When backing up the Exchange store make sure that transaction logs are being deleted after successful backups. Many backup software by default are suppose to remove the transaction logs after they have been committed. To test, I have used the native backup agent to windows. -----Original Message----- From: Andy lawrence [mailto:Andrew@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 6:18 AM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Exchange 2000 log files http://www.MSExchange.org/ Apart from viruses is there any reason why in a small Exchange 2000 environment with a store size of about 7gb that log files are created at an alarming rate and fill up the drive they are on? In the last week I've had a couple of systems do this. In both cases the backup has failed to run and the log files have not been cleared (Backup Exec V8.6 SBS edition) Then the following morning within a couple of hours gigabytes (i.e 15-20gb) of log files appear. I then run the backup which clears them and everything is ok. We do a full backup each night. thanks Andy ------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------ ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: daustin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')