Hi,
I would like to check on what is the impact if we mount a database using -force command if the database is in dirty shutdown state? i was worried if this can lead to data loss?
I have tried to manually mount the active DB and i get the below error highlighted in bold (Event ID: 3154)....
Active Manager failed to mount database DAG1-DB1 on server server1. Error: An Active Manager operation failed. Error: The database action failed. Error: An error occurred while trying to select a database copy for possible activation. Error: The database 'DAG2-JournalDB' was not mounted because errors occurred either while validating database copies for possible activation, or while attempting to activate another copy.
An Active Manager operation failed. Error: Database 'DAG1-DB1' on server 'server1' cannot be mounted due to a previous error: At '24/12/2012 12:13:32' the Exchange store database 'DAG1-DB1' copy on this server appears to be inconsistent with the active database copy or is corrupted. For more details about the failure, consult the Event log on the server for other storage and "ExchangeStoreDb" events. A successful failover restored service. If you have addressed the underlying problem, or if you have decided to attempt to mount the database despite this error, the mount operation may be attempted by using the '-Force' parameter of the Mount-Database cmdlet..Thanks.
Sam