the public folders on other services and it can not communicate with them. When this situation occurs, it becomes impossible to return the public folder to its original server.

The process that you will follow is known as DS/IS consistency check. This technique analyzes the local private and public Information Store database and directory service database on other servers for information related to affected server. Exchange Server can use this information to restore all the mailboxes, directory replication connectors and site connectors.

This process is helpful in restoring a damaged server, but it has a limitation. Regenerating the directory service can not restore information about individual mailboxes. The mailbox itself can be restored and because mailbox has been restored, private information store could associate mail that it holds with appropriate mailboxes. In this case, the users still are unable to access mailboxes and data from them.

In such cases, you need to recreate the user profile for every mailbox. This process will let the users connect with Outlook and access their mailboxes. But in this case, you need to Convert OST File into PST. This is potential through third party utilities, known as OST Repair tool.

These applications use advanced mechanisms to convert all of the objects of unusable OST file to PST. These software are very easy to use and do not require sound and prior technical skills to effectively and absolutely Convert OST to PST.

OST to PST Converter is a powerful tool to make your OST file usable by converting it into PST. It works well with OST files created using Microsoft Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003, XP, 2000, 98 and 97. This software is compatible with Windows 2003, XP, 2000, NT4 (SP6), ME and 98SE.