Andy
Thu Oct 16 11:19:38 CDT 2003
I never knew about the offline defrag and online defrag. ill be having a go
at this tonight.
Thanks again
Andy C
"SuperGumby" <not@public.groups> wrote in message
news:e1TFT$#kDHA.2416@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> No, please search support.microsoft.com for 'exchange offline defrag'.
>
> Exchange, like most RDBMS systems, which it is, doesn't actually delete
> information from the files it uses (the store). It simply marks the area
> (pages) as 'free'. When a new page is required it uses the 'free' space to
> store information.
>
> SO fragmentation in Exchange server consists of two aspects, fragmentation
> of the 'store' or database and file level fragmentation. To defrag both
you
> first need to use 'eseutil' to defrag the RDBMS while it is offline and
also
> do a file level defrag while the files are not in use (ie.
> offline/dismounted).
>
> "Andy C" <andrew.cliffe@codeweavers.net> wrote in message
> news:%23XGL069kDHA.3732@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > the problem is down to filespace and it is down to a singular file
> > priv1.edb.
> > By defrag do you mean use the standard disk defrag tool in system tools.
> > Thanks again.
> > Andy C
> >
> > "David Copeland [MSFT]" <davidcop@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:ule6w$6kDHA.2488@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > Andy,
> > >
> > > Is it one file that is taking up the space (say the priv1.edb?) or are
> > there
> > > alot of .log files that are consuming the space. If it's alot of .log
> > files,
> > > then as mentioned in a previous post an online backup of Exchange
should
> > > clear a large portion of those files. If it's one of the
> > > priv1.edb/priv1.stm/pub1.edb/pub1.stm files, then you may want to do
an
> > > offline defrag of the Exchange database. Before doing an offline
defrag
> > you
> > > should make sure you have a backup of the databases first. Then you
> will
> > > need to dismount the database using Exchange System Manager (right
click
> > on
> > > the Mailbox Store and select Dismount Store). Example command line to
> run
> > > from a command prompt from the \program files\exchsrvr\bin directory
> > >
> > > eseutil /d ..\mdbdata\priv1.edb
> > >
> > > If the priv1.edb is in the default \program files\exchsrvr\mdbdata
> > directory
> > >
> > > Once the eseutil command completes you will need to go back into the
> > > Exchange System Manager and mount the database.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Hope that helps,
> > >
> > > David Copeland
> > > Microsoft Small Business Server Support
> > >
> > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > rights.
> > >
> > >
> > > "SuperGumby" <not@your.nellie> wrote in message
> > > news:OM4l5W6kDHA.2772@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > > Andy,
> > > >
> > > > please clarify. Your topic refers to memory usage but the
content
> > > > suggests filespace is the question.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Andy C" <andrew.cliffe@codeweavers.net> wrote in message
> > > > news:%23w9m5bvkDHA.2528@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > > > Hi I have SBS2K as my server with a vast amount of space for files
> > etc.
> > > I
> > > > > have a separate partition that is 10GB in size for exchange.
> Exchange
> > > has
> > > > > almost used this up and I have asked uses to remove e-mail that
are
> no
> > > > > longer needed. The total loss in the end was 2.36 GB made free.
but
> > > > exchange
> > > > > has not released this from the partition and still says it is in
use
> > and
> > > > > keeps growing. Do I have a misconception of exchange on how it
uses
> > > > physical
> > > > > memory? I feel very sure that the memory is supposed to be
released
> > back
> > > > as
> > > > > free memory but it has not.
> > > > > Any help or guidance would be much appreciated.
> > > > > Thanks in advance
> > > > >
> > > > > Andy C
> > > > >
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