Lanwench
Sat Nov 13 10:42:57 CST 2004
Robert wrote:
> Dude!!!
> Thanks for the info.... Went from 1.2GB on the C: drive to 4.5GB.
> Thanks again
Glad to hear it. In addition, I strongly recommend that you move your
database & log folders to another volume - ideally one with no other
function/use. See
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q257184 for help.
Also, for badmail, I usually redirect it elsewhere (d:\badmail) in the
virtual smtp server properties, and use a scheduled batch file to purge it
daily - cheap & cheerful method.
del <full path to badmail>\*.* /q
>
> "Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Well, if you are not using NTBackup to do "Exchange aware" backups,
>> then that's your biggest problem. The issue is not that Exchange is
>> a giga-byte hog, but that it builds these log files for recovery
>> purposes. The only way these logs files can, and should be deleted
>> is by doing a proper backup. Once backed up, NTBackup will
>> automatically purge the unneeded log files. But you don't want to
>> just delete those .log files.
>>
>> On just an average day, you may have several of these 5MB files.
>> Multiplied by how many days you've been running your server without
>> a proper backup, and yopu have a lot of disk space being eaten up
>> unneccessarily.
>>
>> After that, if you are still short on disk space, then follow the
>> documented steps for moving your Exchange database to the D: drive.
>> Most of us install and setup SBS servers with 3 partitions, one for
>> OS only, one for Exchange and or other databases, and a third for
>> custom company data files.
>>
>> You definitely don;t want to update to SBS2003 until you take care
>> of your disk space problem.
>>
>> --
>> Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
>> "The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"
>>
>>
>> "Robert" <Robert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:D1B04CC6-8FF8-4F61-B9C8-4209619FC060@microsoft.com...
>>> Kevin:
>>>
>>> First of all thank you in advance for the information.
>>>
>>> 1. We have a 12GB on the C: Drive of which 1.23GB remains. We also
>>> have a 26GB D: drive of which 16.5GB remains. Our largest folder
>>> size is the Exchange server folder in Program Files. We are
>>> planning to upgrade to SBS 2003 and I think we will need at least
>>> 2GB of free space. Plus Exchange should not be such a "Giga-Byte
>>> Hogg".
>>>
>>> 2. No we are not doing Exchange Aware backups. I just back up our
>>> data files
>>> on the D: drive (not related to Exchange). Can I do an Exchange
>>> Aware backup
>>> using the backup program that came w/ SBS 2K? And does this purge
>>> old data from log files?
>>>
>>> 3. I have a script that I found on this site that I may try to run
>>> to remove
>>> the "Bad Data" Folder.
>>>
>>> 4. I recently installed the Trend Micro Client/ Server /Messaging
>>> Suite and
>>> enabled eMail Virus scanning. I turn on the spam filter an saw that
>>> an ex-employee is still recieving eMail. That ex-employee does not
>>> have an Exchange account on the server. However, the Exchange
>>> server is still de-quing the mail from the ISP, it would appear
>>> from the spam log. Should'nt
>>> Exchange send a message back to the sender and delete the eMail if
>>> a user account does not exist?
>>>
>>> "Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]" wrote:
>>>
>>>> First, how big is your C: drive, and how much space is left?
>>>>
>>>> Second, are you doing Exchange aware backups? You would know if
>>>> you're not
>>>> if you have a ton of 5mb .log files in the Exchsrvr/mdbdata folder.
>>>>
>>>> Third, yes you can get rid of the files inside the bad mail folder.
>>>> However,
>>>> depending on how long it's been collecting you may have thousands
>>>> of files
>>>> in there. If so, it is recommended rather than simply deleting the
>>>> files inside the folder, that you rename the folder, create a new
>>>> bad mail folder,
>>>> and then delete then renamed old folder.
>>>>
>>>> Here's a link with more information:
>>>>
http://msmvps.com/kwsupport/archive/2004/04/01/4555.aspx
>>>>
>>>> Finally,as to deleting old stuff, yes you can set up processes to
>>>> do that,
>>>> but even if you delete mail, by default it is retained in Exchange
>>>> for 30 days. But with only 5 users, why can't you just go into
>>>> Outlook for each and
>>>> delete anything older than 60 days manually.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
>>>> "The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Robert" <Robert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:0F19F954-0D38-48DD-97E7-F093F5974A83@microsoft.com...
>>>>> We run SBS 2K w/ Exchange server, we host our own mail. We
>>>>> initially installed on drive C: and it is filling up quiclky. We
>>>>> only have the server
>>>>> and five client emails. How can we reduce the size of the
>>>>> Exchange data base?
>>>>> I have set up the accounts to archive all emails over two months.
>>>>> My bad
>>>>> email folder is rather large too? Is there a cleanup utility to
>>>>> purge all
>>>>> email over two months old from the Exchange Data Base?
>>>>> --
>>>>> Robert J H