Help!! Exchange problem??

Hello

I was in the middle of creating the Officescan exclusion list (C/S/M
SMB - SBS 2000) when I find that it appears that someone moved part
of Exchange to the D: drive - there is a folder called

d:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\mbddat

NB NB the name is mbddata not mdbdata as it ought to be ... nothing is
obviuosly wrong with the email but what does this mean?! In this
folder there are following files

several E000 etc.log type files
priv1.edb
priv1.stm
pub1.edb
pub1.stm
res1.log
res2.log

There is a correctly named mdbdata folder on the c:\drive.

Appreciate some help on this!

Cheers

Geoff

Roger
Sat May 01 06:42:33 CDT 2004

It looks like someone moved the databases and log files. This is common is
you run out of room on a drive or are wrrried abut space on your C Drive as
sometimes you can get a excess of log files if a backup has been having
troubles. No worries. The name of the folder doesn't matter and if it is
working correctly you have no problems

Roger Crawford
HTS

"Geoff Cox" <geoff.cox@minusspam.freeuk.com> wrote in message
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> Hello
>
> I was in the middle of creating the Officescan exclusion list (C/S/M
> SMB - SBS 2000) when I find that it appears that someone moved part
> of Exchange to the D: drive - there is a folder called
>
> d:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\mbddat
>
> NB NB the name is mbddata not mdbdata as it ought to be ... nothing is
> obviuosly wrong with the email but what does this mean?! In this
> folder there are following files
>
> several E000 etc.log type files
> priv1.edb
> priv1.stm
> pub1.edb
> pub1.stm
> res1.log
> res2.log
>
> There is a correctly named mdbdata folder on the c:\drive.
>
> Appreciate some help on this!
>
> Cheers
>
> Geoff
>
>

Geoff
Sat May 01 14:35:12 CDT 2004

On Sat, 1 May 2004 06:42:33 -0500, "Roger Crawford"
<rcrawford@nospam.scci.com> wrote:

>It looks like someone moved the databases and log files. This is common is
>you run out of room on a drive or are wrrried abut space on your C Drive as
>sometimes you can get a excess of log files if a backup has been having
>troubles. No worries. The name of the folder doesn't matter and if it is
>working correctly you have no problems

Roger

Thanks for that! I wonder if you can explain the M: concept?

Cheers

Geoff

Roger
Sat May 01 15:07:37 CDT 2004

Well that is a good Question what the M Drive is the Exchange IFS Drive. It
was a thought that they did not continue with in Exchange 2003. But I can'
really tell you what it's purpose in life was but I do know if it dsappears
it can be fun....NOT I would Google and read more on it if you really want
to know it's purpose.

What you don't do with that drive is Back it up or Anti Virus Scan it. Make
sure in your backups you are not including this Drive and that the drive is
excluded from the Real Time and Scanning of whatever Anti Virus protection
you are running.

Roger Crawford
HTS

"Geoff Cox" <geoff.cox@minusspam.freeuk.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 1 May 2004 06:42:33 -0500, "Roger Crawford"
> <rcrawford@nospam.scci.com> wrote:
>
> >It looks like someone moved the databases and log files. This is common
is
> >you run out of room on a drive or are wrrried abut space on your C Drive
as
> >sometimes you can get a excess of log files if a backup has been having
> >troubles. No worries. The name of the folder doesn't matter and if it is
> >working correctly you have no problems
>
> Roger
>
> Thanks for that! I wonder if you can explain the M: concept?
>
> Cheers
>
> Geoff
>
>
>
>
>

Roger
Sat May 01 15:09:30 CDT 2004

In Exchange 2000, the Exchange Installable File System (IFS) allows users
file-level access to content that is stored in the Exchange 2000 databases.
By default, Exchange 2000 assigns the drive letter M for IFS and creates an
initial subdirectory (in the form of a domain name).



"Geoff Cox" <geoff.cox@minusspam.freeuk.com> wrote in message
news:itu79053i7m24e4qg5n221of9m2ij9sh5i@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 1 May 2004 06:42:33 -0500, "Roger Crawford"
> <rcrawford@nospam.scci.com> wrote:
>
> >It looks like someone moved the databases and log files. This is common
is
> >you run out of room on a drive or are wrrried abut space on your C Drive
as
> >sometimes you can get a excess of log files if a backup has been having
> >troubles. No worries. The name of the folder doesn't matter and if it is
> >working correctly you have no problems
>
> Roger
>
> Thanks for that! I wonder if you can explain the M: concept?
>
> Cheers
>
> Geoff
>
>
>
>
>

Dave
Sat May 01 17:14:42 CDT 2004

"Roger Crawford" <rcrawford@nospam.scci.com> wrote in message
news:%23w06oi7LEHA.556@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> In Exchange 2000, the Exchange Installable File System (IFS) allows users
> file-level access to content that is stored in the Exchange 2000
databases.
> By default, Exchange 2000 assigns the drive letter M for IFS and creates
an
> initial subdirectory (in the form of a domain name).
>
>
>
> "Geoff Cox" <geoff.cox@minusspam.freeuk.com> wrote in message
> news:itu79053i7m24e4qg5n221of9m2ij9sh5i@4ax.com...
> > On Sat, 1 May 2004 06:42:33 -0500, "Roger Crawford"
> > <rcrawford@nospam.scci.com> wrote:
> >
> > >It looks like someone moved the databases and log files. This is common
> is
> > >you run out of room on a drive or are wrrried abut space on your C
Drive
> as
> > >sometimes you can get a excess of log files if a backup has been having
> > >troubles. No worries. The name of the folder doesn't matter and if it
is
> > >working correctly you have no problems
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > Thanks for that! I wonder if you can explain the M: concept?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Geoff
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

It is also used by OWA, at least on the 2000 platform. Check out the Home
Directory location of the Exchange and Public virtual directories in
Internet Services Manager...
DS

Geoff
Sun May 02 04:26:21 CDT 2004

On Sat, 1 May 2004 15:09:30 -0500, "Roger Crawford"
<rcrawford@nospam.scci.com> wrote:

>In Exchange 2000, the Exchange Installable File System (IFS) allows users
>file-level access to content that is stored in the Exchange 2000 databases.
>By default, Exchange 2000 assigns the drive letter M for IFS and creates an
>initial subdirectory (in the form of a domain name).

Roger,

Thanks for the info. By the way I looked at the data base paths under
MS Exchange System Manager, for the mailboc and public stores and find
that they are using the wrongly named folder, mbddata but as you
suggest I guess the best thing is to leave as is?

I wonder what would happen if I either renamed the folder or created a
new one with the correct name and then changed the paths in the System
Manager??? Possibly a total disaster?!

Cheers

Geoff

Roger
Sun May 02 12:05:32 CDT 2004

Here is the document that walks you through the steps to change folders if
you wish. It is pretty straight forward and simple to do.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;257184&Product=exch2k

Roger Crawford
HTS

"Geoff Cox" <geoff.cox@minusspam.freeuk.com> wrote in message
news:2gf990tt2m8sa5e49r5vksm11p9osoa80k@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 1 May 2004 15:09:30 -0500, "Roger Crawford"
> <rcrawford@nospam.scci.com> wrote:
>
> >In Exchange 2000, the Exchange Installable File System (IFS) allows users
> >file-level access to content that is stored in the Exchange 2000
databases.
> >By default, Exchange 2000 assigns the drive letter M for IFS and creates
an
> >initial subdirectory (in the form of a domain name).
>
> Roger,
>
> Thanks for the info. By the way I looked at the data base paths under
> MS Exchange System Manager, for the mailboc and public stores and find
> that they are using the wrongly named folder, mbddata but as you
> suggest I guess the best thing is to leave as is?
>
> I wonder what would happen if I either renamed the folder or created a
> new one with the correct name and then changed the paths in the System
> Manager??? Possibly a total disaster?!
>
> Cheers
>
> Geoff

Geoff
Sun May 02 14:26:39 CDT 2004

On Sun, 2 May 2004 12:05:32 -0500, "Roger Crawford"
<rcrawford@nospam.scci.com> wrote:

>Here is the document that walks you through the steps to change folders if
>you wish. It is pretty straight forward and simple to do.
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;257184&Product=exch2k

Roger,

Thanks for the link - have read the article - just one question re
following instruction ..

6. When you finish moving the databases, remount the databases
manually.

How do you do this? Sounds like a unix commend...

Cheers

Geoff

Jim
Sun May 02 16:05:19 CDT 2004

If you do the move while the databases are mounted you do not have to
do anything. It asks you if you are ready to dismount. The database
is copied from the old location to the new location. Once that is done
and the database in the new location is useable, the old database is
deleted and the new copy is mounted.

Geoff Cox <geoff.cox@minusspam.freeuk.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 2 May 2004 12:05:32 -0500, "Roger Crawford"
><rcrawford@nospam.scci.com> wrote:
>
>>Here is the document that walks you through the steps to change folders if
>>you wish. It is pretty straight forward and simple to do.
>>
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;257184&Product=exch2k
>
>Roger,
>
>Thanks for the link - have read the article - just one question re
>following instruction ..
>
>6. When you finish moving the databases, remount the databases
>manually.
>
>How do you do this? Sounds like a unix commend...
>
>Cheers
>
>Geoff

Jim B. SBS MVP
remove the mvp to send email

Geoff
Sun May 02 17:16:00 CDT 2004

On Sun, 02 May 2004 21:05:19 GMT, Jim Behning
<jimbehningmvp@atl.mindspring.com> wrote:

>If you do the move while the databases are mounted you do not have to
>do anything. It asks you if you are ready to dismount. The database
>is copied from the old location to the new location. Once that is done
>and the database in the new location is useable, the old database is
>deleted and the new copy is mounted.

Jim,

thanks for that.

Geoff