Yes, fortunately we were allowed to purchase Backup Exec - which is the most wonderful tape backup solution I've ever found. So - we have solid backups of the Message Store.
Thanks for everybody's input - I just won't worry about it then, but still look at the event logs from time to time. Have a great holiday everyone :-) Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Harford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 3:30 AM Subject: RE: Defragging (important???) > Might be worth just checking your event log to confirm that the online > maintenance is indeed running and not being interrupted by the backup. You > should see 1221 events indicating the amount of white space for instance. > > Also I assume you are doing full online backups as well since the backup api > does a certain amount of store error checking. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 19 December 2002 03:51 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Defragging (important???) > > > > Michael, there is an online process that performs this function by default > on a nightly basis. > > It is beneficial (note: not even necessary, only beneficial) when: > - you move a large amount of data from the store > - you delete a large amount of data from the store > > In other words, don't worry about it. Go back to the Christmas party. > Relax. > > William > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Michael Anderson > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 7:14 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > > Hello, > > I was just perusing some threads, and caught some particular threads > regarding defragging the message store. The one that hit me hard, was the > person that found out that doom was eminent - because of a specific error > code, found in the Event Viewer regarding the Exchange Message Store. > > Is the Exchange Message Store supposed to be periodically defragged??? Are > there ramifications, if the Message Store gets past a certain point of > fragmentation? > > I am not trying to avoid any research, and be lazy on this topic - but all I > need to know, is YES this is an important topic, and I better learn more > about it FAST, or NO - it's just something good to do once in a while. > > Thanks in advance for any advice offered, > > Mike > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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] > > > BBCi at http://www.bbc.co.uk/ > > This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain > personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically > stated. > If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do > not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in > reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the > BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will > signify your consent to this. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
