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Do a defrag of the database<br />
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Run the switch Eseutil /d ------Defragmentation will help you reclaim the free white space in the database.<br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328804" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328804</a><br />
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Do a defrag of the database

Run the switch Eseutil /d ------Defragmentation will help you reclaim the free white space in the database.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328804 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328804]












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I unmount the database and I did an eseutil /d of the public folder but I didn't get the space available back. 
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I unmount the database and I did an eseutil /d of the public folder but I didn't get the space available back.

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Hello,<br />
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I have checked the event ID 1221 and I have only 4183 MB space available after the last online defragmentation.<br />
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<i>&quot;</i><i></i><i>The database &quot;LtoQ\Public Folder Store (xxx)&quot; has 4183 megabytes of free space after online defragmentation has terminated. </i><i></i><i>&quot;</i><br />
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But I have moved 25 GB of emails which were on this public folder.<br />
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Hello,

I have checked the event ID 1221 and I have only 4183 MB space available after the last online defragmentation.

"The database "LtoQ\Public Folder Store (xxx)" has 4183 megabytes of free space after online defragmentation has terminated. "

But I have moved 25 GB of emails which were on this public folder.



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It need multiple online defragmentation before to have all space noted as free<br />
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It need multiple online defragmentation before to have all space noted as free
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In my Exchange 2003 server I have archived some folders (about 25 GB of data) to a pst file.<br />
After doing a eseutil on this public database I does not recover the availlable space.<br />
the edb file is 68 GB and the real content is 40 GB.<br />
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In my Exchange 2003 server I have archived some folders (about 25 GB of data) to a pst file.
After doing a eseutil on this public database I does not recover the availlable space.
the edb file is 68 GB and the real content is 40 GB.
 

How do you reduce pub.edb size after archived some folders

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