Hello,

SBS2K. Okay, I'm flipping out here. This morning, the C drive on my server
had 8GB of space free. Now, its full and none of my users can save anything
to the server. No one moved anything of substantial size to the drive. Where
should I look? I have absolutely no idea what happened. Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance,

Chris

Re: Drive Filled Up...In One Day! by David

David
Thu Jun 17 15:48:40 CDT 2004

Badmail directory? Are you getting spammed? Relaying?

Anything in the Exchange queues or Event logs?

David



"Chris Guimbellot" <cguimbellot@FORGETSPAM.hifranchise.com> wrote in message
news:eJdt4hKVEHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
>
> SBS2K. Okay, I'm flipping out here. This morning, the C drive on my server
> had 8GB of space free. Now, its full and none of my users can save
anything
> to the server. No one moved anything of substantial size to the drive.
Where
> should I look? I have absolutely no idea what happened. Can anyone help?
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Chris
>
>
>



Re: Drive Filled Up...In One Day! by Dave

Dave
Thu Jun 17 16:10:58 CDT 2004

If it's not that, I'd look for clues by searching for files created in the
last 24 hours. After that, files modified in the last 24 hours, but
there'll be a ton of those to wade through.


"David Elders" <david_elders@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e3Kd4xKVEHA.2564@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Badmail directory? Are you getting spammed? Relaying?
>
> Anything in the Exchange queues or Event logs?
>
> David
>
>
>
> "Chris Guimbellot" <cguimbellot@FORGETSPAM.hifranchise.com> wrote in
> message
> news:eJdt4hKVEHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Hello,
>>
>> SBS2K. Okay, I'm flipping out here. This morning, the C drive on my
>> server
>> had 8GB of space free. Now, its full and none of my users can save
> anything
>> to the server. No one moved anything of substantial size to the drive.
> Where
>> should I look? I have absolutely no idea what happened. Can anyone help?
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>>
>
>



Re: Drive Filled Up...In One Day! by Chris

Chris
Thu Jun 17 16:17:44 CDT 2004

David,

Thanks for the help. I can really use it right now.

Badmail directory? No...empty

Queue? No...empty

For these, I assume you mean the folders in the Mailroot > vsi 1 folder
right? Also, I run a badmail cleanup script every week, so there is never
more than 200 or so items in there.

Also, on the General tab of the server properties window, the only thing I
have checked there is "Remove log files" and 7 in the days box.

Event logs? I have the following logging set up in Exchange:

IMAP4Svc > Authentication: Maximum
MSExchangeTransport > SMTP Protocol: Maximum
POP3SVC > Authentication: Minimum

I am getting the following errors:

ERROR 1
Date: 6/17/2004
Time: 4:37:02 PM
Type: Information
Source: MSExchangeSA
Category: Monitoring
EventID: 9095
Description:
"The MAD Monitoring thread is initializing. For more information, click
http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp."

----------------------------

ERROR 2

Date: 6/17/2004
Time: 4:21:40 PM
Source: ESE Error General
EventID: 482
Description:
"Information Store (4196) An attempt to write to the file ""C:\Program
Files\Exchsrvr\mdbdata\E00tmp.log"" at offset 3145728 (0x0000000000300000)
for 1048576 (0x00100000) bytes failed with system error 112 (0x00000070):
""There is not enough space on the disk. "". The write operation will fail
with error -1808 (0xfffff8f0). If this error persists then the file may be
damaged and may need to be restored from a previous backup. For more
information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp."

----------------------------

ERROR 3
Date: 6/17/2004
Time: 3:54:55 PM
Type: Warning
Source: MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store
Category: MTA Connections
EventID: 2000
Description:
"Verify that the Microsoft Exchange MTA service has started. Consecutive
ma-open calls are failing with error 3051. For more information, click
http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp."

----------------------------

ERROR 4
Date: 6/17/2004
Time: 3:47:18 PM
Type: Information
Source: MSExchangeMTA
Category: X.400 Service
EventID: 9299
Description:
"Service closedown complete, version 6.0 (build 6556.0). [BASE IL MAIN BASE
23 490] (16) For more information, click
http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp."


----------------------------

ERROR 5
Date: 6/17/2004
Time: 3:47:18 PM
Type: Error
Source: MSExchangeMTA
Category: Field Engineering
EventID: 9299
Description:
"The MTA is terminating because the disk where MTADATA is located has less
than 10MB of space, or an error occurred while trying to check for free
space on the disk. If disk space is low, free up some disk space and
restart the MTA. Windows 2000 Error code returned: 0 (non-zero indicates an
error while checking for free space) [BASE IL TIMER 3] (16) For more
information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp."

Thanks David,

Chris

"David Elders" <david_elders@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e3Kd4xKVEHA.2564@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Badmail directory? Are you getting spammed? Relaying?
>
> Anything in the Exchange queues or Event logs?
>
> David
>
>
>
> "Chris Guimbellot" <cguimbellot@FORGETSPAM.hifranchise.com> wrote in
message
> news:eJdt4hKVEHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Hello,
> >
> > SBS2K. Okay, I'm flipping out here. This morning, the C drive on my
server
> > had 8GB of space free. Now, its full and none of my users can save
> anything
> > to the server. No one moved anything of substantial size to the drive.
> Where
> > should I look? I have absolutely no idea what happened. Can anyone help?
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
>
>



Re: Drive Filled Up...In One Day! by Lanwench

Lanwench
Thu Jun 17 17:29:57 CDT 2004

Where are your Exchange databases & logs located? Move them to another
partition ASAP - those should not be stored in the system volume. Ideally,
they should be on a partition/volume with nothing else on it just in case
you start running low on space.
Are you doing full online backups of Exchange nightly, which should purge
committed transaction logs?
If no, and you can't find the culprit, check out Jam Software's "TreeSize
Pro" (google it) which will give you the disk/folder interface Explorer
*ought* to have.....

Chris Guimbellot wrote:
> Hello,
>
> SBS2K. Okay, I'm flipping out here. This morning, the C drive on my
> server had 8GB of space free. Now, its full and none of my users can
> save anything to the server. No one moved anything of substantial
> size to the drive. Where should I look? I have absolutely no idea
> what happened. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance,
>
> Chris




Re: Drive Filled Up...In One Day! by Lanwench

Lanwench
Thu Jun 17 17:31:22 CDT 2004

As per my reply (before I read this) you must immediately move your stores &
logs off your C drive. Also need to run full online nightly backups of
Exchange to purge committed logs. Can you even mount the stores at all now?

See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q257184 for help
moving these items.

Chris Guimbellot wrote:
> David,
>
> Thanks for the help. I can really use it right now.
>
> Badmail directory? No...empty
>
> Queue? No...empty
>
> For these, I assume you mean the folders in the Mailroot > vsi 1
> folder right? Also, I run a badmail cleanup script every week, so
> there is never more than 200 or so items in there.
>
> Also, on the General tab of the server properties window, the only
> thing I have checked there is "Remove log files" and 7 in the days
> box.
>
> Event logs? I have the following logging set up in Exchange:
>
> IMAP4Svc > Authentication: Maximum
> MSExchangeTransport > SMTP Protocol: Maximum
> POP3SVC > Authentication: Minimum
>
> I am getting the following errors:
>
> ERROR 1
> Date: 6/17/2004
> Time: 4:37:02 PM
> Type: Information
> Source: MSExchangeSA
> Category: Monitoring
> EventID: 9095
> Description:
> "The MAD Monitoring thread is initializing. For more information,
> click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp."
>
> ----------------------------
>
> ERROR 2
>
> Date: 6/17/2004
> Time: 4:21:40 PM
> Source: ESE Error General
> EventID: 482
> Description:
> "Information Store (4196) An attempt to write to the file ""C:\Program
> Files\Exchsrvr\mdbdata\E00tmp.log"" at offset 3145728
> (0x0000000000300000) for 1048576 (0x00100000) bytes failed with
> system error 112 (0x00000070): ""There is not enough space on the
> disk. "". The write operation will fail with error -1808
> (0xfffff8f0). If this error persists then the file may be damaged
> and may need to be restored from a previous backup. For more
> information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp."
>
> ----------------------------
>
> ERROR 3
> Date: 6/17/2004
> Time: 3:54:55 PM
> Type: Warning
> Source: MSExchangeIS Mailbox Store
> Category: MTA Connections
> EventID: 2000
> Description:
> "Verify that the Microsoft Exchange MTA service has started.
> Consecutive ma-open calls are failing with error 3051. For more
> information, click http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp."
>
> ----------------------------
>
> ERROR 4
> Date: 6/17/2004
> Time: 3:47:18 PM
> Type: Information
> Source: MSExchangeMTA
> Category: X.400 Service
> EventID: 9299
> Description:
> "Service closedown complete, version 6.0 (build 6556.0). [BASE IL
> MAIN BASE 23 490] (16) For more information, click
> http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp."
>
>
> ----------------------------
>
> ERROR 5
> Date: 6/17/2004
> Time: 3:47:18 PM
> Type: Error
> Source: MSExchangeMTA
> Category: Field Engineering
> EventID: 9299
> Description:
> "The MTA is terminating because the disk where MTADATA is located has
> less than 10MB of space, or an error occurred while trying to check
> for free space on the disk. If disk space is low, free up some disk
> space and restart the MTA. Windows 2000 Error code returned: 0
> (non-zero indicates an error while checking for free space) [BASE IL
> TIMER 3] (16) For more information, click
> http://www.microsoft.com/contentredirect.asp."
>
> Thanks David,
>
> Chris
>
> "David Elders" <david_elders@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e3Kd4xKVEHA.2564@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Badmail directory? Are you getting spammed? Relaying?
>>
>> Anything in the Exchange queues or Event logs?
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>>
>> "Chris Guimbellot" <cguimbellot@FORGETSPAM.hifranchise.com> wrote in
>> message news:eJdt4hKVEHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> SBS2K. Okay, I'm flipping out here. This morning, the C drive on my
>>> server had 8GB of space free. Now, its full and none of my users
>>> can save anything to the server. No one moved anything of
>>> substantial size to the drive. Where should I look? I have
>>> absolutely no idea what happened. Can anyone help? Thanks in
>>> advance,
>>>
>>> Chris



Re: Drive Filled Up...In One Day! by Chris

Chris
Thu Jun 17 18:44:08 CDT 2004

Thanks for the help. I think I have found the problem. It seems that there
is a log file (not Exchange related) that is from the accounting system. It
grew to 10GB! Don't ask me how. I am trying to restore an older copy of it
from the tape backup.

FWIW: I back up Exchange every night. That said, the problems you mentioned
shouldn't result. Right?

Thanks,

Chris

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ub0xlqLVEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Where are your Exchange databases & logs located? Move them to another
> partition ASAP - those should not be stored in the system volume. Ideally,
> they should be on a partition/volume with nothing else on it just in case
> you start running low on space.
> Are you doing full online backups of Exchange nightly, which should purge
> committed transaction logs?
> If no, and you can't find the culprit, check out Jam Software's "TreeSize
> Pro" (google it) which will give you the disk/folder interface Explorer
> *ought* to have.....
>
> Chris Guimbellot wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > SBS2K. Okay, I'm flipping out here. This morning, the C drive on my
> > server had 8GB of space free. Now, its full and none of my users can
> > save anything to the server. No one moved anything of substantial
> > size to the drive. Where should I look? I have absolutely no idea
> > what happened. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Chris
>
>
>



Re: Drive Filled Up...In One Day! by Chris

Chris
Thu Jun 17 18:45:26 CDT 2004

Dave,

Thanks for the help. I think you helped me solve my problem. There is a log
file in my accounting software that has grown to 10GB. The file should be a
lot smaller, so I am trying to restore it at the moment. Ill let the group
know how it turns out. Thanks again,

Chris

"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@NOSPAM.frontiernet.net> wrote in message
news:ebefX%23KVEHA.2520@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> If it's not that, I'd look for clues by searching for files created in the
> last 24 hours. After that, files modified in the last 24 hours, but
> there'll be a ton of those to wade through.
>
>
> "David Elders" <david_elders@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e3Kd4xKVEHA.2564@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Badmail directory? Are you getting spammed? Relaying?
> >
> > Anything in the Exchange queues or Event logs?
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >
> > "Chris Guimbellot" <cguimbellot@FORGETSPAM.hifranchise.com> wrote in
> > message
> > news:eJdt4hKVEHA.1012@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> SBS2K. Okay, I'm flipping out here. This morning, the C drive on my
> >> server
> >> had 8GB of space free. Now, its full and none of my users can save
> > anything
> >> to the server. No one moved anything of substantial size to the drive.
> > Where
> >> should I look? I have absolutely no idea what happened. Can anyone
help?
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >>
> >> Chris
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>



Re: Drive Filled Up...In One Day! by Lanwench

Lanwench
Thu Jun 17 19:42:07 CDT 2004

Chris Guimbellot wrote:
> Thanks for the help. I think I have found the problem. It seems that
> there is a log file (not Exchange related) that is from the
> accounting system. It grew to 10GB! Don't ask me how. I am trying to
> restore an older copy of it from the tape backup.

Glad you found it!
>
> FWIW: I back up Exchange every night. That said, the problems you
> mentioned shouldn't result. Right?

Are you doing full online backups of your stores, and is it purging your
committed transaction logs? You still need to move them from C to another
volume, really. Also remember you need to check your backup logs - and use
the verify option to make sure you're getting good backups. Bad backups are
of no use!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:ub0xlqLVEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Where are your Exchange databases & logs located? Move them to
>> another partition ASAP - those should not be stored in the system
>> volume. Ideally, they should be on a partition/volume with nothing
>> else on it just in case you start running low on space.
>> Are you doing full online backups of Exchange nightly, which should
>> purge committed transaction logs?
>> If no, and you can't find the culprit, check out Jam Software's
>> "TreeSize Pro" (google it) which will give you the disk/folder
>> interface Explorer *ought* to have.....
>>
>> Chris Guimbellot wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> SBS2K. Okay, I'm flipping out here. This morning, the C drive on my
>>> server had 8GB of space free. Now, its full and none of my users can
>>> save anything to the server. No one moved anything of substantial
>>> size to the drive. Where should I look? I have absolutely no idea
>>> what happened. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> Chris



Re: Drive Filled Up...In One Day! by Chris

Chris
Fri Jun 18 06:29:00 CDT 2004

Thanks for the help:

> Are you doing full online backups of your stores, and is it purging your
> committed transaction logs? You still need to move them from C to another
> volume, really. Also remember you need to check your backup logs - and use
> the verify option to make sure you're getting good backups. Bad backups
are
> of no use!

One question here: how would I know if I were doing full online backups of
the stores and purging the transaction logs? I use NTBackup to perform a
full backup every night, with the following line in the backup file:

JET HI-SERVER\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage Group\

Is this what you are talking about?

And, yes, I do verify after backing up.

Thanks again,

Chris

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:e7jRn$NVEHA.644@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Chris Guimbellot wrote:
> > Thanks for the help. I think I have found the problem. It seems that
> > there is a log file (not Exchange related) that is from the
> > accounting system. It grew to 10GB! Don't ask me how. I am trying to
> > restore an older copy of it from the tape backup.
>
> Glad you found it!
> >
> > FWIW: I back up Exchange every night. That said, the problems you
> > mentioned shouldn't result. Right?
>
> Are you doing full online backups of your stores, and is it purging your
> committed transaction logs? You still need to move them from C to another
> volume, really. Also remember you need to check your backup logs - and use
> the verify option to make sure you're getting good backups. Bad backups
are
> of no use!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> > <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
> > message news:ub0xlqLVEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> Where are your Exchange databases & logs located? Move them to
> >> another partition ASAP - those should not be stored in the system
> >> volume. Ideally, they should be on a partition/volume with nothing
> >> else on it just in case you start running low on space.
> >> Are you doing full online backups of Exchange nightly, which should
> >> purge committed transaction logs?
> >> If no, and you can't find the culprit, check out Jam Software's
> >> "TreeSize Pro" (google it) which will give you the disk/folder
> >> interface Explorer *ought* to have.....
> >>
> >> Chris Guimbellot wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> SBS2K. Okay, I'm flipping out here. This morning, the C drive on my
> >>> server had 8GB of space free. Now, its full and none of my users can
> >>> save anything to the server. No one moved anything of substantial
> >>> size to the drive. Where should I look? I have absolutely no idea
> >>> what happened. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance,
> >>>
> >>> Chris
>
>



Re: Drive Filled Up...In One Day! by Chris

Chris
Fri Jun 18 06:50:58 CDT 2004

Oh, I forgot to mention something. Your point about placing the Exchange
database on a separate drive is well noted. After all of this, its looking
like I am going to need more storage on the server anyway. I am probably
going to look at an external RAID5 device, but I'm not sure yet. After I do
a little research, Ill probably have a few questions and post them back
here. Thanks again,

Chris

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:e7jRn$NVEHA.644@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Chris Guimbellot wrote:
> > Thanks for the help. I think I have found the problem. It seems that
> > there is a log file (not Exchange related) that is from the
> > accounting system. It grew to 10GB! Don't ask me how. I am trying to
> > restore an older copy of it from the tape backup.
>
> Glad you found it!
> >
> > FWIW: I back up Exchange every night. That said, the problems you
> > mentioned shouldn't result. Right?
>
> Are you doing full online backups of your stores, and is it purging your
> committed transaction logs? You still need to move them from C to another
> volume, really. Also remember you need to check your backup logs - and use
> the verify option to make sure you're getting good backups. Bad backups
are
> of no use!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> > <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
> > message news:ub0xlqLVEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> Where are your Exchange databases & logs located? Move them to
> >> another partition ASAP - those should not be stored in the system
> >> volume. Ideally, they should be on a partition/volume with nothing
> >> else on it just in case you start running low on space.
> >> Are you doing full online backups of Exchange nightly, which should
> >> purge committed transaction logs?
> >> If no, and you can't find the culprit, check out Jam Software's
> >> "TreeSize Pro" (google it) which will give you the disk/folder
> >> interface Explorer *ought* to have.....
> >>
> >> Chris Guimbellot wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> SBS2K. Okay, I'm flipping out here. This morning, the C drive on my
> >>> server had 8GB of space free. Now, its full and none of my users can
> >>> save anything to the server. No one moved anything of substantial
> >>> size to the drive. Where should I look? I have absolutely no idea
> >>> what happened. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance,
> >>>
> >>> Chris
>
>



Re: Drive Filled Up...In One Day! by Lanwench

Lanwench
Fri Jun 18 08:07:00 CDT 2004

Chris Guimbellot wrote:
> Thanks for the help:
>
>> Are you doing full online backups of your stores, and is it purging
>> your committed transaction logs? You still need to move them from C
>> to another volume, really. Also remember you need to check your
>> backup logs - and use the verify option to make sure you're getting
>> good backups. Bad backups are of no use!
>
> One question here: how would I know if I were doing full online
> backups of the stores and purging the transaction logs? I use
> NTBackup to perform a full backup every night, with the following
> line in the backup file:
>
> JET HI-SERVER\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage Group\
>
> Is this what you are talking about?

Yes....is it purging your committed logs?
>
> And, yes, I do verify after backing up.

Cool - and review the backup logs, too :-)
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Chris
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:e7jRn$NVEHA.644@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Chris Guimbellot wrote:
>>> Thanks for the help. I think I have found the problem. It seems that
>>> there is a log file (not Exchange related) that is from the
>>> accounting system. It grew to 10GB! Don't ask me how. I am trying to
>>> restore an older copy of it from the tape backup.
>>
>> Glad you found it!
>>>
>>> FWIW: I back up Exchange every night. That said, the problems you
>>> mentioned shouldn't result. Right?
>>
>> Are you doing full online backups of your stores, and is it purging
>> your committed transaction logs? You still need to move them from C
>> to another volume, really. Also remember you need to check your
>> backup logs - and use the verify option to make sure you're getting
>> good backups. Bad backups are of no use!
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>>> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
>>> message news:ub0xlqLVEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>> Where are your Exchange databases & logs located? Move them to
>>>> another partition ASAP - those should not be stored in the system
>>>> volume. Ideally, they should be on a partition/volume with nothing
>>>> else on it just in case you start running low on space.
>>>> Are you doing full online backups of Exchange nightly, which should
>>>> purge committed transaction logs?
>>>> If no, and you can't find the culprit, check out Jam Software's
>>>> "TreeSize Pro" (google it) which will give you the disk/folder
>>>> interface Explorer *ought* to have.....
>>>>
>>>> Chris Guimbellot wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> SBS2K. Okay, I'm flipping out here. This morning, the C drive on
>>>>> my server had 8GB of space free. Now, its full and none of my
>>>>> users can save anything to the server. No one moved anything of
>>>>> substantial size to the drive. Where should I look? I have
>>>>> absolutely no idea what happened. Can anyone help? Thanks in
>>>>> advance,
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris



Re: Drive Filled Up...In One Day! by Chris

Chris
Fri Jun 18 09:45:45 CDT 2004

So it seems I'm in the clear in terms of the Exchange issues. Cool. Thanks
again,

Chris

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:%23qbFEqTVEHA.2520@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Chris Guimbellot wrote:
> > Thanks for the help:
> >
> >> Are you doing full online backups of your stores, and is it purging
> >> your committed transaction logs? You still need to move them from C
> >> to another volume, really. Also remember you need to check your
> >> backup logs - and use the verify option to make sure you're getting
> >> good backups. Bad backups are of no use!
> >
> > One question here: how would I know if I were doing full online
> > backups of the stores and purging the transaction logs? I use
> > NTBackup to perform a full backup every night, with the following
> > line in the backup file:
> >
> > JET HI-SERVER\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage Group\
> >
> > Is this what you are talking about?
>
> Yes....is it purging your committed logs?
> >
> > And, yes, I do verify after backing up.
>
> Cool - and review the backup logs, too :-)
> >
> > Thanks again,
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> > <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
> > message news:e7jRn$NVEHA.644@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> Chris Guimbellot wrote:
> >>> Thanks for the help. I think I have found the problem. It seems that
> >>> there is a log file (not Exchange related) that is from the
> >>> accounting system. It grew to 10GB! Don't ask me how. I am trying to
> >>> restore an older copy of it from the tape backup.
> >>
> >> Glad you found it!
> >>>
> >>> FWIW: I back up Exchange every night. That said, the problems you
> >>> mentioned shouldn't result. Right?
> >>
> >> Are you doing full online backups of your stores, and is it purging
> >> your committed transaction logs? You still need to move them from C
> >> to another volume, really. Also remember you need to check your
> >> backup logs - and use the verify option to make sure you're getting
> >> good backups. Bad backups are of no use!
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Chris
> >>>
> >>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> >>> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
> >>> message news:ub0xlqLVEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >>>> Where are your Exchange databases & logs located? Move them to
> >>>> another partition ASAP - those should not be stored in the system
> >>>> volume. Ideally, they should be on a partition/volume with nothing
> >>>> else on it just in case you start running low on space.
> >>>> Are you doing full online backups of Exchange nightly, which should
> >>>> purge committed transaction logs?
> >>>> If no, and you can't find the culprit, check out Jam Software's
> >>>> "TreeSize Pro" (google it) which will give you the disk/folder
> >>>> interface Explorer *ought* to have.....
> >>>>
> >>>> Chris Guimbellot wrote:
> >>>>> Hello,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> SBS2K. Okay, I'm flipping out here. This morning, the C drive on
> >>>>> my server had 8GB of space free. Now, its full and none of my
> >>>>> users can save anything to the server. No one moved anything of
> >>>>> substantial size to the drive. Where should I look? I have
> >>>>> absolutely no idea what happened. Can anyone help? Thanks in
> >>>>> advance,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Chris
>
>



Re: Drive Filled Up...In One Day! by Lanwench

Lanwench
Sat Jun 19 11:44:37 CDT 2004

Chris Guimbellot wrote:
> So it seems I'm in the clear in terms of the Exchange issues. Cool.
> Thanks again,

No worries - hope all's well. :-)
>
> Chris
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:%23qbFEqTVEHA.2520@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Chris Guimbellot wrote:
>>> Thanks for the help:
>>>
>>>> Are you doing full online backups of your stores, and is it purging
>>>> your committed transaction logs? You still need to move them from C
>>>> to another volume, really. Also remember you need to check your
>>>> backup logs - and use the verify option to make sure you're getting
>>>> good backups. Bad backups are of no use!
>>>
>>> One question here: how would I know if I were doing full online
>>> backups of the stores and purging the transaction logs? I use
>>> NTBackup to perform a full backup every night, with the following
>>> line in the backup file:
>>>
>>> JET HI-SERVER\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage Group\
>>>
>>> Is this what you are talking about?
>>
>> Yes....is it purging your committed logs?
>>>
>>> And, yes, I do verify after backing up.
>>
>> Cool - and review the backup logs, too :-)
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>>> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
>>> message news:e7jRn$NVEHA.644@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>> Chris Guimbellot wrote:
>>>>> Thanks for the help. I think I have found the problem. It seems
>>>>> that there is a log file (not Exchange related) that is from the
>>>>> accounting system. It grew to 10GB! Don't ask me how. I am trying
>>>>> to restore an older copy of it from the tape backup.
>>>>
>>>> Glad you found it!
>>>>>
>>>>> FWIW: I back up Exchange every night. That said, the problems you
>>>>> mentioned shouldn't result. Right?
>>>>
>>>> Are you doing full online backups of your stores, and is it purging
>>>> your committed transaction logs? You still need to move them from C
>>>> to another volume, really. Also remember you need to check your
>>>> backup logs - and use the verify option to make sure you're getting
>>>> good backups. Bad backups are of no use!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
>>>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>>>>> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote
>>>>> in message news:ub0xlqLVEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Where are your Exchange databases & logs located? Move them to
>>>>>> another partition ASAP - those should not be stored in the system
>>>>>> volume. Ideally, they should be on a partition/volume with
>>>>>> nothing else on it just in case you start running low on space.
>>>>>> Are you doing full online backups of Exchange nightly, which
>>>>>> should purge committed transaction logs?
>>>>>> If no, and you can't find the culprit, check out Jam Software's
>>>>>> "TreeSize Pro" (google it) which will give you the disk/folder
>>>>>> interface Explorer *ought* to have.....
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chris Guimbellot wrote:
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> SBS2K. Okay, I'm flipping out here. This morning, the C drive on
>>>>>>> my server had 8GB of space free. Now, its full and none of my
>>>>>>> users can save anything to the server. No one moved anything of
>>>>>>> substantial size to the drive. Where should I look? I have
>>>>>>> absolutely no idea what happened. Can anyone help? Thanks in
>>>>>>> advance,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chris



Re: Drive Filled Up...In One Day! by Chris

Chris
Sat Jun 19 11:50:33 CDT 2004

Cool. Thanks. I have already told my boss that its time to look for more
storage. I am thinking an external RAID device. What do you think?

Chris

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:u0lH4yhVEHA.212@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Chris Guimbellot wrote:
> > So it seems I'm in the clear in terms of the Exchange issues. Cool.
> > Thanks again,
>
> No worries - hope all's well. :-)
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> > <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
> > message news:%23qbFEqTVEHA.2520@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> Chris Guimbellot wrote:
> >>> Thanks for the help:
> >>>
> >>>> Are you doing full online backups of your stores, and is it purging
> >>>> your committed transaction logs? You still need to move them from C
> >>>> to another volume, really. Also remember you need to check your
> >>>> backup logs - and use the verify option to make sure you're getting
> >>>> good backups. Bad backups are of no use!
> >>>
> >>> One question here: how would I know if I were doing full online
> >>> backups of the stores and purging the transaction logs? I use
> >>> NTBackup to perform a full backup every night, with the following
> >>> line in the backup file:
> >>>
> >>> JET HI-SERVER\Microsoft Information Store\First Storage Group\
> >>>
> >>> Is this what you are talking about?
> >>
> >> Yes....is it purging your committed logs?
> >>>
> >>> And, yes, I do verify after backing up.
> >>
> >> Cool - and review the backup logs, too :-)
> >>>
> >>> Thanks again,
> >>>
> >>> Chris
> >>>
> >>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> >>> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
> >>> message news:e7jRn$NVEHA.644@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >>>> Chris Guimbellot wrote:
> >>>>> Thanks for the help. I think I have found the problem. It seems
> >>>>> that there is a log file (not Exchange related) that is from the
> >>>>> accounting system. It grew to 10GB! Don't ask me how. I am trying
> >>>>> to restore an older copy of it from the tape backup.
> >>>>
> >>>> Glad you found it!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> FWIW: I back up Exchange every night. That said, the problems you
> >>>>> mentioned shouldn't result. Right?
> >>>>
> >>>> Are you doing full online backups of your stores, and is it purging
> >>>> your committed transaction logs? You still need to move them from C
> >>>> to another volume, really. Also remember you need to check your
> >>>> backup logs - and use the verify option to make sure you're getting
> >>>> good backups. Bad backups are of no use!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Chris
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> >>>>> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote
> >>>>> in message news:ub0xlqLVEHA.1652@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >>>>>> Where are your Exchange databases & logs located? Move them to
> >>>>>> another partition ASAP - those should not be stored in the system
> >>>>>> volume. Ideally, they should be on a partition/volume with
> >>>>>> nothing else on it just in case you start running low on space.
> >>>>>> Are you doing full online backups of Exchange nightly, which
> >>>>>> should purge committed transaction logs?
> >>>>>> If no, and you can't find the culprit, check out Jam Software's
> >>>>>> "TreeSize Pro" (google it) which will give you the disk/folder
> >>>>>> interface Explorer *ought* to have.....
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Chris Guimbellot wrote:
> >>>>>>> Hello,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> SBS2K. Okay, I'm flipping out here. This morning, the C drive on
> >>>>>>> my server had 8GB of space free. Now, its full and none of my
> >>>>>>> users can save anything to the server. No one moved anything of
> >>>>>>> substantial size to the drive. Where should I look? I have
> >>>>>>> absolutely no idea what happened. Can anyone help? Thanks in
> >>>>>>> advance,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Chris
>
>