Thankyou very much for your prompt replies, I really appreciate it.
After I run the eseutil command which you mentioned below, I will just have to mount the store back and remove the mapped drive right ?
Yes only for 2003 edition. Exchange 2000 post sp3 roll up will give you an addition 1GB. To access this, follow instructions on site.To defrag it's straight forward, you have to dismount your store so it will take your users offline. If you have 12 I would say it would prob complete within an hour and a half.Heres an example. Since you said you had no disk space to defrag locally. Map a drive to a file server. In the example below it's assuming you have a database on E:\exchsrvr\mail store 3\mdbdata\mail store 3.edb. It's assuming that your mapped drive is T:1. Log into your Ex server.
2. Open Exchange System Manager by going to Start à Programs à Microsoft Exchange à System Manager
3. Expand Administrative Groups à à Servers à # Storage Group à Mailbox Store #
4. Right click Mailbox Store # and click Dismount Store
5. Open command prompt and go to \program files\exchsrvr\bin
6. Type eseutil /d /database /e drive:\eseutil. For example: To defrag Mail Store 3 type: eseutil /d ?E:\EXCHSRVR\Mail Store 3\MDBDATA\mail store 3.edb" /t e:\eseutil
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From: Satish kurian [mailto:sansat@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 1:30 PM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Ex 2K Standard Edition Database Maintenance (16GB Limit)
------------------------------------------------------Thanks for the reply.
Does the offline defrag process affect the exchange server in any way, I mean are there any drawbacks of doing it or is it a straight forward process ?
Also is there any good article mentioning the steps ?
Also does the 75GB limit using SP2 apply to Ex2000 aswell ? I thought its only for EX 2003
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Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Ex 2K Standard Edition Database Maintenance (16GB Limit)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:49:42 -0500
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>Exchange maintanence does not reclaim white space. Only an offline
>defrag can do this. You will need 110% of free space to defrag, although
>I've seen it use a lot less, prob depends on how fragmented it is. If
>disk space is an issue you can map a drive and point the temp DB to it.
>I've done this on 2k3 several times with no problem. Not sure about 2k.
>You can check how much white space you can reclaim from an offline
>defrag by checking the event log for 1221. You can also upgrade to
>service pack 2 which will give you up to 75GB limit for your DB. Hope
>this helps.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: sansat@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sansat@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 12:33 PM
>To: [ExchangeList]
>Subject: [exchangelist] Ex 2K Standard Edition Database Maintenance
>(16GB Limit)
>
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>
>Hello Friends,
>
>I am looking for a method of maintaining the exchange 2000 database
>(standard Edition) so that it does not reach 16GB limit.
>
>I would like to know methods other than offline defragmentation as I
>cannot perform them due to space restriction on the server harddisk.
>
>Currently the size is 12GB, hence I have set storage limits and also
>archive emails using Exmerge, but even after deleting emails, the size
>is the same. I was thinking every night during maintenance it might
>purge them, but its not happening or how long should one wait for the db
>size to get smaller or whats the best method for maintenance ?
>
>Please suggest.
>
>Regards,
>Satish
>
>
>
>
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