Offline Defrag Exchange 2000
Hello all,
I have 70GB of disk space for my exchange Database.
I have 3 stores running. one of them is 32GB edb and 30GB stm
I am having some issues (users say they sent emails and they do not go through "disappear" or pop3 users take forever to download their messages (less then 3MB total)
I am thinking of offline defrag.
I will have to copy it to another server.... what do you advice me to do? please give me step by step as I have not done it before.
What are the chances of failure?
the server running it on has 100GB of free DS and dual 3.2GHz with 2GB ram on a RAID 5. Do you think the Disk space is enough?
also this is what I get on the maintenance email that runs weekly!!!!
The Microsoft Exchange Server Mailbox Manager has completed processing mailboxes
Started at: 2006-04-15 00:04:22
Completed at: 2006-04-15 00:04:28
Mailboxes processed: 0
Messages moved: 0
Size of moved messages: 0.00 KB
Deleted messages: 0
Size of deleted messages: 0.00 KB
Do you think this would solve my problem.... how much down time should I expect?
Do you recommend I dismount the other stores as well?
thanks,
Ahmed
I have 70GB of disk space for my exchange Database.
I have 3 stores running. one of them is 32GB edb and 30GB stm
I am having some issues (users say they sent emails and they do not go through "disappear" or pop3 users take forever to download their messages (less then 3MB total)
I am thinking of offline defrag.
I will have to copy it to another server.... what do you advice me to do? please give me step by step as I have not done it before.
What are the chances of failure?
the server running it on has 100GB of free DS and dual 3.2GHz with 2GB ram on a RAID 5. Do you think the Disk space is enough?
also this is what I get on the maintenance email that runs weekly!!!!
The Microsoft Exchange Server Mailbox Manager has completed processing mailboxes
Started at: 2006-04-15 00:04:22
Completed at: 2006-04-15 00:04:28
Mailboxes processed: 0
Messages moved: 0
Size of moved messages: 0.00 KB
Deleted messages: 0
Size of deleted messages: 0.00 KB
Do you think this would solve my problem.... how much down time should I expect?
Do you recommend I dismount the other stores as well?
thanks,
Ahmed
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also when I copy the db are we talking about copying the priv1.db and priv1.stm or just the priv1.db?
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So how much disk space free do I need on the destinantion server that I will be running it on... Is it the DBtimes 110 or db and stm times 110
Freespace=(PRIV1.EDB+PRIV1
In other words you need 110% of the store size availiable in free space.
In other words you need 110% of the store size availiable in free space.
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Thank you all for the responses.
I only have 8GB of free space. I was thining of moving the users, but I have 300+ users. I am afraid of moving them and then run out of space in the process.
Do you think if I get a USB 400GB or so and just copy the STM and EDB files over I should be ok. Blackberries would not be affected right (after I bring the server online)
What are the chances of offline defrag not working properly? in your own expereience.
I only have 8GB of free space. I was thining of moving the users, but I have 300+ users. I am afraid of moving them and then run out of space in the process.
Do you think if I get a USB 400GB or so and just copy the STM and EDB files over I should be ok. Blackberries would not be affected right (after I bring the server online)
What are the chances of offline defrag not working properly? in your own expereience.
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