Hi, > So lets say I get the backup software working correctly (Duh, I forgot > to turn on the open file option)...will I ever need the transaction logs > from say January of this year? The reason I ask is because for now I > have just moved all logs older than February to another machine to free > space. If I don't need to ever backup those transaction logs, then I > will just delete them once I have verified that the backups are working > correctly. >
You shouldn't delete them. Exchange will flush them after a "good" backup. If your backup ends up successfully but the logs are still there, then its because you don't backup Exchange using the right method. Using a "flat file" backup isn't the proper way to backup exchange. If you have a large collection of logs, and want to delete them manually, then you won't be able to recover from a disaster (you may, but it's gonna be tricky). List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
