RE: Logs

  • From: "John Tolmachoff \(Lists\)" <johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'[ExchangeList]'" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 12:03:43 -0700

Are you trying to do a backup to the same hard drives?

Why not try to backup to another computer?

John Tolmachoff MCSE CSSA
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aber Whitcomb [mailto:aber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 11:47 AM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Logs
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> Thanks Mark.  The server is hanging by a thread.  Does circular logging
get rid of
> previous logs?  From yesterday for instance?  At this point I'm about to
just move
> the logs to another server and see what happens.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Fugatt [mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 11:28 AM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Logs
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> If you system is running OK at the moment, I would recommend turning on
> circular logging and let it flush the logs, then make a good backup and
then
> disable circular logging, you might want to consider purchasing an extra
HD
> just for the log files.
> 
> 
> Mark Fugatt
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aber Whitcomb [mailto:aber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 2:25 PM
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> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> I understand that I need to backup to remove the logs.  But my problem is
> the backup is failing because there is no diskspace.  Most of the space is
> being taken up by uncommitted logs from yesterday and today.  So my
question
> is, what is the worst case scenario if I just delete these logs to free up
> some space?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Lamberth [mailto:tlamberth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 11:18 AM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Logs
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> You need to do an exchange aware backup to remove the logs from mdbdata
dir
> - use the eseutil /mk (something like that) to find the committed log
files
> which can be deleted.
> Win2k backup is Exchange aware.
> TL
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aber Whitcomb [mailto:aber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 1:10 PM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] Logs
> 
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> We're having some serious diskspace issues with our exchange 2k box.  All
of
> the viruses being quarantined are part of the problem.  We also have a ton
> of exchange logs that are sitting around.  The problem is we don't have
time
> to run a backup before the disk fills up and the backup fails.  Is it ok
to
> just delete the logs?  I know this may affect backing up today, but we
> really, really need to free up some space.
> 
> Any help would be great.  Thanks
> 
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