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yeah i have a TON of log files.... i guess I can't defrag until that's taken care of... thanks... performing a backup now
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yeah i have a TON of log files.... i guess I can't defrag until that's taken care of... thanks... performing a backup now

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Yep. I'd run a known good backup first before thinking about a defrag as the defrag will require an outage. It can take hours depending on the size of the databases. Another thing to note is that MS states that an off-line defrag is not required for Exchange 2000/2003. I tend to agree unless you have deleted a large number of large mailboxes from the system its not really useful. The on-line defrag does a pretty good job of clearing the white space.
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Yep. I'd run a known good backup first before thinking about a defrag as the defrag will require an outage. It can take hours depending on the size of the databases. Another thing to note is that MS states that an off-line defrag is not required for Exchange 2000/2003. I tend to agree unless you have deleted a large number of large mailboxes from the system its not really useful. The on-line defrag does a pretty good job of clearing the white space.

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I need a quick answer on this one!<br />
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How can i purge a mailbox and get some immediate gains in disk space on our exchange partition? <br />
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I set the deleted mail and mailbox retention to 0, but still no dice.<br />
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This drive only has 30 megs left! &nbsp;once it hits 10 megs, I believe i'm screwed, as there is nothing else on this drive I can compress, please help<br />
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dont criticize me or ask for other details at the moment, just tell me how i can purge specific mail boxes and get more ROOM NOW! &nbsp;thank you!!
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I need a quick answer on this one!

How can i purge a mailbox and get some immediate gains in disk space on our exchange partition? 

I set the deleted mail and mailbox retention to 0, but still no dice.

This drive only has 30 megs left!  once it hits 10 megs, I believe i'm screwed, as there is nothing else on this drive I can compress, please help

dont criticize me or ask for other details at the moment, just tell me how i can purge specific mail boxes and get more ROOM NOW!  thank you!!

How to purge mail boxes and gain disk space IMMEDIATELY in exchange 2003??

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.