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permanently delete exchange 2003 mailbox after purge from System Manager
Hello,
My exchange is in critical mode. This morning disk space was 2MB free. Store was not mounted. I went into the D drive and was able to free up 800MBs free from other files. I was able to mount the database back fine however disk is still very low. I went in and started deleting mailboxes that were un-needed. I was able to get rid of about 3GB but after purging them in System manager it wont' reflex on the disk-space.
1. I went into Mailbox store and made sure Deletion settings were box set to 0 for items and mailboxes.
2. Circular logging is enabled so no log files issue from there.
Why isn't the free space coming back after getting rid of mailboxes?
My exchange is in critical mode. This morning disk space was 2MB free. Store was not mounted. I went into the D drive and was able to free up 800MBs free from other files. I was able to mount the database back fine however disk is still very low. I went in and started deleting mailboxes that were un-needed. I was able to get rid of about 3GB but after purging them in System manager it wont' reflex on the disk-space.
1. I went into Mailbox store and made sure Deletion settings were box set to 0 for items and mailboxes.
2. Circular logging is enabled so no log files issue from there.
Why isn't the free space coming back after getting rid of mailboxes?
ASKER
Hello,
OK, so when does the mailboxes permanently delete than? I have set the deletion policies to "0" days. Shouldn't it delete automatically?
OK, so when does the mailboxes permanently delete than? I have set the deletion policies to "0" days. Shouldn't it delete automatically?
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Ok thanks,
Right now my STM file is 19GB and the EDB file is 38GB. How much space will I need to do this?
Right now my STM file is 19GB and the EDB file is 38GB. How much space will I need to do this?
About 63gb of free space.
you can use eseutil /d /t x:\tempdfg.edb to point the location of the defragmentation to another drive with sufficient capacity.