XFOR: Imcsave Utility (195804)

SUMMARY

The Internet Mail Connector (IMC) Configuration Extractor (Imcsave.exe) is a command-line tool that extracts IMC messages and configurations from the Microsoft Exchange Server information store and directory. These messages and configurations can then be restored on another computer.

This tool allows Microsoft Product Support Services to collect information for troubleshooting, and to set up a matching configuration to reproduce problems. Use the IMC Configuration Extractor only with the assistance of Microsoft Product Support Services.

A copy of the Imcsave utility can be found only on the BackOffice Resource Kit 1.0 Part 1 or Part 2 CD.

Starting with the release of Exchange Server 5.0 the Imcsave utility is available with the product. It can be found on Exchange Server 5.x CDs.

MORE INFORMATION

The IMC Configuration Extractor does not require special installation and can be run from your directory.

The IMC Configuration Extractor performs the following operations for collecting data and extracting IMC messages:

Looks in the registry to find the location of the Imcdata directory, then creates a directory called Backup under the Imcdata directory. If the directory already exists, the process quits.
Copies all IMC service registry values to a file called Imcsvc.reg.
Copies all IMC profile registry values to a file called Imcpro.reg.
Uses DAPI to export the gateway object to a file called Imcobj.csv.
Logs on to the service in the same manner as the Internet Mail Connector does.
Immediately sets a flag in the information store, which prevents more mail from being routed through the Internet Mail Connector.
Creates a directory called Imcdata\Backup\Mtsout, and copies all messages from MTS-OUT into it using the transport-neutral encapsulation format (TNEF).
Creates a directory called Imcdata\Backup\Mtsin, and copies all messages from MTS-IN into it.

Generates a packing list of all generated files called Imcfls, using the format of an .ini file to encode the information.

   USAGE: IMCSAVE [-output SaveDir] [-save Item [Item]...] [-delete]

    -output SaveDir       Save all output under the specified directory
                          (SaveDir) in a subdirectory named Backup.
                          If not specified, output will be stored under the
                          IMC root directory in a subdirectory named
                          Backup.

    -save Item [Item]...  Save the specified output Items.

    Items include:

        Reg[istry]                - IMC Registry data
        Dir[ectory]               - IMC Directory Service data
        MTSI[n]                   - MTS-IN message queue
        MTSO[ut]                  - MTS-OUT message queue
        Bad                       - Bad message queue
        Con[tentConversionFailed] - ContentConversionFailed message queue
        Work                      - Work message queue

                          If -save is not specified, all Items are saved.

    -delete               Delete messages in the queues.
                          A confirmation dialog is conducted, and messages
                          are only deleted if they are successfully saved
                          in TNEF files.

    -help                 Displays this screen.