MS recommend at least 110% of the database size as free space before
attempting to defrag a database with eseutil.

If I have let myself get into a situation where there is insufficient free
space, is it possible to dismount the store, copy the files across to a
drive with spare space, perform a defrag, then copy back and re-mount?

Regards

Re: Defrag Exchange database by Anna

Anna
Wed Nov 22 18:30:40 CST 2006

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Re: Defrag Exchange database by Michael

Michael
Thu Nov 23 04:53:27 CST 2006

In despiration once, I did a defrag to a network drive. I had to tweak
the command line tool a bit and made sure I had good backups. I also
made sure both servers had plenty of backup UPS time. It was slow but
worked.

remove this wrote:

> Hi Neil:
>
>
> Any Help Here?
>
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255035
> XADM: How to Recover Hard Disk Space from Exchange Server Databases
> View products that this article applies to.
> Article ID : 255035
> Last Review : October 27, 2006
>
>
>
> Regards:
>
>
>

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Systems Engineer
Visit http://www.mickyj.com

Re: Defrag Exchange database by Neil

Neil
Thu Nov 23 05:06:20 CST 2006

Hi Anna,

Yes, the procedure outlined in 'Offline Defragmentation on Another Computer'
was what I was looking at.

However the procedure for copying the mailbox database was vague (i.e. it
just said 'copy database files') so I was just looking for confirmation the
dismount, copy, copy back and re-mount procedure was safe.


Regards


"Anna Clark" <anna.clark(remove this)@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:e9IZlXpDHHA.3444@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
Hi Neil:

Any Help Here?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/255035
XADM: How to Recover Hard Disk Space from Exchange Server Databases
View products that this article applies to.
Article ID:255035
Last Review:October 27, 2006


Regards:

--
Anna Clark

Please do reply/post the conclusion or solution
to your issue so that others may benefit.


"Neil" <reply to group> wrote in message
news:%23d1t4qlDHHA.348@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> MS recommend at least 110% of the database size as free space before
> attempting to defrag a database with eseutil.
>
> If I have let myself get into a situation where there is insufficient free
> space, is it possible to dismount the store, copy the files across to a
> drive with spare space, perform a defrag, then copy back and re-mount?
>
> Regards
>
>