Group, Thank you for the great responses to stop the exchange server. What I would like to do is: Create a Batch file that will stop the services and then use eseutil to defrag the database and check the integrity of the data. When the test was complete, have the results stored in a text file on the network so I can look at them later. Once the data tests are complete, I will need the services to restart. Anyone try this yet? If yes or no, does anyone know what the command line would look like. Thank you, Scott Van Singel