That's not a good idea. Can you not temporarily hook up a "big" drive, and move all the logs to it, do the back up, then move the logs back?
How big do you have your logs any ways? Andrew MCSE (W2K & NT4) + CCNA > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Usher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Posted At: Thursday, June 13, 2002 11:22 AM > Posted To: ExchangeDiscussion > Conversation: Exchange 2000 Log Files - Part II > Subject: Re: Exchange 2000 Log Files - Part II > > > Well that in itself is the problem. Let's make it even > simpler. I have 50% of the logfiles on a network share and > 50% of the logfiles on the local drive. All of the logs don't > fit on the local drive, but they will fit on the network > share. The problem is that Exchange won't let me put the logs > on a network share. > > I know that I need to put all the logs in one place. Can I > use Windows compression to make them fit? > > Matt Usher > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony Hlabse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 11:07 AM > Subject: Re: Exchange 2000 Log Files - Part II > > > > The Exchange server is looking where the log files located. > You moved > them. > > You have to tell Exchange where all new files are located then run > > your backup. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Matt Usher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 2:01 PM > > Subject: Exchange 2000 Log Files - Part II > > > > > > > Thansk for the help with the BLB problem. I've gotten > past the doing > > > BLB problem and now run a backup of the Information Store > instead. > > > I've run > > into > > > another problem, though. > > > > > > We have a Dell box with the following: > > > > > > C:\ RAID 5 OS and .edb and .stm (27GB) > > > G:\ RAID 1 Log files (18GB) > > > > > > Now the problem. Since the Full backups weren't taking > place the Log > file > > > drive apparently got full. The admin didn't know what to do so he > > > moved > > some > > > of the log files to a network share and restarted > Exchange. Worked > > > fine, > > but > > > now when I run the backup, I get an error saying that the > database > > > is corrupt because the log files are missing. I can't put the log > > > files > back > > > since more have been created and they don't fit on either > the C:\ or > > > the > > G:\ > > > drive. > > > > > > Fortunately, when I talked to this guy he pointed me to > the place on > > > the network where he archived the files. So I have the > complete set > > > of Log files, just no way to put them on a single drive. > > > > > > Ideas? Thoughts? Rants? > > > > > > Matt Usher > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > 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]
