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I found that I had to go in and DISMOUNT the database stores first, then I could run the command &quot;&quot;c:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA&gt;..\<wbr />bin\eseuti<wbr />l /d priv1.edb&quot;&quot;.<br />
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I also had to put &quot;quotes&quot; around spaces if I had Mail Store 2.edb for &quot;Mail Store 2.edb&quot; for it to run.
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I found that I had to go in and DISMOUNT the database stores first, then I could run the command ""c:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA>..\bin\eseutil /d priv1.edb"".

I also had to put "quotes" around spaces if I had Mail Store 2.edb for "Mail Store 2.edb" for it to run.

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I had a user with a 30GB Mailbox. &nbsp;My priv1.edb was 55GB. &nbsp;I deleted the AD account for the user and then Purged the mailbox. &nbsp;It had a red X next to the mailbox name in System Manager.<br />
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Then I stopped all Exchange services and ran:<br />
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C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA&gt;..\<wbr />bin\eseuti<wbr />l /d priv1.edb<br />
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It ran most of the night. &nbsp;However when it was done the priv1.edb was still 55GB.<br />
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How can I shrink the size of the priv1.edb?<br />
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Thanks,<br />

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I had a user with a 30GB Mailbox.  My priv1.edb was 55GB.  I deleted the AD account for the user and then Purged the mailbox.  It had a red X next to the mailbox name in System Manager.

Then I stopped all Exchange services and ran:

C:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\MDBDATA>..\bin\eseutil /d priv1.edb

It ran most of the night.  However when it was done the priv1.edb was still 55GB.

How can I shrink the size of the priv1.edb?

Thanks,


Compress database

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