Exchange server hard drive filling up
I have a crisis.. I am running exchange on a windows server 2003 r2 machine. My C: drive is only 12 Gb in size but is filling up rapidly, to the point that I am having to go in once about every 2 hours and clear log files out of the event viewer just to give the machine some running room.. Something on the machine is growing out of control and i dont have any idea what it could be since the datebase is stored on a san, the the exchange program itself is setting on its own drive.. What is killind my C partition? How do i find out what is killing it ,, are there any files which i can remove on this machine which will help the size problem??
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Windirstat is a great visual tool to see what is eating up your space. It's free too.
You'll have to turn off shadow copy for sure with a drive that small. It's really way too small. I would recommend at least 3 times that size.
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could you tell me where it is that i could find the option to turn off shadow copy??
go into "My Computer" right click on a drive then select the shadow copy tab and select the drive and disable (if it is enabled that is)
are your Exchange logs stored in your C drive by chance?
are your Exchange logs stored in your C drive by chance?
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shadow copy is disabled, i am unsure as to where the logs are stored on this machine, i know that exchange is installed on a different drive ,, should the log files be found on the drive which exchange is installed?
You select where the log files are stored when you install Exchange. Did you try Windirstat? It's less than 2MB.
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i am running windirstat right now,, i am trying to see if it is possible to have the software tell me which files are growing the quickest,, im unsure if it will do this.
In Exchange 2003 start Exchange System manager, click Administrative Groups, select Storage Group, right click and Properties, select general Tab and there is a Transactional Log box there.
In Exchange 2007:
To use the Exchange Management Console to change log file locations for an existing database
Start the Exchange Management Console on the server on which the storage group is located.
In the console tree, expand Server Configuration, and then click Mailbox.
In the result pane, click the Mailbox server that contains the storage group for which you want to change the log file location.
In the work pane, click the storage group for which you want to change the log file location.
In the action pane, click Move Storage Group Path. The Move Storage Group Path wizard appears.
On the Introduction page, the Log files path box displays the location where your log files are currently stored. Click Browse to specify a location to which to move these files.
In Exchange 2007:
To use the Exchange Management Console to change log file locations for an existing database
Start the Exchange Management Console on the server on which the storage group is located.
In the console tree, expand Server Configuration, and then click Mailbox.
In the result pane, click the Mailbox server that contains the storage group for which you want to change the log file location.
In the work pane, click the storage group for which you want to change the log file location.
In the action pane, click Move Storage Group Path. The Move Storage Group Path wizard appears.
On the Introduction page, the Log files path box displays the location where your log files are currently stored. Click Browse to specify a location to which to move these files.
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I have checked the exchange server log file and found it to be located on a different drive ,, i now believe i am going to have to move the swap file to a different drive since it is located on the drive with the issue and it is 2Gb in size,, ??
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correction,, move the pagefile.sys
The swap file is pagefile.sys. It's generally at least the size of your RAM.