Exchange Offline Defragmentation
Hi , I have Exchange 2007 CCR Mailbox cluster & I am facing some space issue in one of the DB.
Current available space is 5GB.
Please le me know what are the process I need to follow for successful activity & how long It will take to complete this activity.
Current available space is 5GB.
Please le me know what are the process I need to follow for successful activity & how long It will take to complete this activity.
Andrew Cliff
Have a read through this blog and the links provided... http://blogs.msdn.com/b/douggowans/archive/2009/03/04/offline-defrag-a-replica-database.aspx
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Hi Thanks for your guideance.
I just wanted to know I have present data in E Drive , I will create one temp drive on F Drive.
After defragmentation, shall compresed data will be in E drive or F drive.
I want my production data should be in E Drive Only.
Also I have 10GB of free space , how much time it will take to defragmentation?
While you do defrag you can use this command:
eseutil /d "e:\original database.edb" /t "f:\temp.edb"
This will create the temp database on F drive and once the defrag is over the temp.edb from F drive will be moved to E drive and will be renamed to "original database.edb" (This is automatic and you don't have to do anything other than issuing the above command)
Make sure you have 110% database size on F drive. Say your EDB is 100GB, make sure your F drive is 110GB.
Here are the answer to your questions:
After defragmentation the new database will be moved to E drive automatically (You are only using the F drive as a temporary storage to keep the newly created defragmented database)
How did you determine the free space in the database file?
I am not sure if anyone can give you an accurate estimate on the defrag duration.
eseutil /d "e:\original database.edb" /t "f:\temp.edb"
This will create the temp database on F drive and once the defrag is over the temp.edb from F drive will be moved to E drive and will be renamed to "original database.edb" (This is automatic and you don't have to do anything other than issuing the above command)
Make sure you have 110% database size on F drive. Say your EDB is 100GB, make sure your F drive is 110GB.
Here are the answer to your questions:
After defragmentation the new database will be moved to E drive automatically (You are only using the F drive as a temporary storage to keep the newly created defragmented database)
How did you determine the free space in the database file?
I am not sure if anyone can give you an accurate estimate on the defrag duration.
ASKER
Thanks for the support.