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To share or not to share that is the question?
Need to tighten up the shared folders on our Exchange Server. I have looked most of them up and found the discription of some but not all of them. I have found out that it would be harmful to unshare some of them but not why it would be harmful. This is a multipart question and I will award points to whomever answers most of it. Please be as in detail and descriptive as possible (Please pardon my english it's not my mother tounge)
Server Discription:
Win Server 2003 SP2
Exchange 6.5.7
Symantec Mail Secutity for exchange 4.5
Symantec Client Security 10.0.2
Shared Folders
Shared Folder #1 Address - Address contains folders Ccmail, Gwise MS, Notes, SMTP, X400. Each folder contains 1 i386 folder that contains a .dll file of the smae name such as ccmail.dll
What purpose does the address shared folder have, can it be unshared, and what consequences will happen if I unshare it?
Shared Folder #2 Exchange.Log - This folder contains message tracking logs going back almost 2 years. There is almost 2 gigs of worthless log files that I will never use.
What purpose does the Exchange.Log shared folder have, can I delete the log files, can it be unshared, and what consequences will happen if I unshare it?
Shared Folder #3 SYSVOL - I have seen time and time again that this is a critical system share that partners with NetLogon shared folder. I have no Idea what it is for?? What purpose does the SYSVOL shared folder have,can it be unshared, and what consequences will happen if I unshare it?
Shared Folder #4 NETLOGON - Again another critical system share that partners with the SYSVOL shared folder. What purpose does the NETLOGON shared folder have,can it be unshared, and what consequences will happen if I unshare it?
Shared Folder #5 VPHOME - Seems to be pointing to the location of my SAV install folder. What purpose does the VPHOME shared folder have, can it be unshared, and what consequences will happen if I unshare it? Basically if I unshare it will it disable anything related to my antivirus or my mail scanning.
Shared Folder #5 VPLOGON - Has some Symantec LOGON.BAT & GRC.DAT files in it.. What purpose does the VLOGON shared folder have, what is the GRC.DAT file,, can it be unshared, and what consequences will happen if I unshare it? Basically if I unshare it will it disable anything related to my antivirus or my mail scanning.
Server Discription:
Win Server 2003 SP2
Exchange 6.5.7
Symantec Mail Secutity for exchange 4.5
Symantec Client Security 10.0.2
Shared Folders
Shared Folder #1 Address - Address contains folders Ccmail, Gwise MS, Notes, SMTP, X400. Each folder contains 1 i386 folder that contains a .dll file of the smae name such as ccmail.dll
What purpose does the address shared folder have, can it be unshared, and what consequences will happen if I unshare it?
Shared Folder #2 Exchange.Log - This folder contains message tracking logs going back almost 2 years. There is almost 2 gigs of worthless log files that I will never use.
What purpose does the Exchange.Log shared folder have, can I delete the log files, can it be unshared, and what consequences will happen if I unshare it?
Shared Folder #3 SYSVOL - I have seen time and time again that this is a critical system share that partners with NetLogon shared folder. I have no Idea what it is for?? What purpose does the SYSVOL shared folder have,can it be unshared, and what consequences will happen if I unshare it?
Shared Folder #4 NETLOGON - Again another critical system share that partners with the SYSVOL shared folder. What purpose does the NETLOGON shared folder have,can it be unshared, and what consequences will happen if I unshare it?
Shared Folder #5 VPHOME - Seems to be pointing to the location of my SAV install folder. What purpose does the VPHOME shared folder have, can it be unshared, and what consequences will happen if I unshare it? Basically if I unshare it will it disable anything related to my antivirus or my mail scanning.
Shared Folder #5 VPLOGON - Has some Symantec LOGON.BAT & GRC.DAT files in it.. What purpose does the VLOGON shared folder have, what is the GRC.DAT file,, can it be unshared, and what consequences will happen if I unshare it? Basically if I unshare it will it disable anything related to my antivirus or my mail scanning.
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Change the options on the properties of the server to store less of them, but I would still retain them as they are great for solving arguments about whether an email was delivered or not.
Otherwise what he said above... <grin>
Simon.