You're assuming that the Eseutil didn't chew up some of the database. -- Drew ******************************** Visit http://www.drewncapris.net! Go! Go there now! Only the dead have seen the last of war. - Plato
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Yanek Korff Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 3:25 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: disaster debriefing Alas, I don't know. Seeing as 3.5 G were cleared, can I assume there were 3.5 gigs of whitespace? Adding a drive isn't so easy as the system's already full up on drives. -Yanek. > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 4:16 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: disaster debriefing > > > How much white space was there before the defrag? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Yanek Korff > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 1:10 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: disaster debriefing > > > He did wait an hour... And he's confident the copy was > complete - same > byte count on both the network drive and the local drive. > > -Yanek. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Exchange Discussions [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 3:42 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: disaster debriefing > > > > > > Sounds like he got impatient and didn't wait for the database > > to finish > > being copied back to exchsrvr\mdbdata from the network share > > - which needs > > to complete before you get your dos prompt back. > > > > After he killed ESEutil, he could've also copied it back > manually and > > renamed back to priv.edb instead of tape restore. Then, the defrag > > effort would not have been in vain. > > > > Louise > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Yanek Korff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 3:27 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: disaster debriefing > > > > He followed the KB article, whatever it was. Services were > > down. I think > > he followed all the "right" procedures. The temp file was on > > a network > > drive that had plenty of room. The defragged temp database > > exists on the > > temp drive and is whole. That's how he figures it freed 3.5 gigs. > > > > -Yanek. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Josefowski, Larry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 2:26 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: RE: disaster debriefing > > > > > > > > > The utility is dangerous in the wrong hands. It can take a > > > very, very, very > > > long time to run. It also gets very snitty when you don't > > > have enough room > > > on the HD (or network share) to create the temp file that is > > > part of the > > > defrag process....Where did he attempt to create the temp > > > file....on the > > > same drive that is almost full? > > > > > > > > > And how is he enjoying his time at home these days? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Yanek Korff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 2:16 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: disaster debriefing > > > > > > > > > Ok, so we had a disaster the other day. Co-Worker of mine > > ran eseutil > > > against the private IS to free up some disk space. We were > > > at about 95% > > > capacity on the drive, and it would creep up to about 98% > > > before the nightly > > > incrementals, which brought it back down. Now, I'm not > > positive what > > > command he ran, but apparently it cleared about 3.5 gigs out > > > of the IS. > > > Right before eseutil exited, however, it apparently "hung" > > > waiting for a > > > command prompt. > > > > > > I'm a little fuzzy as to what happened after this. I think > > > he tried to > > > reboot, and then the IS didn't come up -- he got some errors, > > > looked them up > > > in the KB to very little avail. So when I got in at 9 the > > > next morning, > > > mail was down. He was still there. > > > > > > We managed to put humpty dumpty back together again restoring > > > from the full > > > backup we made right before starting this procedure. It > > took several > > > attempts - he had tried restoring from backup before but > > > hadn't had any > > > success. I think the procedure we followed was this: > > > Shut down all exchange services > > > Start System Attendant & directory service > > > Restore DS > > > Stop System Attendant & directory service > > > Restart System Attendant > > > Restore IS > > > > > > > > > Any other combination of services running/not running > > didn't work out. > > > We're using Veritas Backup Exec BTW. Well everything's back > > > to the way it > > > was before we started this whole mess. I know I've seen > > > discussions about > > > eseutil on this list before, but I wanted to revisit this > > and get some > > > concrete information. > > > > > > What did we do wrong? What's the right way to use eseutil to > > > gain disk > > > space? I'd appreciate any non-flaming advice, pointers, > > > docs, etc. I find > > > the archives non-intuitive -- or maybe I'm looking in the > > wrong place? > > > Can't seem to find a good place to type in a search phrase > > > "eseutil" and > > > have it return relevant data (I'm here: http://www.swynk.com) > > > > > > -Yanek. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > 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] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
