Hi, Would like to get your advice for this issue that i experiencing. The Ms. Exchange 2003 is unable to send out email, so we did moved out the logs files and delete some no longer used mailbox. However it only free up a little bit of hardisk spaces on the exchange server. So, we do downloading email from client side to pst with intention that it will help to free up some hardisk spaces. But after downloading a massive amount of email from client side, the exchange server hardisk is still showing the same amount of free spaces just like before we do downloading the email from the client side. Also in adition we already did try to restart the server. Aprreciate your help and suggestion. Regards, A. Agustan

On Tue, 17 May 2011 13:54:13 +0000, Agustan, A wrote: > > >Hi, > >Would like to get your advice for this issue that i experiencing. > >The Ms. Exchange 2003 is unable to send out email, so we did moved out the logs files and delete some no longer used mailbox. > >However it only free up a little bit of hardisk spaces on the exchange server. > >So, we do downloading email from client side to pst with intention that it will help to free up some hardisk spaces. But after downloading a massive amount of email from client side, the exchange server hardisk is still showing the same amount of free spaces just like before we do downloading the email from the client side. > >Also in adition we already did try to restart the server. Removing content from the mailbox database just frees up space inside the file, it doesn't make it smaller. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

Hi, Would like to get your advice for this issue that i experiencing. The Ms. Exchange 2003 is unable to send out email, so we did moved out the logs files and delete some no longer used mailbox. However it only free up a little bit of hardisk spaces on the exchange server. So, we do downloading email from client side to pst with intention that it will help to free up some hardisk spaces. But after downloading a massive amount of email from client side, the exchange server hardisk is still showing the same amount of free spaces just like before we do downloading the email from the client side. Also in adition we already did try to restart the server. Aprreciate your help and suggestion. Regards, A. Agustan Hi A. Agustan,, the only thing that can help you to free up disk space is that to run the NTBACKUP tool and do a Full Backup to your Exchange, this would removes all your transaction logs and other obsolete files and will be keep all to the archived .bak files. Please do this action so you would get the result. Hope this answer could helps you a lot. -onin. MICROSOFT CERTIFIED | [MCITP:SA] [MCITP:EMA] [MCITP:EA] [MCTS] [MCP] ............ CISCO CERTIFIED | [CCENT] [CCNA] ...................................................................... LINUX CERTIFIED | [LPIC-1] [LPIC-2] ......................................................................... Blog Website | http://ninuruy.wordpress.com .............................................................

Hi, Would like to get your advice for this issue that i experiencing. The Ms. Exchange 2003 is unable to send out email, so we did moved out the logs files and delete some no longer used mailbox. However it only free up a little bit of hardisk spaces on the exchange server. So, we do downloading email from client side to pst with intention that it will help to free up some hardisk spaces. But after downloading a massive amount of email from client side, the exchange server hardisk is still showing the same amount of free spaces just like before we do downloading the email from the client side. Also in adition we already did try to restart the server. Aprreciate your help and suggestion. Regards, A. Agustan Hi A. Agustan,, the only thing that can help you to free up disk space is that to run the NTBACKUP tool from your Windows 2003 Server and perform a backup of your Exchange Server and save it to another drive. The Exchange removes all your transaction log files and other obsolete files once backup has been made. Please do this action so you would get the result. Hope this answer could helps you a lot. -onin. MICROSOFT CERTIFIED | [MCITP:SA] [MCITP:EMA] [MCITP:EA] [MCTS] [MCP] ............ CISCO CERTIFIED | [CCENT] [CCNA] ...................................................................... LINUX CERTIFIED | [LPIC-1] [LPIC-2] ......................................................................... Blog Website | http://ninuruy.wordpress.com .............................................................

Hi, Would like to get your advice for this issue that i experiencing. The Ms. Exchange 2003 is unable to send out email, so we did moved out the logs files and delete some no longer used mailbox. However it only free up a little bit of hardisk spaces on the exchange server. So, we do downloading email from client side to pst with intention that it will help to free up some hardisk spaces. But after downloading a massive amount of email from client side, the exchange server hardisk is still showing the same amount of free spaces just like before we do downloading the email from the client side. Also in adition we already did try to restart the server. Aprreciate your help and suggestion. Regards, A. Agustan Hi A. Agustan,, the only thing that can help you to free up disk space is that to run the NTBACKUP tool and do a Full Backup to your Exchange, this would removes all your transaction logs and other obsolete files and will be keep all to the archived .bak files. Please do this action so you would get the result. Hope this answer could helps you a lot. -onin. MICROSOFT CERTIFIED | [MCITP:SA] [MCITP:EMA] [MCITP:EA] [MCTS] [MCP] ............ CISCO CERTIFIED | [CCENT] [CCNA] ...................................................................... LINUX CERTIFIED | [LPIC-1] [LPIC-2] ......................................................................... Blog Website | http://ninuruy.wordpress.com .............................................................

On Wed, 18 May 2011 03:53:13 +0000, wire0 wrote: [ snip ] >the only thing that can help you to free up disk space is that to run the NTBACKUP tool and do a Full Backup to your Exchange, this would removes all your transaction logs and other obsolete files and will be keep all to the archived .bak files. Making a backup might purge log files, but it won't make the database file any smaller. For that, it's necessary to do an offline derfag and that involves dismounting the database and using eseutil. It also means having a sufficient amoung of space in which to create the working copy of the new database. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

On Wed, 18 May 2011 03:53:13 +0000, wire0 wrote: [ snip ] >the only thing that can help you to free up disk space is that to run the NTBACKUP tool and do a Full Backup to your Exchange, this would removes all your transaction logs and other obsolete files and will be keep all to the archived .bak files. Making a backup might purge log files, but it won't make the database file any smaller. For that, it's necessary to do an offline derfag and that involves dismounting the database and using eseutil. It also means having a sufficient amoung of space in which to create the working copy of the new database. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP 1) Yes, I agree this would also help a lot too. 2) also try to run "cleanmgr" from your "RUN..." inputbox (i.e. START > RUN...) 3) put a check mark of those are not necessary, and perform the action. -onin. MICROSOFT CERTIFIED | [MCITP:SA] [MCITP:EMA] [MCITP:EA] [MCTS] [MCP] ............ CISCO CERTIFIED | [CCENT] [CCNA] ...................................................................... LINUX CERTIFIED | [LPIC-1] [LPIC-2] ......................................................................... Blog Website | http://ninuruy.wordpress.com .............................................................

On Wed, 18 May 2011 03:53:13 +0000, wire0 wrote: [ snip ] >the only thing that can help you to free up disk space is that to run the NTBACKUP tool and do a Full Backup to your Exchange, this would removes all your transaction logs and other obsolete files and will be keep all to the archived .bak files. Making a backup might purge log files, but it won't make the database file any smaller. For that, it's necessary to do an offline derfag and that involves dismounting the database and using eseutil. It also means having a sufficient amoung of space in which to create the working copy of the new database. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP 1) Yes, I agree this would also help a lot too. 2) also try to run "cleanmgr" from your "RUN..." inputbox (i.e. START > RUN...) 3) put a check mark of those are not necessary, and perform the action. (or) 4) (worst comes worst) extend you hard drive by raid 0, the stripping method. (Note the risk, this is very critical. Once the extension is broken the data will not be recoverable.) -onin. MICROSOFT CERTIFIED | [MCITP:SA] [MCITP:EMA] [MCITP:EA] [MCTS] [MCP] ............ CISCO CERTIFIED | [CCENT] [CCNA] ...................................................................... LINUX CERTIFIED | [LPIC-1] [LPIC-2] ......................................................................... Blog Website | http://ninuruy.wordpress.com .............................................................

On Wed, 18 May 2011 03:53:13 +0000, wire0 wrote: [ snip ] >the only thing that can help you to free up disk space is that to run the NTBACKUP tool and do a Full Backup to your Exchange, this would removes all your transaction logs and other obsolete files and will be keep all to the archived .bak files. Making a backup might purge log files, but it won't make the database file any smaller. For that, it's necessary to do an offline derfag and that involves dismounting the database and using eseutil. It also means having a sufficient amoung of space in which to create the working copy of the new database. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP 1) Yes, I agree this would also help a lot too. 2) also try to run "cleanmgr" from your "RUN..." inputbox (i.e. START > RUN...) 3) put a check mark of those are not necessary, and perform the action. (or) 4) (worst comes worst) extend you hard drive by raid 0, the stripping method. (Note the risk, this is very critical. Once the extension is broken the data will not be recoverable.) -onin. MICROSOFT CERTIFIED | [MCITP:SA] [MCITP:EMA] [MCITP:EA] [MCTS] [MCP] ............ CISCO CERTIFIED | [CCENT] [CCNA] ...................................................................... LINUX CERTIFIED | [LPIC-1] [LPIC-2] ......................................................................... Blog Website | http://ninuruy.wordpress.com .............................................................

On Thu, 19 May 2011 08:02:56 +0000, wire0 wrote: >On Wed, 18 May 2011 03:53:13 +0000, wire0 wrote: [ snip ] >the only thing that can help you to free up disk space is that to run the NTBACKUP tool and do a Full Backup to your Exchange, this would removes all your transaction logs and other obsolete files and will be keep all to the archived .bak files. Making a backup might purge log files, but it won't make the database file any smaller. For that, it's necessary to do an offline derfag and that involves dismounting the database and using eseutil. It also means having a sufficient amoung of space in which to create the working copy of the new database. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP >--- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP > > > >1) Yes, I agree this would also help a lot too. "Too"? It's the only way to reduce the size of a database. If you were going to offer a "too" then I would have expected the suggestion to create a new mailbox database and move all the mailboxes from the current database to the new database and then delete the current (now empty) database and remove the files from the disk. >2) also try to run "cleanmgr" from your "RUN..." inputbox (i.e. START > RUN...) How will that make the database smaller?? >3) put a check mark of those are not necessary, and perform the action. > >(or) > >4) (worst comes worst) extend you hard drive by raid 0, the stripping method. (Note the risk, this is very critical. Once the extension is broken the data will not be recoverable.) .. . . or add more storage to the server and move the entire database to the new storage. Or add more storage to the server, create a new database on the new space and move the mailboxes, etc. as mentioned above. --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP --- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP