the answer is in these two links. best of luck http://www.petri.co.il/check_exchange_2000_2003_server_databases_integrity.h tm http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823167 -----Original Message----- From: Todd M Zajicek [mailto:toddz@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 7:51 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Exchange Log Files http://www.MSExchange.org/ I did not copy the files to another location. But I kept about 2 weeks of the log files, is there any way to determine what is committed and what is not, in other words, if the backup is about 8 gig, how many days would be committed or how many files? The limit is 5 meg for each file. I don't need those files if I run a eseutil that is in a clean state or do I? I deleted them so I am unable to get them back but I did restart the server on Saturday and the database came back up without any problems. Todd M Zajicek Interactive Technology Group www.iatgroup.com Office; 763-427-9399 Cell; 763-438-9399 -----Original Message----- From: MJ [mailto:mjtech@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 6:42 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Exchange Log Files http://www.MSExchange.org/ If you moved the logs to some other computer on the network, you will need to put them back or else you will have to run eseutil to determine what logs have been committed, and then move them to another drive, then run NTBackup making sure it's a normal backup and that should purge the logs. You can copy the logs back, but I wouldn't think that you will need them, but it's a good idea to hold on them for some time. Hope that helps -----Original Message----- From: Todd Zajicek [mailto:toddz@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 3:21 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Exchange Log Files http://www.MSExchange.org/ Hello; I have an Exchange 2003 server and have been doing backups of the Exchange store since I started the server about 2 years ago. The middle of December, 2005, my backups failed and I stopped backing up the store until I purchased a new backup unit. I noticed that my hard drive was filling up very fast. I checked my log files in the MDBDATA directory and the files were not being deleted because I was not backing up . I deleted several of the files to free up about 3 gig of space. I started backing up shortly after and noticed that since I restarted my backups, using Microsoft Server 2003 Backup, I noticed that my log files are not being deleted. I still have log files that are going back to December 20, 2005. Any thoughts? ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp ------------------------------------------------------ Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: mjtech@xxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp ------------------------------------------------------ Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: toddz@xxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp ------------------------------------------------------ Visit TechGenix.com for more information about our other sites: http://www.techgenix.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: mjtech@xxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Report abuse to info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx