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We have an Exchange 2007 cluster running on two virtual Windows 2003 servers in ESX. Each server has three drives: C:, D: (for database) and E: (for logs). The D: drive on the primary node is running out of space because of large files in the System Volume Information folder. These files appear to have only started coming into existence in the last few weeks. The drive has 300GB and 120GB is taken up by these files.<br />
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The disk properties/Shadow copies for D: drive shows &quot;Next Run Time&quot; as disabled for all three drives, but also shows that &quot;69219 MB on D:\&quot; in the &quot;USED&quot; column for the D: drive, and &quot;56586 M on D:\&quot; in &quot;USED&quot; column for the E: drive.<br />
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The &quot;Shadow copies of selected volume&quot; box is completely empty. Only the &quot;Create Now&quot; button is useable.<br />
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How do I stop this behaviour?<br />
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How do I get rid of these files?
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We have an Exchange 2007 cluster running on two virtual Windows 2003 servers in ESX. Each server has three drives: C:, D: (for database) and E: (for logs). The D: drive on the primary node is running out of space because of large files in the System Volume Information folder. These files appear to have only started coming into existence in the last few weeks. The drive has 300GB and 120GB is taken up by these files.

The disk properties/Shadow copies for D: drive shows "Next Run Time" as disabled for all three drives, but also shows that "69219 MB on D:\" in the "USED" column for the D: drive, and "56586 M on D:\" in "USED" column for the E: drive.

The "Shadow copies of selected volume" box is completely empty. Only the "Create Now" button is useable.

How do I stop this behaviour?

How do I get rid of these files?

System Volume Information on Exchange DB volume takes up too much space

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.

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Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).