RE: Ex 2K Standard Edition Database Maintenance (16GB Limit)

  • From: <ChongJa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:53:42 -0500

Yes only for 2003 edition. Exchange 2000 post sp3 roll up will give you an 
addition 1GB. To access this, follow instructions on site. 
 
http://www.alibutt.com/
 
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)


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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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        From:  <ChongJa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
        Reply-To:  "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
        To:  "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
        Subject:  [exchangelist] RE: Ex 2K Standard Edition Database 
Maintenance (16GB Limit)
        Date:  Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:49:42 -0500
        >http://www.MSExchange.org/
        >
        >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)
        >
        >http://www.MSExchange.org/
        >
        >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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