DO NOT delete them, these are your Exchange Transaction Log files, they will be purged when you perform a full backup of the Exchange Information Store using an Exchange aware backup program like the Windows 2000 Backup program on your Exchange server. Hope this helps Mark Fugatt MCT, MCSE, Microsoft Exchange MVP Pentech Office Solutions Inc Tel: 585 586 3890 Cell: 585 576 4750 Fax: 585 249 0316 MSN IM: mark@xxxxxxxxx www.4mcts.com www.exchangetrainer.com -----Original Message----- From: Amos D. Galiardo [mailto:amdix@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 11:40 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] RE: out of space http://www.MSExchange.org/ Thx mark for your information. can i delete file .log (transaction log)? because i saw the list that the log is so big... Best Regards; Amos D. Galiardo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Fugatt" <mark@xxxxxxxxx> To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 11:22 AM Subject: [exchangelist] RE: out of space > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > The M: is a virtual drive that represents the drive that Exchange was > installed onto, you cannot increase the size of the m:, forget the m:, > do not touch the m: > > Are all of your mailboxes on the c:\, if they are probably the best > thing to > do is to relocate the stores to the d:\, here is a link that should > help you > out: > http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF001.html > > Now, the other thing to look at, is are your transaction logs being purged, > if you look in the MDBDATA directory do you see a lot of 5MB files > with a .log extension, if you do, how are you backing up your stores, > these should > be purged when you perform a good backup, heres another link: > http://www.msexchange.org/articles/MF020.html > > Hope this helps > > > Mark Fugatt > MCT, MCSE, Microsoft Exchange MVP > Pentech Office Solutions Inc > Tel: 585 586 3890 > Cell: 585 576 4750 > Fax: 585 249 0316 > MSN IM: mark@xxxxxxxxx > www.4mcts.com > www.exchangetrainer.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Amos D. Galiardo [mailto:amdix@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 11:14 PM > To: [ExchangeList] > Subject: [exchangelist] out of space > > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > Dear; > > I have touble that my exchange server 2000 is out of space (M:)..i > check the folder in (c:\ ), the free space is only 1,6MB...how can i > resizing to increase that size? (i have partition (d:\) with size > 10GB), how > can i change M drive to d:\ ? > > what should i do? > > anyone help..... > > Best Regards; > Amos D. Galiardo > > ------------------------------------------------------ > List Archives: > http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist > Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp > Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ > ------------------------------------------------------ > Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: > Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com > No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows > Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: > http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: > http://www.ntfaxfaq.com > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > List Archives: > http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist > Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp > Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ > ------------------------------------------------------ > Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: > Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com > No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows > Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network > Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax > Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com > ------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------