Allow plenty of time for it to run. I seem to remember somewhere that it only moves at 1 to 2 gig per hour [1], so if your db is large, it could take a while.
Mike Morrison NT/SMS/Exchange Administrator Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. [1] From memory, which isn't what it used to be! -----Original Message----- From: Davinder Gupta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 3:00 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Fragmentation in mail database Thanks, guys for replying. Any thing else that I need to make sure except good backups? Thanks Davinder -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Chenault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 11:19 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Fragmentation in mail database Yes, this scenario is one that calls for running offline defragmentation. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Davinder Gupta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 1:09 PM Subject: Fragmentation in mail database > We just setup a new mail server and I have been moving bunch of mailboxes to > new mail server. As a result of this, the old mail server has tons of empty > space and needs to be defragged. IS this something normal to do? > > Or is there any other to accomplish the same thing? > > Thanks > Davinder > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]